September 6, 2007

OKAY, MAYBE THEY ARE THAT CRAZY:

More Than 40 Afghan Insurgents Killed (AP, 9/06/07)

A joint Afghan and coalition force was on a combat patrol Wednesday in restive Sha Wali Kot district in southern Kandahar province when came it under attack from insurgent small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, the coalition said in a statement.

Soldiers repelled the attack before calling in coalition aircraft which "destroyed the positively identified enemy firing positions with precision guided munitions," it said.

The coalition said "more than 40 insurgents" were killed, while Afghan and foreign forces suffered no losses.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 6, 2007 9:34 AM
Comments

Send out your chiefs and surrenders,
It's worse if you fights or you runs.
You can crawl on your knees,
you can climb up the trees,
But you can't get away from the guns.

More Kipling.

Posted by: Lou Gots at September 6, 2007 5:16 PM
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