Category: War

  • Behind Taliban Lines – PBS Frontline

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    PBS Frontline documentaries are usually very well done.  This looks like no exception. An Afghan journalist’s extraordinary 10 days living and filming with an insurgent cell allied with Al Qaeda to sabotage a key U.S./NATO supply route:  

  • Taliban Snipers in Marja Afghanistan

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    For several days, and in several places, competent and deliberate marksmen fired on Marine patrols. A video today presents one such event, a firefight between the Marines of Kilo Company, Third Battalion, Sixth Marines, and Taliban fighters, including at least one Taliban gunman the Marines considered to be a sniper. Full Story – HERE Very…

  • Army Trap

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    Hat Tip: JP

  • If There Were XBOX Achievements In War

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    “Single kill is for newbs sir, we’re going for the trifecta” :lol: Hat Tip: Gizmodo

  • Training the Afghan Border Police

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    Since we are on the topic of the Afghans… Some jumping jacks: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdggP7rw0mg[/youtube] Looks like they are having a good time. Push ups: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ThUxg1hrrU[/youtube] The push ups video is especially priceless… “That was the worm man…. he was doing the worm” LOL Hat Tip: moi

  • The Distant Executioner – Vanity Fair

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    Another very well written article from Vanity Fair.  I started keeping an eye on their website ever since their article on Erik Prince of Xe (Blackwater) back in December of last year. You shoot one man, you terrify a thousand. That was the theory outside of Afghanistan. Through generations of warfare, it’s what sniping was…