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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 01:56 PM
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[US led] Coalition unleashes 'Mountain Fury' on Taliban


http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/16/afghanistan/index.html?section=cnn_topstories&eref=yahoo

Coalition unleashes 'Mountain Fury' on Taliban
POSTED: 1:09 p.m. EDT, September 16, 2006


KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Thousands of troops have been sent to attack the resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition acknowledged on Saturday.

The latest military operation, dubbed Mountain Fury, has already been going on for some weeks, a military spokesman told CNN.

It is targeting the eastern provinces of Ghazni, Khost, Lowgar, Paktia and Paktika and is being conducted with cooperation from nearby Pakistan, a statement said.

"Mountain Fury is just one part of a series of coordinated operations placing continuous pressure on Taliban extremists across multiple regions of the country," the military statement said.

U.S. military officials say there has been an upsurge in recent weeks of activity by the Taliban, who were overthrown in a U.S.-led invasion after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 02:05 PM
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1. Mountain Fury = Commander AWOL Tantrum


"Those mean olde republicons in the Senate won't let me TORTURE TORTURE TORTURE with abandon and impunity, so somebody's gonna have to suffer my hissy fit." - Commander AWOL
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 02:10 PM
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2. I've got a whole bunch of new Operation names for the military to use...
Join me in developing some more...

Operation Why Can't We Get More Troops.
Operation Bush Sucks Big Sweaty Donkey Balls
Operating Rumsfeld is a lying sack of shit
Operation kiss my BLACK LIBERAL ASS!
Operation why don't you just call us when you'd like us to receive all the candy and flowers Rummy promised
Operation Saddam didn't have shit to do with 9/11
Operation Little Lord Pissypants threw a tantrum and looked like an ignorant mutherfucker
Operation we won't get this right cuz the fuckin war plan sucked HUGE MONSTROUS BIG SWEATY DONKEY BALLS
Operation Republicans should be drafted to fight this bullshit war
Operation If conservatives like war then they should bring their fucked up non Christ like asses over here and do it their fuckin selves...the assholes
Operation Condi don't know what the fuck she's talkin about
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Jazzgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 02:27 PM
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3. Xultar......tell us how you really feel.....
And I agree....* does suck big sweaty donkey balls! :evilgrin:
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cliss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 03:30 PM
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5. Xultar....that was a little on the
expressive side....but I agree with Ya:smoke:
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MrPrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 04:40 PM
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7. Xultar...Good Analysis on recent military history n/t
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TheWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 02:31 PM
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4. How About Operation Bring Bin Laden To Justice
Edited on Sat Sep-16-06 02:33 PM by TheWatcher
Oh THAT'S right.....

Bush just doesn't spend that much time on it.

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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 05:40 PM
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8. I love this one!
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 04:14 PM
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6. The Taliban just melted away during Operation Medusa
I suppose that will be the pattern from here on out. I wonder if this is how it went with the Soviets too?
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 06:20 PM
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9. We have always been at war with Oceania
Big BushCo loves you.
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bhikkhu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 08:14 PM
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10. Why are military operations always named like B movies...
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NOLADEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 06:50 AM
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12. Cuz they are written by 'B' talent led by 'P' brains?
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 08:16 PM
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11. bush** isn't reading Camus and Shakespeare. He's reading some
idiot tacky spy novels. Where else would anyone come up with these juvenile lame 'names' for his operations? Operations where the biggest casualties happen to be innocent bystanders.
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minnesota_liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-17-06 08:18 AM
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13. Furry Mountain? Seems like an odd name for a military operation
Edited on Sun Sep-17-06 08:21 AM by minnesota_liberal
Fury? Oh. Nevermind.
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