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Titolo: Forze USA in Afghanistan continuano ad avanzare

E l'area sotto il controllo del governo afghano aumenta.
U.S. forces push further into Afghanistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060808/ap_on_re_as/afghan_northern_exposure
Piano, piano.
Un passo alla volta, i talebani perdono il controllo anche delle aree
più remote ed isolate.
Mirco

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ma non avevano già vinto tempo fa? 

Marco ha scritto:
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ma mirco.glione vive in un mondo tutto suo come il tonigoebbelsbaruch.
In UK stanno gia' frignando che non sanno se ce la faranno a domare i
talebani.  Vedi l'articolo allegato .
E' per questo che cialtroni come il lacchè dei nazi amalric rosica che
l'Italia non manderà soldati a farsi ammazzare a posto dei sudditi di sua
maestà nel sud dell'Afghanistan.
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Tough start for British forces  
By Alastair Leithead 
BBC News, Kabul  
Private Andrew Barrie Cutts of the Royal Logistics Corps has become the
10th British soldier to die in Afghanistan in two months. 
 
Private Cutts was the 10th British soldier to be killed in Afghanistan 
His convoy came under fire on its way out of Musa Qala, a remote and
dangerous town in Helmand, after a successful mission to re-supply the
fighting force defending the government district compound from attack. 
It was the same place where three British troops were killed last week
when they were ambushed by Taleban fighters. 
With every death the questions are asked again: Are there enough troops?
Are they overstretched? Are things already going badly wrong? 
Former soldiers write opinion articles, unnamed commanders are quoted in
the papers as complaining about a lack of troops, or that British soldiers
are "exhausted" by their mission. 
And the fact is the British forces are spread more thinly than they
intended. 
Security plan 
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) assumed
command of the south and of the troops in Helmand last week, and it has a
plan to bring security to lawless parts of the country. 
That plan involves "development zones" - drawing a line around one area in
each province and ploughing resources into "securing" it with fighting
troops. 
Afghan security forces would then be used to set up checkpoints - to
restrict movement of insurgents inside the zone - and then development
agencies can come in and work in a secure environment. 
Other mobile forces extend out, carrying out offensive operations against
the insurgents - keeping them on the back foot. 
 
UK soldier killed in Afghanistan  
Then, the argument goes, things get better inside the secure zone, the
people support the international force and the government, their lives
improve; those outside the development area see what's going on, want the
same, and the zones expand. 
It's a long-term plan but it doesn't appear to fit the situation the
British forces in Helmand have got themselves into. 
They began with this central area - stretching from the provincial capital
Lashkar Gah to Gereshk along a section of the Helmand river - but then
they were drawn into the other district centres. 
The Taleban fighters were threatening to overrun government compounds
where the police and the administration were based. 
Intense battles 
Under pressure not to lose control of these district centres while so many
British troops were on the ground - and at the insistence of the governor
- they deployed to these towns to protect the compounds. 
For the last two months small groups of British soldiers have been holed
up in Sangin, Nowzad, Musa Qala and Kajaki at times getting involved in
intensive battles for hours at a time and with fire coming in from all
sides. 
 
Four British soldiers have been killed in "remote and dangerous" Musa Qala 
Major operations are launched - hundreds of troops flood in to secure the
compound and the fighting stops in that area. 
But then it starts up again somewhere else. 
The Taleban fighters just melt into the population and it becomes very
difficult to know who is the enemy. 
Then gradually the security situation declines again and there's the need
for another operation - often with a re-supply or a rotation out for the
troops. 
They have been working hard - the fighting force which numbers only 700 to
800 is constantly being deployed without the usual down time. 
More fighting troops are on their way and in a few months the Marines will
relieve the Paras, but still there's the argument more resources may be
needed. 
Difficult start 
The commanders on the ground believe things are generally going their way
- it was always going to be difficult, they say, and in every exchange
with the insurgents the Taleban fighters come off worse. 
British Lt General David Richards assumed control of southern Afghanistan
a week ago as ISAF commander. 
In that time four British soldiers and four Canadians have been killed and
at least 10 troops injured. 
It's not a good start and he will be thinking hard about how things are
going on the ground and whether he needs to refocus the mission in Helmand
to be more in line with his strategy of focusing on one area rather than
many. 
In other words withdraw from the district centres, which is being
discussed. 
But pulling British troops back would give the Taleban a sense they had
scored a victory. 
And that's not the message you want to give local people when you're
trying to persuade them the government and the international force are
going to overcome the Taleban and, through military strength, improve
their lives 
 
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in questo caso non servono nuove truppe italiane,bene

 in questo caso non servono nuove truppe italiane,bene
Purtroppo no! Quelle servono a D'alema per farsi
bello con gli Usa
Ciao!

il blog. Il "morto che cammina", in effetti, era morto per davvero.
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