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"Strike kills 10 Afghan civilians; US suspends use of rocket system; Taliban keep up battle in Marja" by C.J. Chivers and Rod Nordland, New York Times | February 15, 2010
MARJA, Afghanistan - Yesterday was an intensive day of fighting around Marja, in an area of irrigated steppes and rural villages where a combined force of about 15,000 Afghan and foreign troops, led by American Marines, are now trying to break Taliban control.
We outnumber them 15-to-1! Shouldn't the town be cleared already?
And why are they letting the missiles and artillery fly when we should just be able to pick 'em off, huh?
As more troops continued streaming into the town of Marja itself, setting up checkpoints and outposts along the way, patrols and intensive house-to-house searches for insurgents and weapons intensified, military officials said....
Must all be going swell then, huh?
Despite the heavy fighting, reports of allied casualties have been low. The ISAF issued a news release indicating that a non-American service member was killed yesterday by an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan, but did not specify whether that was a result of the Marja offensive.
A senior Afghan commander, General Sher Mohammed Zazai, said that so far, there had been no deaths of Afghan troops, who make up the bulk of the combined force. A US Marine and a British service member were reported killed on the first day.
Who cares about occupiers and their collaborators? I no longer do.
If they weren't there over the continuous lies -- like I want -- then no one would be getting killed, would they?
F*** the occupiers, f*** the foreigners, f*** the MSM, and f*** these wars!
At least 27 insurgents have been killed, Afghan officials said.
Yeah, THOSE are the people I CARE ABOUT!
Yup, the INNOCENT PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE and NEVER DID ANYTHING TO US no matter what you think of their lifestyle or culture.
The battle started before dawn on Saturday, when about 6,000 troops began airlifting into Marja itself.
Among the vanguard were Company K and an accompanying Afghan Army platoon, who remained alone in their area of the Taliban stronghold for the second day, engaged in off-and-on gun battles from 8:30 a.m. until just before sunset.
Ah, yes, the boys in Company K!
Two of the American company’s Marines were wounded by gunfire yesterday, including one shot in an arm and another through his left shoulder shortly before the Himars rocket strike. No Afghan soldiers with the company had been wounded by nightfall.
The Marines had positioned themselves Saturday night in one outpost and two smaller patrol bases. The first shots from the Taliban began minutes after patrols left two of the positions yesterday morning.
Gunfire, along with occasional shoulder-fired rockets and mortars, boomed throughout the day, as the Taliban surrounded the company, probing and attacking from different directions as the hours passed.
The first large skirmish began at 9:30 a.m., as Second Platoon, the company headquarters and most of the Afghan platoon stopped at the edge of a small village and prepared to clear it. The Taliban opened up with automatic rifle fire from a few hundred yards away, shooting from concealed positions protected by open ground.
Marines and Afghan soldiers rushed to mud walls and returned fire. The Taliban’s fighters could be seen at times running between fighting positions and irrigation ditches. A few were struck by the Marines’ fire, and fell. Others kept up their fire.
With no more thought than squishing a bug, right, Marines?
“There’s more than a squad-sized element of them!’’ shouted Private First Class Joshua D. Horne, as he peered through his scope and fired his squad automatic weapon at insurgents running along an irrigation canal. “There’s 30 or 40 of them out there!’’
Often, small groups of Taliban opened up from a different direction after the Marines had faced several minutes of incoming fire. It was clear that the Taliban had ringed the company, and was probing and picking at the Marines as much of Company K moved toward a road and bridge that Captain Biggers intended to seize.
As the company spread out, the fighting moved with it. At times, two or three gun battles raged at once, including at the outposts where the Marines had left their equipment. The Taliban harassed and attacked these positions several times during the day.Doesn't sound like it is going too good, 'murkns.
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Obviously, the NYT puke is inbedded with the Empire.
