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Ambushed Marines' Aid Call 'Rejected'

hypocritexposer

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September 10, 2009
Agence France-Presse

NATO-led forces are investigating the death of four Marines in eastern Afghanistan after their commanders reportedly rejected requests for artillery fire in a battle with insurgents, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

Tuesday's incident was "under investigation" and details remained unclear, press secretary Geoff Morrell told a news conference.

A McClatchy newspapers' journalist who witnessed the battle reported that a team of Marine trainers made repeated appeals for air and artillery support after being pinned down by insurgents in the village of Ganjgal in eastern Kunar province.

The U.S. troops had to wait more than an hour for attack helicopters to come to their aid and their appeal for artillery fire was rejected, with commanders citing new rules designed to avoid civilian casualties, the report said.

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http://www.military.com/news/article/ambushed-marines-aid-call-rejected.html
 

badaxemoo

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11:58 - Stares blankly at computer screen and scratches fat, hairy belly as the dial-up slowly brings up PB.

11:59 - Takes large swig of Old Milwaukee Lite (trying to cut some of that belly fat) and belches loudly. A small stream of beer dribbles down chin onto stained NASCAR shirt.

12:00 - Moves lips while reading hypos bait post, has to skip some of the bigger words.

12:01 - Jogs foggy memory-banks trying to recall bumpersticker seen on jacked-up pickup truck bumper. Sits completely motionless. The only sound is that of a buzzing fly.

12:02 - Remembers "hilarious" bumpersticker.

12:03 - Starts typing - hunt and peck style. Intense concentration.

12:04 - Still typing

12:05 - Lifts one sweat-pants covered leg and produces tremendously and disgustingly loud fart. Giggles to himself.

12:06 - finshes typing:

jigs said:
kill em all, let Allah sort them out.

12:07 - checks that post made it onto forum. Stands triumphantly with clenched fists pumping above head. Ambles off to get another Old Milwaukee Lite.
 

hopalong

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Need to lay off that beer, seems to have cooked your brain!!
Course to cook something that small you would only need a match!!! :D :D
 

Steve

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The incident comes after the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, issued new restrictions on the use of military force and air raids in a bid to prevent civilian deaths.

McChrystal has warned that civilian casualties caused by the NATO-led force risk alienating the Afghan population and jeopardizing the war effort.

not sure why we would jeopardize American lives over risking to alienate the afghans.. but the loss of lives is sad and they should have never been denied air support..
 

Broke Cowboy

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I made several efforts to comment and deleted them all.

I can only hope no one here loses a family member or friend due to this "more and more common" happening.

Nothing more devastating to a troop than to lose a friend when the help needed was refused by the "system".

BC
 

Ben H

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This nation building crap is BS, the longer we are in country, the more turn over of officers the worse it gets. Every new officer who comes in (like a politician) has to implement something to make a name for themselves. Before I left Iraq we had to wear a reflective belt if we were walking around base in PT uniforms (mind you the ARMY letters on the uniform are reflective. At the end of my tour MP's were giving speeding tickets on base. I had to fill out a form after firing illum flares because there was gun fire near my tower. They didn't care about the gun fire, they just cared about accounting for some stupid flares.

Afghanistan will always be Afghanistan, they haven't changed much for centuries, and they won't. We need to bomb the crap out of countries, make them think we are totally nuts and then pull out. Sometimes Civilians get in the way, that's why they shouldn't screw with us. That's why you don't go to war unless you have to. One you make the decision, you do what it takes, America has lost the guts to finish anything. We have the greatest deterrent in the World, it is useless if they don't think you'll use it. Look at how many lives were SAVED by dropping two bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The lives from the bombs were nothing compared to the military and civilian casualties that would have happened if we were forced to invade.

Here's the thing, the war against "Radical Islam" will never end as long as people read the Koran or the world submits to Islam. They aren't radicals, they are simply following what the Koran actually says, they aren't taking it out of context. I was pretty surprised when I really started looking into it after returning from Iraq.
 
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Anonymous

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hopalong said:
Need to lay off that beer, seems to have cooked your brain!!
Course to cook something that small you would only need a match!!! :D :D

badax was refering to jigs with the beer and stuff. At least jigs drug of choice is not prosac like it is badax's drug of choice. Then badax is jealous of anyone that can turn up a beer being as she is restricted from indulging in alcohol and her behavioral drugs at the same time. :? :? yes badax is a bit :? :? :?
 

jcummins

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We need to either do it….or get the hell out of there. Obama doesn’t have the guts to do it the right way.

You don’t send our boys into somewhere and then drop the support…that’s just about as stupid as it gets.
 
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Anonymous

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reader (the Second) said:
Why say foolish things that you know are lies in order to insult someone who isn't even posting at the moment?

I guess you might call me a racist when I make this remark. Who in the world are you to call the kettle black. You run your yap from daylight till dark.

You are one of the most biased and gullable people I have ever come across. You need to clean up your own out house before you tell anyone else how and what to post. AS one great poster on here says TAKE A HIKE!

I challenge you once again to go back to my first post and read everyone and see just how many times I WAS SPOKE TO BY THE JACKASS Without me saying anything to the idiot. So again take a hike. Get out of that chair and take a long one.
 

aplusmnt

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Ben H said:
Here's the thing, the war against "Radical Islam" will never end as long as people read the Koran or the world submits to Islam. They aren't radicals, they are simply following what the Koran actually says, they aren't taking it out of context. I was pretty surprised when I really started looking into it after returning from Iraq.

The average person does not realize this, What they like to call a Radical is actually just a good Muslim. Those Muslims that do not believe in violence are not following their Bible! Osama is doing as the Koran teaches!
 
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