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Titolo: Taliban tests British troops in Afghan gunbattle (Reuters)

In attesa dei rinforzi canadesi e olandesi - un ottima cronaca della 
battaglia.
Certo gli AMX e i Mangusta italiani non sarebbero inutili contro la vera 
Jihad, piuttosto che dormire nei depositi...
Am.
Taliban tests British troops in Afghan gunbattle
 Monday June 19, 04:56 PM
 CAMP BASTION, Southern Afghanistan (Reuters) - The rifle fire started 
coming in just as corporal Quintin Poll jumped out of his helicopter at 
the landing site. He spotted one shooter and gave chase.
 "I followed the gunman into the first doorway and he started pushing 
the women and children out towards me," the 29-year-old paratroop 
section commander said. The gunman escaped out of the back.
 Hours later, in the midst of a six-hour battle, six grenades exploded 
around Poll and his men. They did not throw grenades back because they 
did not know if civilians were behind the wall.
 "We know who we're dealing with. But when you find out they are using 
human shields, you are surprised."
 The firefight, which took place on June 4 in the remote mountain town 
of Nowzad, was part of the first major gunbattle British troops faced 
since moving into southern Afghanistan this year.
 Details of the fight are only now becoming public after troops involved 
met reporters at a British base in Helmand province.
 The past few weeks have seen the British forces move into areas in the 
high mountains of Helmand province that have seen no outside military 
presence for decades.
 The British have since faced two other serious clashes, while U.S. and 
Canadian forces are also fighting nearby in Operation Mountain Thrust.
 It is wild country, where the Taliban who governed until U.S.-led 
strikes in 2001 have been making a violent comeback against a new 
governor and the Western-backed government in Kabul.
 Police say suspected Taliban killed 32 civilians they accused of being 
family of government collaborators in the Helmand town of Sangin in the 
past two days.
 UNPREDICTABLE THREAT
 Commanders say the outcome of early battles such as the British clash 
at Nowzad could determine the success of a new NATO force now taking 
over security for southern Afghanistan.
 "I'd like to think it sent a message to the Taliban that they might 
want to think twice about attacking us again," the British battle 
group's commander, Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Tootal said.
 Canadian and Dutch troops will be taking over neighbouring provinces, 
which are under U.S. command until NATO takes over next month.
 The Nowzad battle gives a sense of the unpredictable threat the NATO 
troops will face in what the alliance the toughest mission of its 
50-year history.
 Company A of Britain's 3 Paratroop Battalion came under seven separate 
ambushes on June 4 and responded by firing thousands of rounds. New 
British Apache helicopters opened fire in support of British troops for 
the first time. U.S. A-10 attack jets also struck.
 The British had arrived to search a compound in the town, part of an 
effort to establish a presence in remote parts of the province.
 Tootal said his troops were ambushed by more than 50 Taliban, operating 
in small groups in coordinated strikes around the town.
 His troops killed 18-21 fighters that day, he said.
 No British troops died in that fight, although a British soldier 
training Afghan troops was killed this month in a separate ambush.
 They are not looking for a fight, but want to show that the Afghan 
authorities can count on their muscle, said Tootal.
 "We've had 50, 60 patrols where we've just gone out and drank tea with 
the locals," he said. "They are keen to see us and keen to know what our 
mission is.
 "If every day we could go out and improve the lot of the Afghan people, 
that would have a far greater effect than killing Taliban."

 battaglia.
Interessante.  Ma dimmi, se questi sono i "liberatori", come mai la
guerriglia?
A casa mia la guerriglia, aldila' delle sue opinioni politiche e'
un'ottimo sintomo che dopotutto, un sacco di "locali" non vedono di
buon occhio le forze di occupazione.
E, come ci ha insegnato il buon Mao, senza un certo sostegno popolare
da parte degli occupati, non esisterebbe.
GT

di buon occhio le forze di occupazione.
Il "sacco di locali" che sono usati come scudi umani e lanciati contro i
militari in modo che si prendano loro le pallottole nel caso?
Come non darti ragione caro *FESSO* di un Torrieri!
-Stefano

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PS:  Lupus in fabula
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5096004.stm
Afghanistan's intelligence services have angered Afghan journalists by
distributing a list of restrictions on their reporting.
The restrictions include directives not to represent the Afghan armed
forces as weak or criticise the US-led coalition.
Many in the media see the move, which does not apply to foreign
reporters, as an attempt to curb press freedom.
The government denied it had issued any restrictions, merely a request
for media not to "glorify terrorism".
The two-page document lays out an extraordinary list of demands for the
Afghan media.
QUICK GUIDE
Afghanistan
Criticism of the US-led coalition, or Nato mission, is banned as is
interviewing what it calls terrorist commanders, or even filming or
photographing them.
Representing the armed forces as weak is banned, as is publishing
interviews against the government's foreign policy.
Broadcasters have also been told not to put news of militant
activities, such as suicide or roadside bombings, as the lead story on
bulletins.
The letter acquired by the BBC is marked not to be distributed or
copied and was delivered by the intelligence services in Afghanistan to
national journalists after they were summoned to a meeting.
It is not known at what level it was sanctioned.
However, the office of the spokesman of President Hamid Karzai issued a
statement rejecting reports the government had issued instructions to
local media restricting their activities.
It said it had merely asked media "to refrain from glorifying terrorism
or giving terrorists a platform".
"This request is entirely consistent with the principles of the
freedoms of speech and press enshrined in the constitution," it said.
But there has been a strong reaction from the media here, with many
people seeing this as a way of intimidating, or trying to restrict the
free press which has thrived and expanded in Afghanistan following the
overthrow of the Taleban.
There are many new television and radio stations that have been quite
critical of the administration.
One news agency chief said 95% of his stories would be banned if these
rules and regulations became law.

 battaglia.
una cronaca in stile lord haw haw. complimenda <g>
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 Jihad, piuttosto che dormire nei depositi...
Cioè stai insinuando che i brit stanno combattendo una guerra santa contro i 
talebani? e che l'Italia dovrebbe contibuire con le sue forze armate?
Ti faccio umilmente notare che l'elezioni le hanno vinte i pacifisti.... non 
sarebbe il caso di ubbidire ai propri datori di lavoro?

una cronaca in stile lord haw haw. complimenda <g>
Vorrei farvi notare che
a. sto week end voterete allo stesso modo
b. votate per due partiti che appartengono alla stessa coalizione
c. molto probabilmente su questioni di ampio respiro su diritti etc
etc sareste perfettamente allineati.
Cosa non funziona?
MMAX
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E' in discussione su it.news.gruppi la RFD 
di it.politica.internazionale moderato

 etc sareste perfettamente allineati.
d. lui č un razzista slavofobo.
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