"Snipers harass US, Afghan troops moving in Marjah" by Alfred de Montesquiou, Associated Press Writer | February 15, 2010
MARJAH, Afghanistan -- Sniper teams attacked U.S. Marines and Afghan troops across the Taliban haven of Marjah, as several gun battles erupted Monday on the third day of a major offensive to seize the extremists' southern heartland.
Multiple firefights broke out in different neighborhoods as American and Afghan forces worked to clear out pockets of insurgents and push slowly beyond parts of the town they have claimed. With gunfire coming from several directions all day long, troops managed to advance only 500 yards deeper as they fought off small squads of Taliban snipers.
"There's still a good bit of the land still to be cleared," said Capt. Abraham Sipe, a Marine spokesman. "We're moving at a very deliberative pace."
The massive offensive in the Marjah area involves about 15,000 U.S., Afghan and British troops and is the biggest joint operation since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan.
On Monday, Afghan military officials gave a more optimistic view of the progress being made, with Brig. Gen. Sher Mohammad Zazai saying Afghan and NATO forces have largely contained the insurgents and succeeded in gaining trust from residents, who have pointed out mine locations.
Sick of the lying yet, readers? I sure as hell am.
[This BBC4 report on the new fight near Helmand and the claims of the Taliban, given immediately after, tell a tale that is much different from the usual propaganda flowing forth from the US military and its media mouthpieces. Forgetting for a moment the uncertainty for the home front during every faraway battle, keep in mind the M.O. of our military and civilian leaders--to always speak as if we have already won, to puff-up its prowess in every description of military encounter and to lie first, whenever things are not going according to plan. We don't know what is happening there, just as we haven't a clue about any area of any of the wars that we have been locked into. The truth is--we are screwed in Afghanistan, by our own hand. Nothing that Obama or Petraeus can do or say will change that.] -- Afghan Surge"
US-Led Invasion ‘Bogged Down’ in Marjah
US forces continue to press forward in the Marjah region of Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, put are said to be struggling mightily with home-made bombs and sniper fire, and were able to advance only 500 yards yesterday.
"During yesterday's radio show, CNN was proclaiming how the Taliban was being driven from their stronghold, victory was imminent, and military operations in Marjah would be over in another 2 days. Of course, the reason for such reckless predictions is that Obama needs a victory in one of the wars before he thinks he can start a new war with Iran and not have the American people storm the White House with tar, feathers, and a rope. The US has been in Afghanistan for 8 years, two years longer than all of WW2, just as long as the USSR and if this escalation fails to achieve a decisive victory, the public perception that this is just another Vietnam and that the US Government were fools to fall into the same trap that the USSR did, will only grow." -- Wake the Flock Up
Taliban Bombs Hinder "Long Term" Afghan Offensive
Strange. That's not the way my Boston Globe has been reporting it at all.
"Today there is no major movement of the enemy. South of Marjah they are very weak. There has been low resistance. Soon we will have Marjah cleared of enemies," Zazai said at a briefing in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province. He added that only three Afghan troops had been injured.
Interior Minister Hanif Atmar said he expected some insurgent fighters had already fled the area in advance of the offensive, possibly heading to the Pakistan border....
Inside Marjah, sporadic firefights increased by midday.
Pffft.
Yeah, everybody left but the fighting increased where there was low resistance.
You guys are worse than the NYT!
One armored column came under fire from at least three separate sniper teams, slowing its progress....
Marines said their ability to fight back has been tightly constrained by strict new rules of engagement that make their job more difficult and dangerous. Under the rules, troops cannot fire at people unless they commit a hostile act or show hostile intent.
"I understand the reason behind it, but it's so hard to fight a war like this," said Lance Corp. Travis Anderson, 20, from Altoona, Iowa. "They're using our rules of engagement against us," he said, stating that his platoon had repeatedly seen men dropping their guns into ditches before walking away to melt among civilians.
Then STOP TAKING ORDERS and COME HOME!
This type of talk is MAKING ME SICK, folks!
Allied officials have reported two coalition deaths so far -- one American and one Briton killed Saturday.
