Paul
8th November 2001, 19:45
On October 20, US troops went in to Afganistan on a mission. The Pentagon released footage of it.
Cnn report here (http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/10/20/ret.afghan.attacks/index.html). Just like a movie. In and out, GO AMERICA.
Oh what a lovely war.
Also from a CNN story:
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CNN's Catherine Callaway spoke with retired Army Lt. Gen. William Odom to get more insight on this mission
ODOM: I think, more than anything else, it's their very special training. Every one of these soldiers and officers has had to perform outstandingly in some other unit. There is no better trained organization. The kind of raid that you've just witnessed there is practiced frequently by the Rangers. So, for them, this is sort of standard operating procedure. In a real mission, however, it's very high risk, but...
CALLAWAY: Yes ... there was some report that there was some Taliban resistance, but you're saying these Rangers were more than prepared for this type of encounter?
ODOM: Well, I think it's the finest light infantry in the world. Now, the Afghans, sure, they're great fighters, but they haven't been up against this kind of capability before. The Soviets had no units of any size, maybe some small commando intelligence ... units, but nothing compared to the capabilities of these (units) have the Taliban or other Afghan units faced before.
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uh-oh, whats this?
Delta Force caught in ferocious Taliban ambush (http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4292852,00.html)
The Pentagon's only publicly announced commando raid on Taliban positions, hailed as a success and beamed around the world in video pictures hours later, actually went badly wrong, seriously injuring American soldiers, sources in Pakistan said yesterday.
The debacle, which saw US Delta Force soldiers come under intense fire from the Taliban, prompted a review of special forces operations in Afghanistan and seems to have led to a delay in similar behind-the-lines operations
A raid led by Delta Force commandos on a Kandahar compound of the Taliban's leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, ran into heavy resistance, causing serious casualties. One soldier's foot was blown off.
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But it's all ok, cause the US denies it all
From the BEEB:
"The force that went in on the ground, there were a couple of parachute injuries that we expected... and there were some other wounds from some... of the activity that they were undergoing, but none of it was inflicted by the enemy," said General Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"I've not read the article but I've heard that it portrays that we ran into some stiff resistance - that's simply not true. There was no resistance, the Taleban were in complete disarray," General Myers said.
Cnn report here (http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/10/20/ret.afghan.attacks/index.html). Just like a movie. In and out, GO AMERICA.
Oh what a lovely war.
Also from a CNN story:
----------
CNN's Catherine Callaway spoke with retired Army Lt. Gen. William Odom to get more insight on this mission
ODOM: I think, more than anything else, it's their very special training. Every one of these soldiers and officers has had to perform outstandingly in some other unit. There is no better trained organization. The kind of raid that you've just witnessed there is practiced frequently by the Rangers. So, for them, this is sort of standard operating procedure. In a real mission, however, it's very high risk, but...
CALLAWAY: Yes ... there was some report that there was some Taliban resistance, but you're saying these Rangers were more than prepared for this type of encounter?
ODOM: Well, I think it's the finest light infantry in the world. Now, the Afghans, sure, they're great fighters, but they haven't been up against this kind of capability before. The Soviets had no units of any size, maybe some small commando intelligence ... units, but nothing compared to the capabilities of these (units) have the Taliban or other Afghan units faced before.
---------------------
uh-oh, whats this?
Delta Force caught in ferocious Taliban ambush (http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4292852,00.html)
The Pentagon's only publicly announced commando raid on Taliban positions, hailed as a success and beamed around the world in video pictures hours later, actually went badly wrong, seriously injuring American soldiers, sources in Pakistan said yesterday.
The debacle, which saw US Delta Force soldiers come under intense fire from the Taliban, prompted a review of special forces operations in Afghanistan and seems to have led to a delay in similar behind-the-lines operations
A raid led by Delta Force commandos on a Kandahar compound of the Taliban's leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, ran into heavy resistance, causing serious casualties. One soldier's foot was blown off.
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But it's all ok, cause the US denies it all
From the BEEB:
"The force that went in on the ground, there were a couple of parachute injuries that we expected... and there were some other wounds from some... of the activity that they were undergoing, but none of it was inflicted by the enemy," said General Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"I've not read the article but I've heard that it portrays that we ran into some stiff resistance - that's simply not true. There was no resistance, the Taleban were in complete disarray," General Myers said.