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Rules of engagement are killing U.S. soldiers
20 hours ago ago from The Blog at Christian Truckers Network
You won't believe how politics handcuff troops in Afghanistan Excerpts: WASHINGTON – New military rules of engagement ostensibly to protect Afghan civilians are putting the lives of U.S. forces in jeopardy, claim Army and Marine sources, as the Taliban learns to game plan based the rules' imposed limits. The rules of engagement, or ROEs, apply to all coalition forces of the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty ...
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11 hours ago ago from Counter-MSM News
WASHINGTON – New military rules of engagement ostensibly to protect Afghan civilians are putting the lives of U.S. forces in jeopardy, claim Army and Marine sources, as the Taliban learns the game plan based the rules' imposed limits. The restrictions include the following: * No night or surprise searches * Villagers are to be warned prior to searches * Afghan National Army, or ANA, or Afghan National Police, or ANP, must accompany ...
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5 hours ago ago from Infidels Paradise
My current mood is pissed off after reading this. We expect our military to go overseas, leave family and friends to protect our country from foreign threats. then we do this. they can't fire unless the enemy is ready to fire first? do we expect them to be mind readers on top of protectors? why not allow the intel to come in and let them know where these killers are and then let them overwhelm them with firepower like we have done in the ...
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KABUL -- Insurgents killed 15 Afghan policemen in two attacks on Monday, marking one of the bloodiest days for Afghanistan's fledgling security forces just as Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived here to discuss the planned surge by American troops. A rogue policeman was responsible for one of the attacks, the fourth such case since October, raising fresh questions about Taliban infiltration of the Afghan ...
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Scroll down to watch President Obama on "60 Minutes" WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says he'll know by the end of 2010 if his Afghan strategy is working, and pledges to change direction if the U.S. military is not on course "in terms of securing population centers" from Taliban militants. The president also says his Dec. 1 speech ordering 30,000 more American soldiers and Marines into the 8-year-old war "hit me in the gut" ...
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KABUL, Afghanistan The senior allied operational commander in Afghanistan warned on Monday that the military faces stiff challenges to deploy 30,000 additional American troops here on the tight schedule that President Obama has ordered. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visiting Afghanistan on Monday. The officer, Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez, the deputy commander of ...
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