Who gives a s***?
Blame the lying governments and damn MSM mouthpieces!
Afghan officials said at least 27 insurgents have been killed in the offensive.
Separately in southern Afghanistan, NATO said two service members died Sunday -- one from small-arms fire and the other from a roadside bomb explosion. Both were British, according to the British government.Hey, the British people wanted all out yesterday.
I no longer give a crap about willing occupiers who are there over lies.
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Back to the NYT bulls***:
"Militants fleeing stronghold, but fighting remains fierce; Insurgent death toll is heavy as battle narrows" by Dexter Filkins, New York Times | February 16, 2010
NAD ALI, Afghanistan - As heavy fighting in the insurgent stronghold of Marja carried into its third day, the number of Taliban fighters in the area has dropped by about half, American and Afghan commanders said yesterday.
So we OUTNUMBER THEM 30-to-1 now, huh, LYING GOVERNMENT and MSM!?
Then the battle should be over by now, no?
About a quarter of the 400 Taliban fighters estimated to be in Marja when the Afghan-American operation began early Saturday have been killed, coalition officers said. A similar number of Taliban appear to have fled the area, including most of the leaders, and local Afghans were offering help ferreting out Taliban fighters and hidden bombs, they said.
Had enough of the MSM and military bullshit yet, America?
So it was 15,000 troops against 400 guys, huh? Now down to 200?
A 75-to-1 ratio?
And the TOWN AIN'T CLEARED YET?
But intense fighting on the ground through much of the day indicated that there were plenty of Taliban insurgents still fighting.
Translation: The first two paragraphs of this "report" are BULLS***!!!!!!!
With the hit-and-run tactics they were employing, small numbers of guerrillas appeared capable of holding out for long periods, and exacting the maximum effort from the NATO and Afghan forces to defeat them.
Sigh. Just what I like; a huge pile of NYT bulls*** on a plate for breakfast.
NATO officials said eight Afghan civilians were killed and three wounded in four separate confrontations, three of which occurred inside the area where the Marja operation was unfolding.
One of the civilians killed in Marja was caught in crossfire during a gun battle, and two others were shot when officials said they did not heed warnings from NATO and Afghan forces to keep their distance....
In other words, murdered!!!
Among the Taliban fighters still in Marja, American and Afghan officials said, morale appears to be eroding fast, in part because the holdouts feel abandoned by their leaders and by local Afghans who are refusing to shelter them.
This is SUCH PSY-OPS CRAP and it is posing as "news" in a "newspaper."
This is BULLSHIT for YOUR CONSUMPTION, Amurkn!
"Enemy" KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON and does not need to be LIED TO by a "NEWSPAPER!"
No wonder the NYT is in the toilet.
“They cannot feed themselves; they cannot sustain themselves. That is what we are hearing,’’ Colonel Scott Hartsell told a group of senior officers at a briefing near Marja....
PFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTT!!!!!!!!!
Indeed, some of the American and Afghan commanders said that they hoped to complete the combat phase of the operation within three or four days.
Yeah, this is the NEXT LIE we are going to be FED!!!!
UPDATE: Afghan offensive will take another month, general says
I doubt I'll see that in my newspaper.
The details of the assessment, the most extensive made public on the Marja operation, could not be independently verified.
Even with the inbeds, huh?
But whatever the accuracy of the brief, it did not lessen the ferocity of the battle at various points on the ground.
Sigh.
Yeah, WHATEVER, NYT!!!!
One of the most striking developments yesterday came from a group of tribal elders, who confirmed that they had begun to actively assist the American and Afghan government in the fighting....
Yeah, WHATEVER YOU SAY, NYT!!!!
Despite the encouraging reports from the field, the American military and Afghan government had to contend with plenty of difficulties....
Pffft.
And those poor killers, I mean, occupiers, I mean, Marines:
"Strict rules slowing offensive, troops say" by Alfred de Montesquiou, Associated Press | February 16, 2010
MARJA, Afghanistan - Some American and Afghan troops say they’re fighting the latest offensive in Afghanistan with a handicap - strict rules that routinely force them to hold their fire.
