or just At Police Action?
The post titled Jackpot tells the story of recent battles in Herat Province of Afghanistan. Herat is in the west of the country and borders Iran. 136 fighters killed by Afghans and Special Forces.
Iran has been trying to influence the province for some time. In December I wrote Iran Expands Influence and quoted CNews thusly:
Western Afghanistan has a newly paved 120-kilometre stretch of highway between the Iranian border and its main city, Herat, courtesy of the Islamic republic. Iran is also considering building a rail line on the busy route and has pledged the equivalent of another C$640 million to help rebuild Afghan infrastructure and businesses.
“Iran is not going away from here,” a Herat-based western diplomat said.
“The question is whether we can co-exist in this region together and realize that some of our aims might even be the same when it comes to Afghanistan.”
Tehran has built 10 schools and several clinics in western Afghanistan, and paid for the equipment to provide electricity 24 hours a day in Herat, unlike in most other parts of the country, including the capital Kabul.
Almost two weeks ago, General Pace was quoted by Reuters:
“It is not as clear in Afghanistan which Iranian entity is responsible but we have intercepted weapons in Afghanistan headed for the Taliban that were made in Iran,” Pace told reporters in Washington.
We just killed 136 fighters in that region, an area not known for Talibs. It is possible, even likely, that these were Iranians or those associated with that country. My surmise is that some effort is being put into closing the smuggling routes for Iranians weapons into Afghanistan. The folks on the Iranian side of the border are not Persians and have been restive. With our Special Forces working in Herat, some interesting possibilities come to mind. Giving the Mad Mullahs a hot foot if nothing else.
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Assuming that 4000 “terrorists” have been killed in the last 4 months should this be considered a net loss or net gain in their numbers ? Can they be easily replaced ? How can these dead people be determined to be “terrorists” ?
Assuming that 4000 “terrorists” have been killed in the last 4 months should this be considered a net loss or net gain in their numbers ? I call it a net gain for us because a dead terrorist is a good thing.
How can these dead people be determined to be “terrorists”? the same way dead soldiers can be determined to be soldiers you moon bat!
To answer your questions:
1) Death is a net loss.
2) They can be killed a lot quicker than they can be replaced, if you’re smart about killing them.
3) These dead people are terrorists if their burned up bodies are surrounded by lots of destroyed, Iranian made munitions. If their burned up bodies are behind a burned up ox, then their probably farmers.
The Terrorist Death Watch counts reported enemy deaths since January 2006. The total as of 4/30/2007 is for 16 months. If you would like a cite for every death, it is available at the TDW site. Most of the cites describe in detail how it was determined that the dead were enemy, before we killed them.