Tuesday, August 25, 2009

COMBAT ENGINEER BATALLION IN AFGHANISTAN. 1ST CEB (SEE VIDEO)


To the song "God Bless America" this video shows the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion of the United States Marine Corps somewhere in Afghanistan. The "sappers" have the job of building roads, clearing mine fields, building airports and in general making the way for the infantry a lot better. I was a "sapper" in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/mvK9sIGqvXg&hl=en&fs=1

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MASSIVE AND VIOLENT FIREFIGHT WITH MARINES IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN (SEE VIDEO)


Video is non-stop action of U.S. Marines in a massive firefight with insurgents in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The fighting is fierce and bloody.

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NAIL-BITING HOUSE-TO-HOUSE COMBAT IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN (SEE VIDEO)


Video shows U.S. forces in house-to-house combat as well as combat in the mountains of Afghanistan. Take it from an ex-GI there is nothing more frightening than house-to-house combat. You never knows what is waiting inside the house.

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U.S. MARINES ENGAGED IN FIERCE FIREFIGHT WITH TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN (SEE VIDEO)


Video shows U.S. Marines as well as British troops and some Afghan soldiers in a fierce firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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BREAKING NEWS: HUFFINGTON POST REPORTS 4 U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN


Four US soldiers operating under NATO were killed Tuesday in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/25/4-us-soldiers-die-from-bo_n_267952.html

The troops were operating under NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and were killed in a region of Afghanistan where a Taliban-led insurgency is at its most virulent, ISAF said in a statement.

TALIBAN REJECT OBAMA PEACE OFFER: VOW TO CONTINUE FIGHTING U.S. (WATCH VIDEO)


Al Jazeera is reporting the "moderate" Taliban have rejected any type of peace offer by the Obama admistration and vow to continue fighting the U.S. and coalition forces until they are driven out of Afghanistan.

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NEW VIDEO: PAKISTAN OFFICIALS EXPRESS DISPLEASURE WITH U.S. DRONE ATTACKS THAT KILL CIVILIANS


The US military has been coming under an increasing number of attacks for the high number of civilians being killed by their missile strikes in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Leon Panetta, the head of the US Central Intelligence Agency, put the attacks high on the agenda during his visit to Islamabad in Pakistan.

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U.S. TROOPS FIND THEIR AFGHAN COUNTERPARTS SMOKING "HASH" AND WEARING HELMETS BACKWARDS (WATCH VIDEO)


The situation for U.S. troops trying to train their Afghan counterparts is an almost hopeless task. The Afghan soldiers smoke "hash" and haven't got a clue how to put on their equipment and many times have their helmets on backwards. Meanwhile, the Taliban is getting stronger and stronger and the mess President Obama has committed U.S. troops to in Afghanistan is a lost cause.
Listen to U.S. troops tell what it is like to try and train Afghan soldiers.

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