Snort!
Yeah, this sucks, we don't get to mow down people!
Although details of the new guidelines are classified to keep insurgents from reading them, US troops say the Taliban are keenly aware of the restrictions.
“I understand the reason behind it, but it’s so hard to fight a war like this,’’ said Lance Corporal Travis Anderson, 20, of Altoona, Iowa. “They’re using our rules of engagement against us,’’ he said, adding that his platoon had repeatedly seen men drop their guns into ditches and walk away to blend in with civilians.
Deja vu, readers.
If a man emerges from a Taliban hideout after shooting erupts, US troops say they cannot fire at him if he is not seen carrying a weapon - or if they did not personally watch him drop one.
Like these rules are followed and the resulting murders are not covered up!
PFFFT!
We've had NINE YEARS of that s*** and the lying military and MSM are not changing now!!
What this means, some contend, is that a militant can fire at them, then set aside his weapon and walk freely out of a compound, possibly toward a weapons cache in another location. It was unclear how often this has happened. In another example, Marines pinned down by a barrage of insurgent bullets say they can’t count on quick air support because it takes time to positively identify shooters.
Sigh. Whatever. I am so sick of war propaganda passing itself off as "news."
“This is difficult,’’ Lance Corporal Michael Andrejczuk, 20, of Knoxville, Tenn., said yesterday. “We are trained like when we see something, we obliterate it. But here, we have to see them and when we do, they don’t have guns.’’
No wonder we have lost so many hearts and minds as well as having killed them!
Yup, that is your KINDHEARTED LIBERATION by AmeriKa, world!
NATO and Afghan military officials say killing militants is not the goal of a 3-day-old attack to take control of this Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan. The more important focus is to win public support.
Then WE HAVE LOST and we LOST a LONG TIME AGO!
They acknowledge that the rules entail risk to its troops, but maintain that civilian casualties or destruction of property can alienate the population and lead to more insurgent recruits, more homemade bombs, and a prolonged conflict.
So why are the MISSILES FLYING AROUND, f***-sticks?
But troops complain that strict rules of engagement - imposed to spare civilian casualties - are slowing their advance into the town of Marja in Helmand province, the focal point of the operation involving 15,000 troops.
Sorry, that is not what the AmeriKan MSM has been reporting, soldier.
You guys are making plenty of progress and this will all be over soon. Corner is right over there.
And what the hell? Only 200 Taliban left. And the advance is slowing?
“The problem is isolating where the enemy is,’’ said Captain Joshua Winfrey, a Marine company commander from Stillwater, Okla. “We are not going to drop ordnance out in the open.’’
Yeah, whatever, sir.
That’s a marked change from the battle of Fallujah, Iraq in November 2004.
You know, where the AmeriKan military used .
Been using it in Marjah, too.
Another war crime covered up by the Zionist War Press of AmeriKa!
When Marines there encountered snipers holed up in a building, they routinely called in airstrikes. In Marja, fighter jets are flying at low altitude in a show of force, but are not firing missiles....
Oh, really?
See:
Hey, what is ONE MORE LIE in a NEWSPAPER FULL of 'em, 'eh, readers?
Besides, everything is going great!
"Marines link up in Afghan Taliban stronghold" by Alfred de Montesquiou, Associated Press Writer | February 16, 2010
MARJAH, Afghanistan --Marines moving by land from the north linked up with U.S. units that have faced nearly constant Taliban attack in the four days since they were dropped by helicopter into this insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
Also Tuesday, U.S. artillery fired non-lethal smoke rounds to disperse Taliban fighters in Marjah -- the first time cannons have been used in the fight to drive the militants from their logistical and opium poppy-smuggling base....
Yeah, sure, non-lethal, right.
The linkup between the two Marine rifle companies and their Afghan army partners will enable the U.S. to expand its control in Marjah....
