Deadly Afghan battle results in 11 Silver Stars
By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Apr 12, 2009 8:56:28 EDT
Just days before the end of a punishing 15-month tour in some of Afghanistan’s toughest terrain, soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment faced their deadliest battle yet.
On July 13, 2008, about 45 Americans and 24 [...]
Smoke rises after a second bomb strike from an F/A-18C Hornet fighter-attack aircraft on an insurgent target during a combat operation in the abandoned village of Now Zad, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, April 3. The residents of Now Zad were forced to abandon their homes nearly three years ago out of fear for [...]
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2009 – An investigation is under way into a firefight in the Khowst district of Afghanistan’s Khowst province overnight, as U.S. Forces Afghanistan officials acknowledged today that the people killed were not enemy fighters.
A news release issued soon after the incident had reported that four enemy fighters were killed [...]
Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill 3 Militants; Taliban Leader Dies
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2008 – Afghan and coalition forces killed three insurgents and uncovered a weapons and ammunition cache in Farah province’s Bala Boluk district Oct. 23, military officials said.
Afghan and coalition helicopters patrolling the area were attacked by small-arms and heavy-weapons fire from [...]
Dozens of Militants Killed, Four Detained During Operations in Afghanistan
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2008 – at least 40 insurgents during an ongoing operation in Afghanistan’s Helmand province yesterday, military officials said.
The fight began when insurgent forces attacked an Afghan and coalition security patrol yesterday in Sangin district. From multiple concealed and fortified positions, [...]
A U.S. Army Apache helicopter destroys a structure with two known insurgents inside.
Troops in Iraq Kill Nine, Capture 56, Destroy Terrorist Hideouts
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2008 – Coalition and Iraqi forces killed nine suspected terrorists, detained 56 others and destroyed terrorist safe havens and training grounds in Iraq over the past four days, military officials said.
In Iraq today:
– Coalition forces southeast of Samarra detained two [...]
Soldiers Keep Extremists on Run in Eastern Baghdad Belt
By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2008 – Coalition forces are making significant progress securing the former insurgent badlands of eastern Baghdad province, a commander in the region said today.
Before the surge, fewer than 100 U.S. troops patrolled the area known as [...]
“Critics insisted that the plan would fail. They declared that U.S. forces in Iraq were already ineffective because the situation was beyond repair. The increase of U.S. forces would be seen as more as “occupiers” and would “create more insurgents”. Critics also insisted that the Surge would destroy the already strained US military. Predictions by [...]
Include other like-minded extremists in the above title. The Surge is working on so many fronts, and yes…much more needs to be accomplished, and yes, violence can increase - but folks - the progress is for real!
Please see our earlier post about Gov. Richardson here.
Iraqi Security Forces Grow Better, Stronger
By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces [...]
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