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    Props to the Aussies... gf0012... isn't there a guy on your site called "Aussie Digger"? Did he do this kind of stuff?
    PRESSURE MOUNTS AS ANOTHER TALIBAN LEADER IS KILLED

    Coalition pressure on the Taliban leadership continues to intensify with the successful targeting of another senior insurgent leader operating in the Oruzgan area.

    In a combined coalition operation involving Australian Special Forces troops, Mullah Noorullah and one other insurgent were tracked moving into a tunnel system. They were killed in a targeted operation. There were no civilian casualties resulting from the operation.

    Classed as a senior insurgent commander, Noorullah was involved in the use of improvised explosive devices and rocket attacks against coalition forces.

    Noorullah was also understood to have been involved in the major battle with Afghan, Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force (MRTF) and Special Operations Task Group elements on 12 April in which up to four other insurgents were also killed by Australian soldiers.

    The latest operation is expected to disrupt the effectiveness of insurgent activity in the Deh Rafshan region for a number of months to come.

    The Chief of Joint Operations, Lieutenant General (LTGEN) Mark Evans said the counter-insurgency (COIN) strategy being employed by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and actioned by Australian and coalition troops in Afghanistan was having a degrading effect on Taliban leadership and their ability to conduct coherent operations.

    “Through our operations targeting the Taliban’s leadership and its networks, coalition forces are disrupting the insurgents’ ability to command and control operations,” LTGEN Evans said.

    “The result of this constant targeting is that the Taliban are not able to readily coordinate attacks on coalition forces until replacement leaders are recruited and they can rebuild their knowledge and skills.”

    LTGEN Evans said that coalition forces needed to continue applying pressure on the Taliban in order to create confidence in Afghan communities that there were viable alternatives to the Taliban.

    LTGEN Evans said that while one Taliban leader removed from the insurgency network did not indicate success, it did point to incremental progress.
    Source: Media Release - Department of Defence
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  • #2
    Good Old Diggers.

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    • #3
      Job well done. Let the bodies hit the floor. :P
      Cow is the only animal that not only inhales oxygen, but also exhales it.
      -Rekha Arya, Former Minister of Animal Husbandry

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      • #4
        Looks like good intelligence has paid off. Excellent job

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        • #5
          Australian soldiers in Afghanistan have killed a forth insurgent leader in five months after chasing down the explosives expert blamed for attacks on Afghani officials, Defence Head Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston said Taliban commander Mullah Qasim was also linked to lethal attacks on Australian forces in Oruzgan Province, he was killed by Australian SAS.......

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          • #6
            Good Job to the boys from down under. Apparently their rep as real pros is well deserved.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by timebandit View Post
              Australian soldiers in Afghanistan have killed a forth insurgent leader in five months after chasing down the explosives expert blamed for attacks on Afghani officials, Defence Head Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston said Taliban commander Mullah Qasim was also linked to lethal attacks on Australian forces in Oruzgan Province, he was killed by Australian SAS.......
              Karmas a bitch aint it :))

              Revenge of the secret squirrels... always served cold.

              Good work boys.
              The best part of repentance is the sin

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              • #8
                Job well done, boys. Keep up the pressure!

                In a combined coalition operation involving Australian Special Forces troops, Mullah Noorullah and one other insurgent were tracked moving into a tunnel system. They were killed in a targeted operation. There were no civilian casualties resulting from the operation.

                Media Release - Department of Defence
                This kind of bothers me that the Australian government feels the need to emphasize that there were no civilian casualties - apparently they've become so sensitive to the subject that they need to put it in their press releases? It seems like it should be assumed that there were no civilian casualties, or if there were for some unfortunate reason, it should be mentioned. Putting in the announcement makes it sound almost like they were expected. Just throwing that out there...

                Dave

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