[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: The most pathetic enemy we've ever had..

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
The most pathetic enemy we've ever had..
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1186501378.shtml


   Via [1]AP

     GHAZNI, Afghanistan - A group of 75 Taliban militants tried to
     overrun a U.S.-led coalition base in southern Afghanistan on
     Tuesday, a rare frontal attack that left more than 20 militants
     dead, the coalition said in a statement.

     The insurgents attacked Firebase Anaconda from three sides, using
     gunfire, grenades and 107 mm rockets, the coalition said. A joint
     Afghan-U.S. force repelled the attack with mortars, machine guns
     and air support.

     "Almost two dozen insurgents were confirmed killed in the attack,"
     the statement said. Two girls and two Afghan soldiers were wounded
     during the fight in Uruzgan province, it said.

     A firebase like Anaconda is usually a remote outpost staffed by as
     few as several dozen soldiers.

     "The inability of the insurgent forces to inflict any severe damage
     on Firebase Anaconda, while being simultaneously decimated in the
     process, should be a clear indication of the ineffectiveness of
     their fighters," said Army Capt. Vanessa R. Bowman, a coalition
     spokeswoman.

     A direct attack on a U.S. or NATO base by insurgents on foot is
     relatively rare. More often insurgents fire rockets at bases and
     flee. Military officials say that Taliban fighters know they can't
     match Western militaries in a heads-up battle, which leads the
     insurgents to more often rely on roadside and suicide bombs.

   If we weren't [2]allied with terrorism's supporters, if we weren't
   refusing to fight these absurd [3]'mujahideen'* and [4]their
   supporters, this war would have been over years ago.

   Terrorism isn't an unbeatable tactic, it's an opportunistic infection.

   Link to the pro-mujahideen sites [5]"Jihad Unspun" and [6]Kavkaz
   Center thanks to [7]news.google.com, who is apparently treating these
   jihadi propaganda outlets as genuine news sources...as I said, these
   losers couldn't have gotten this far without a lot of help from the
   clueless.

References

   1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070807/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan
   2. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IH08Ak01.html
   3. http://www.jihadunspun.com/intheatre_internal.php?article=108684&list=/home.php
   4. http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2007/08/05/8706.shtml
   5. http://www.jihadunspun.com/home.php
   6. http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/
   7. http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=mujahideen&btnG=Search+News