Lima Company of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines moved through fields of hidden bombs and booby traps and braved heavy sniper fire to join up with the same battalion's Kilo Company, which was airdropped into the town in the first hours of the operation Saturday.
Lt. Gordon Emmanuel, a platoon commander in Kilo Company, said the Marines landed without encountering Taliban fire but came under sustained attack as they fanned out from the landing zone.
"When it is daytime, there is nonstop contact until the sun goes down ... every day," Emmanuel said. Sigh.
That's not the impression I'm getting from reading the MSM shit in the Boston Globe.
Oh, readers, as an American I am SO SICK of the F***ING STINKING LYING by the government and their mouthpiece rectums we call newspapers!!
A Taliban spokesman, however, claimed that insurgents retain control of the town and that coalition forces who "descended from helicopters in limited areas of Marjah" were now "under siege."
Yeah, it is SAD when the "enemy" is the only one telling the truth in my AmeriKan newspaper.
Spokesman Tariq Ghazniwal extended an invitation by e-mail to foreign journalists to visit Marjah, saying the trip would "show who have the upper hand in the area."
Yeah, they inbed with the AmeriKan military but they won't accept that offer!
A top Taliban commander, Mullah Abdul Razaq Akhund, dismissed the offensive as NATO propaganda and said on the group's Web site that Marjah was militarily insignificant.
He said the main goal of the offensive was to "restore the place of the defeated military general in Afghanistan," Gen. Stanley McChrystal, "even taking over a small village in Helmand temporarily and showing it to the Western world via video," according to a translation from the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist messages.
I think I know why those paragraphs were cut from my printed paper, folks.
Related: Prop 101: Al-CIA-Duh's Greatest Hits
Jewish Media Group, SITE, is the first to release another Islamic threat video
Yeah, if it's a SITING it's CRAP with a corn kernel truth!!
NATO said two service members taking part in the Marjah operation were killed Tuesday -- making four confirmed deaths among international forces since the attack on the town began. An American and a Briton were killed on Saturday.
NATO did not identify the latest victims by nationality, but said one died in a bomb attack and the other from gunfire. Afghan military spokesman Lt. Mohammad Esah said Tuesday one Afghan soldier died in the offensive. But he did not say when.
U.S. officials said Taliban resistance in Marjah seemed more disorganized Tuesday than in previous days, when small teams of insurgents swarmed around Marine and Afghan army positions firing rifles, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.
Who gives a s***?
"We're not seeing coordinated attacks like we did originally. We're still getting small-arms fire, but it's sporadic, and hit-and-run tactics," said Marine spokesman Capt. Abraham Sipe. "As a whole, while there is still resistance, it is of a disorganized nature."
Yeah, WHATEVER, liar!!!
Nevertheless,
You know, I am TIRED of seeing WORDS that my COLLEGE WRITING INSTRUCTOR said were BAD WORDS for a report ALL OVER my "newspaper!"
Taliban have not given up. Insurgent snipers hiding in haystacks in poppy fields exchanged fire with Marines and Afghan troops as they swept south.
Insurgents tried but failed to shoot down an Osprey aircraft with rocket-propelled grenades as Cobra attack helicopters fired missiles at Taliban positions, including a machine gun bunker.
Yeah, but we don't call in air attacks anymore, blah, blah, blah.
So WHEN DOES the LYING STOP, MSM?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Marines and Afghan soldiers continued house-to-house searches, removing bombs and booby traps as they moved through town. Inside some compounds Tuesday, squads found small doses of heroin, a Taliban photo album with fighters posing with AK-47s, and large propaganda wall paintings of insurgents shooting down helicopters....
They ACTUALLY THINK we are going to BELIEVE THIS CRAPOLA, readers?
And THAT is where my PRINTED PAPER cut it, folks!
Three more Afghan civilians were killed in the assault, NATO forces said, highlighting the toll on the population from an offensive aimed at making civilians safer....
