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Half Of Town's Taliban Flee Or Are Killed-NYT Feb.16, 2010
The taliban appear to be having some morale issues that is degrading their cohesion.
WRT to fatman's assertion, there are likely some frustrated marines from B Co. 1/6 Marines that I.D.ed 12 insurgents leaving a compound to set up an ambush. They called an airstrike on them. No go said headquarters-
"It seemed like a good target to us," Capt. Ryan Sparks, the commander of Bravo Company, which is part of the 1st Battalion of the 6th Marine Regiment, said of the strike rejected by Marine headquarters on Monday. "We didn't see any civilians around."
U.S. Curtails Airstrikes In Assault On Marja-WAPO Feb.16, 2010
Three interesting points from the WSJ-
1.) McChrystal insists that the rocket strike which killed 12 civilians on Sunday actually hit its intended target. He says a unit was taking fire from the compound. That flat-out contradicts the word of marines in a unit to which C.J. Chivers of the NYT had been embedded. They'd been taking fire from another compound and had requested artillery some considerable time earlier. So much earlier they'd presumed the mission was cancelled. Whether another unit in another direction was receiving the alleged fire is unknown but targeting a compound without certain knowledge it's devoid of civilians would appear to conflict with McChrystal's ROEs in any case. Fog of war.
2.) Taliban received a mid-level commander as reinforcement allegedly with the mission to evacuate as many fighters as possible. Many are rumored to be donning head-to-toe Burkhas to assist their escape.
3.) A local shura assigned 10 civiilians to the Marines to assist identifying IEDs-
Taliban Resist Afghan Offensive-WSJ Feb.16, 2010
That is all...
Thanks.
Half Of Town's Taliban Flee Or Are Killed-NYT Feb.16, 2010
The taliban appear to be having some morale issues that is degrading their cohesion.
WRT to fatman's assertion, there are likely some frustrated marines from B Co. 1/6 Marines that I.D.ed 12 insurgents leaving a compound to set up an ambush. They called an airstrike on them. No go said headquarters-
"It seemed like a good target to us," Capt. Ryan Sparks, the commander of Bravo Company, which is part of the 1st Battalion of the 6th Marine Regiment, said of the strike rejected by Marine headquarters on Monday. "We didn't see any civilians around."
U.S. Curtails Airstrikes In Assault On Marja-WAPO Feb.16, 2010
Three interesting points from the WSJ-
1.) McChrystal insists that the rocket strike which killed 12 civilians on Sunday actually hit its intended target. He says a unit was taking fire from the compound. That flat-out contradicts the word of marines in a unit to which C.J. Chivers of the NYT had been embedded. They'd been taking fire from another compound and had requested artillery some considerable time earlier. So much earlier they'd presumed the mission was cancelled. Whether another unit in another direction was receiving the alleged fire is unknown but targeting a compound without certain knowledge it's devoid of civilians would appear to conflict with McChrystal's ROEs in any case. Fog of war.
2.) Taliban received a mid-level commander as reinforcement allegedly with the mission to evacuate as many fighters as possible. Many are rumored to be donning head-to-toe Burkhas to assist their escape.
3.) A local shura assigned 10 civiilians to the Marines to assist identifying IEDs-
Taliban Resist Afghan Offensive-WSJ Feb.16, 2010
That is all...
Thanks.