U.$. Jets Bomb Suspected Taliban Position

[Nambe]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP)

U.S. fighter jets and helicopters bombed suspected Taliban hideouts Thursday in Afghanistan's rugged southern mountains following intense battles between the insurgents and Afghan troops, officials said.

The troops were trying to flush out the Taliban from Zabul province when the guerrillas attacked with heavy machine guns in the Chinaran mountains, said Haji Granai, an Afghan military commander, speaking to The Associated Press by satellite telephone from Chinaran. ---

Khalil Hotak, the head of intelligence in Zabul, said troops were also searching village homes. He said the insurgents were being led by Mullah Arif, who's in contact with the Taliban's fugitive chief, Mullah Mohammed Omar. He gave no evidence to back his claim, saying only that he had intelligence information. ---

[TAH6988]

1. From the redundancy department

How many fighter aircraft does the US have that are prop driven? That's right: NONE. I hate when newspapers use the expression "U.S. fighter jets!"

[papau]

2. solid thinkers on the war at the U.N. Children's Fund!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3080473,00.html

"Two U.S. bombers and two helicopters helped in the battle, he said.

<snip>"Meanwhile, a top U.N. envoy in Afghanistan said Thursday that reforming the Defense Ministry and disarming warlords would be crucial for restoring the rule of law after two decades of war.
Lakhdar Brahimi was speaking at the opening of a workshop organized by the U.N. Children's Fund on how to rehabilitate the estimated 8,000 former or current child soldiers among the tens of thousands militia fighters in the country. A U.N. plan to disarm the huge private armies of warlords who control most of Afghanistan was due to start July 1, but it has been postponed pending sensitive reforms in the Defense Ministry, which is controlled by ethnic Tajiks."

Finally we have some war planning going on - while not at the Bush Whitehouse, seems we have solid thinkers on the war at the U.N. Children's Fund!

A bit of ... irony... or just sad --- another item the US Media will not force Americans to understand.

[LeftistGorilla]

3. yet they still keep coming back...

who knew????