Yeah, those three are a hell of a lot safer in a grave, huh?
As the NATO offensive aims to break the Taliban influence in southern Afghanistan, the militant group received another blow with the news of its top military commander's arrest in Pakistan.
Related: The Boston Globe's Invisible Ink: Top Taliban Captured
Yup, STILL hasn't made PRINT!
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the group's No. 2 leader behind Afghan Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar and a close associate of Osama bin Laden, was captured in the port city of Karachi, U.S. and Pakistani officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.
Oh, the DEAD CIA ASSET?
The arrest appeared to have occurred as many as 10 days ago, and it was unclear if it had any effect on the Marjah battle.
The offensive is the biggest joint operation since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan and is a major test of a retooled NATO strategy to focus on protecting civilians, rather than killing insurgents.
But in two incidents confirmed Tuesday, Afghan men came toward NATO forces and ignored shouts and hand signals to stop, NATO said. Troops opened fire and killed them.
Yeah, but the MARINES are BITCHING because they are being told to hold their fire. SICK of the LYING YET, readers? I sure as hell am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In the third incident, two Afghan men were caught in the crossfire between insurgents and NATO forces. Both were wounded and one died despite being given medical care, NATO said.
Yeah, we tried to save them after shooting them. Sigh.
NATO has confirmed 15 civilian deaths, but an Afghan human rights group said Tuesday that it counted 19 civilians killed since the operation began. Four were caught in the crossfire when they left their homes....
Elsewhere in Helmand province, NATO and Afghan forces killed more than 10 militants while pursuing a Taliban commander in Washir district, west of the Marjah area.
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I haven't said it, but you KNEW this was coming!
"Afghan Taliban using human shields; Part of effort to exploit rules set by NATO" by Alfred de Montesquiou and Rahim Faiez, Associated Press | February 18, 2010
Yeah, that is how we justify ou mass slaughter after the fact.
And I'M SORRY, readers, and EXCUSE ME, but THIS I DID NOT EXPECT because I did not examine the photo too closely with the troop in the foreground.
But when I clicked on the true link I SAW the BACKGROUND and it was UH-OH, Fatima grab your skirts time!!
A US Marine watched an Afghan family evacuate yesterday in Trikh Nawar, a farmland area in northeast Marja. Afghan civilian deaths soared to 2,412 last year - the highest number of any year of the war, according to the UN. (Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images)
Oooooh!!!! I look in the background and I SEE SOME of the most BEAUTIFUL THINGS I HAVE EVER SEEN!!
Oh, I KNOW the OUTFITS are NOT in FASHION but there are WOMEN under those robes, huh?
Yeah, HOW MANY of them and THEIR CHILDREN DIED in our DAMN MISSILE STRIKES or were SHOT DOWN by our "LIBERATION," huh?
Yeah, I'm frikkin' angry and pissed off and the nose is running and I can't see the keyboard and now I have to stop and compose myself!!
Oh, yeah, all this crap over a DAMNABLE LIE!!!!!!
MARJA, Afghanistan - Taliban fighters holding out in Marja are increasingly using civilians as human shields, firing from compounds where US and Afghan forces can clearly see women and children on rooftops or in windows, Afghan and US troops said yesterday.
What happened to the new, bitched-about rules?
Not working, huh?
Yeah, can you feel the sarcasm even through the screen, readers?!!
Sometimes sarcasm calls for sabbatical. Can you feel the rage?
The intermingling of fighters and civilians also has been witnessed by Associated Press journalists.
Well, yeah, your ARE GOING to INTERMINGLE when it is YOUR HOMES you are defending, yeah.
And they are kidding about AP or AmeriKan MSM seeing it, right?
I mean, they don't expect us to believe this stuff anymore do they?
If they do, well, THEY ARE A LOT MORE STOO-PID than even I thought.
The lying I can understand; that takes skill and intelligence (at first).
If this isn't BS through the teeth (or even if it is), they are done.
