Top Taliban commander captured in Pakistan

[Black*Dragon]

Top Taliban commander captured in Pakistan: report - washingtonpost.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top military commander of the Taliban, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, has been captured in Karachi, Pakistan, in a secret raid by U.S. and Pakistani intelligence forces, The New York Times reported on Monday.
Citing U.S. government officials, the Times said Mullah Baradar, described as the most significant Taliban figure captured since the start of the Afghanistan war, had been in Pakistani custody for several days and was being interrogated by U.S. and Pakistani intelligence.

[MTAtech]

Perhaps Cheney will now stop telling us how soft Obama is on terrorism.

[Theophylact]

Perhaps Cheney will now stop telling us how soft Obama is on terrorism.

Dream on.

[Black*Dragon]

Perhaps Cheney will now stop telling us how soft Obama is on terrorism.

Tell you what, when Obama gets rid of his ridiculous rules of engagement, I will call him tough on terror and thousands of soldiers will feel allot better about him.

That is one of the primary complaints we hear from our people.....the Rules of Engagement.....Someone gave Obama bad advice.

[Chuckiechan]

I understand enemy combatants can shoot at our troops, hide their rifles and join the Marines in the mess hall?

Thanks, Obumble.

It's starting to sound a lot like the air war over north Viet Nam.

[Chuckiechan]

And I'll say it again.

[Black*Dragon]

*No night or surprise searches.
*Villagers have to be warned prior to searches.
*ANA or ANP must accompany U.S. units on searches.
*U.S. soldiers may not fire at the enemy unless the enemy is preparing to
fire first.
*U.S. forces cannot engage the enemy if civilians are present.
*Only women can search women.
*Troops can fire at an insurgent if they catch him placing an IED but not if
insurgents are walking away from an area where explosives have been laid.

BTW us older folks in the service call this kind of crap....."A Johnson"

Chuckie this set of rules stinks of the liberal concept of war.

[Tramp429]

Tell you what, when Obama gets rid of his ridiculous rules of engagement, I will call him tough on terror and thousands of soldiers will feel allot better about him.

That is one of the primary complaints we hear from our people.....the Rules of Engagement.....Someone gave Obama bad advice.

Nato tightens rules of engagement to limit further civilian casualties in Aghanistan | World news | The Guardian

Losing Afghanistan, One Civilian at a Time - washingtonpost.com

Afghan Govt demands new rules of engagement - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Afghanistan: Civilian Deaths From Airstrikes | Human Rights Watch

The Real "Surge" of 2007: Non-Combatant Death in Iraq and Afghanistan

[Black*Dragon]

Nato tightens rules of engagement to limit further civilian casualties in Aghanistan | World news | The Guardian

Losing Afghanistan, One Civilian at a Time - washingtonpost.com

Afghan Govt demands new rules of engagement - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Afghanistan: Civilian Deaths From Airstrikes | Human Rights Watch

The Real "Surge" of 2007: Non-Combatant Death in Iraq and Afghanistan

The present rules of engagement is killing Marines and Soldiers.

Your list are sources I would not ever trust on any subject to do with this war. They have flat lied or exaggerated this story.

edit, I have to exempt the Ausie source from that, I have not read enough of their stories to say anything about them. Thought it was our ABC

[Creatures]

*U.S. soldiers may not fire at the enemy unless the enemy is preparing to
fire first.
*U.S. forces cannot engage the enemy if civilians are present.
*Only women can search women.
*Troops can fire at an insurgent if they catch him placing an IED but not if
insurgents are walking away from an area where explosives have been laid.

they actually sound like our ROE (at least in those training exercises i participated)

Creatures