Wednesday, December 16, 2009

OPERATION "STRIKE OF THE SWORD" LAUNCHED BY US MARINES ON POPPY FIELDS IN AFGHANISTAN


Up until recently the U.S. military has stayed away from the poppy fields in Southern Afghanistan, but Gen. Stanley MacChrystal has taken 4,000 of the newly arrived U.S. Marines and sent them into the dangerous poppy fields searching out Taliban. Poppy production is known to have supported the Taliban and the Marines intend to put a dent in the poppy production.

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SOBERING VIDEO FROM NEW WAVE OF MARINES IN AFGHANISTAN AND THE IMPOSSIBLE TASK AHEAD


President Obama has dispatched 10,000 U.S. soldiers and Marines to Afghanistan and in this video you hear the Brig. General Larry Nicholson in charge of our forces in one sector of Afghanistan claim it will be an impossible task for our troops to defeat the Taliban.

This is a sobering assessment of the conditions on the ground in Afghanistan by Gen. Nicholson and should be watched by every chicken hawk who thinks defeating the Taliban is going to be a walk in the park.

The Marine unit shown in this video is the only Marine unit in Afghanistan to have two combat doctors assigned to the unit and 200 vehicles converted to ambulances to handle the wounded that are expected to happen in the weeks and months to come.

TURN UP YOUR SOUND

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SUBMITTED by BILL CORCORAN, editor, CORKSPHERE, http://corksphere.blogspot.com
Email: corkcol@aol.com

FIRST VIDEO OF NEW MARINE OFFENSIVE AGAINST TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN


Video shows US Marines trapped by Taliban fire and how they fight their way out of the explosive situation. This is a new video showing for the first time US Marines recently deployed to Afghanistan in an intense battle with the Taliban. There will be more like this.

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