It is part of a Taliban effort to exploit strict NATO rules against endangering innocent lives to impede the allied advance through the town in Helmand Province, 360 miles southwest of Kabul.
I have read so many of these charges against so many Muslim enemies in my Zionist War Papers it makes me sick.
Related:
"The Goldstone report concluded that Israel used disproportionate force, deliberately targeted civilians, used Palestinians as human shields, and destroyed civilian infrastructure."
Now I feel even sicker.
Yeah, ANYTIME ISRAEL ACCUSES ANYONE of ANYTHING it is CONDUCT of which THEY ARE GUILTY!!!
Two more NATO service members were killed in the Marja operation yesterday, the alliance said in a statement without identifying them by nationality.
Who cares anymore?
Don't like my comment?
Then ABOUT FACE, FORWARD HARCH, 'kay?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Their deaths brought to six NATO service members and an Afghan soldier who have been killed since the attack on Marja, the hub of the Taliban’s southern logistics and drug-smuggling network, began Saturday. About 40 insurgents have been killed, Governor Gulab Mangal of Helmand said.
Like I care about lies anymore?
During yesterday’s fighting, Marines and Afghan troops “saw sustained but less frequent insurgent activity,’’ mostly small-scale attacks, NATO said in a statement.
Don't you LOVE LYING MILITARIES?!
Too bad YOUR CRED had to go down with the MSM!!
That's what happens when you LIE ALL the TIME!!!
NATO spokesman Brigadier General Eric Tremblay told journalists in Brussels that most of the objectives have been achieved.
Sorry, I'LL PASS on THAT PLATE!!! I'm not that hungry!
“Perhaps the pocket in the western side of Marja still gives freedom of movement to the Taliban, but that is the extent of their movement,’’ he said.
POCKET FULL of SOMETHING, all right!!
This is the biggest offensive since the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan, and a test of President Obama’s strategy for reversing the rise of the Taliban while protecting civilians.
And it is the MSM's job to make sure you are FULL UP with WAR LIES and AGENDA-PUSHING PROPAGANDA, America!!!!
As Marines and Afghan soldiers press their offensive, they have been forced to hold their fire because insurgents are shooting from inside or next to mud-walled compounds where civilians are present - and restraint slows their advance.
SUCH BULLS***!!!! Read what I read above!
They LIE to YOU, readers.
The AmeriKan newspaper is ONE BIG S*** SHEET of DISTORTIONS, DIVISIONS, DECEPTIONS, and DUNG!!!!
Brigadier General Mohiudin Ghori, the brigade commander of Afghan troops in Marja, said in some cases women and children may have been ordered to stand on a roof or in a window of buildings where Taliban fighters are shooting.
Just wondering how he knows that.
Was he in the room, or did he torture some poor SOB?
Or is it all MORE you know.... ?
Maybe they were OUT THERE so you WOULD NOT HIT the HOUSE because THEY WERE WHERE YOU WANTED THEM to BE!!!
"US and British commanders want Marja residents to stay put"
Sort of a damned if you leave, damned if you stay, huh, Amurkn?!!
Ghori said troops have to decide between firing on insurgents among civilians, or advance much more slowly to keep women and children out of the crossfire.
“They are trying to get us to fire on them and kill the civilians,’’ Ghori said.
Journalists embedded with the Marines have seen such cases: a neighborhood is alive with children, then the next minute the streets are empty and gunshots ring out. As the troops advance, children reappear, peering and grinning through half-closed doors.
Yeah, I'M GOING to BELIEVE a LYING, WAR-PROMOTING, AGENDA-PUSHING, Muslim-hating, enemy-creating, Zionist MSM because "they saw sumpin'!"
You know, amidst all the ANGER and RAGE they can at least DRAW a SCORNFUL, SPITEFUL LAUGH from this analyzer!!!
It's over, guys. The JIG is UP and you will NEVER WIN BACK OUR TRUST.
Rocket-propelled grenades have been fired from behind groups of civilians, who scamper away as the Marines point their weapons toward the source of fire. Marines have come under fire in poppy fields as they are being tended by farmers.
Related: WHAT OUR CHILDREN ARE DYING FOR IN AFGHANISTAN
You sick of the lies yet, or should I gone on?
I'm a little more concerned about the dead bodies in the villages and towns if you don't mind.
Yeah, isn't that something.
No wonder the "peace talks" are (as always) a sham.
“I myself saw lots of people that were shot, and they were ordinary people,’’ said Afghan soldier Esmatullah, who did not give his rank and like many Afghans goes by one name. Taliban “were firing at us from people’s homes. So in returning fire, people got shot,’’ he said.
War crime, murder, all over lies, call it what you want, I can't take this anymore.
NATO has confirmed 15 civilian deaths in the operation. Afghan rights groups say at least 19 have died.
Troops are forbidden to fire unless they identify a target displaying “hostile intent.’’ Marines cannot shoot at fighting-age men walking out of a building used by snipers unless the men are carrying a weapon or have been seen dropping one.
Yeah, whatever. Lies every damn paragraph fer cripes sake!
Public outrage over civilian deaths last year prompted the top NATO commander, US General Stanley McChrystal, to tighten the rules of combat, including curbs on air strikes if civilians are at risk.
Well, APPARENTLY NOT because THEY CONTINUE and CONTINUE!!
Afghan civilian deaths soared to 2,412 last year - the highest number of any year of the war, according to the UN.
Did you mean this one: U.N. Says Taliban Not Terrorists
No?
But deaths attributed to allied troops dropped nearly 30 percent after the new rules were imposed, according to a UN report.
Oh, you mean the agenda-pushing PoS report!!!
Yesterday, an Afghan soldier climbed to the roof of an abandoned shop and raised his country’s green-and-red flag before provincial officials, hundreds of Marine and Afghan troops and a few civilians.
Oh, yeah, you RAISE a FLAG (sure it's not a FALSE FLAG, like toppling a statue? going to believe AmeriKa's lying MSM?), and the war is won!
Un-furling-believable!
The MSM s*** just spilled out my den and into the street, folks.
The market was calm during the ceremony and the Marines said they were in control of the neighborhood.
Okay.
Signs of fighting were everywhere.
Pfft.
The back of the building with the flag had been blown away. Shops were riddled with bullet holes. Grocery stores and fruit stalls stood open, hastily deserted by their owners. White metal fences marked off areas not cleared of bombs.
Afghan soldiers said they were guarding the shops to prevent looting.
Yeah, right, one of the MOST CORRUPT GOVERNMENTS on the face of the planet is going to PREVENT LOOTING, right!
The AmeriKan MSM REALLY THINKS we believe this garbage?
No wonder their whole business is in a sink hole.
A Marja resident at the flag-raising said the area around the market has been devastated by the assault.
Ah, some truth.
“The Taliban fired a few shots and then the troops came and bombed the area,’’ said Abdul Rasheed, a bearded, middle-age man. “People fled their homes in a desert without food and water. Children and women are living in very hard conditions.’’
Great, ANOTHER UNREPORTED and UNTALKED about REFUGEE CRISIS!
Once the town of 80,000 people is secure, NATO plans to rush in civil administrators to revive schools, health clinics, and electricity in hopes of winning public support to discourage the Taliban from returning....
Yeah, AFTER they FLATTENED all that and KILLED PEOPLE they are going to RUSH RIGHT IN and SAVE the TOWN!!!
This is INSANE, America!!
How would you feel towards ANYONE who FLATTENED YOUR HOME and INVADED YOUR TOWN and KILLED YOUR RELATIVES over a DAMN LIE no matter who it was and no matter how much they claimed they are "here to help?"
Oh, yeah, I forgot, those "Taliban" -- notice they are not identified as ethnic Pashtun who LIVE THERE -- "terrorists" don't think straight.
And talk about using human shields: A Diplomatic CIA
