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PoorOldSpike
11-05-2009, 21:39
Afgh.2008
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PoorOldSpike
11-05-2009, 21:39
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PoorOldSpike
11-05-2009, 21:40
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PoorOldSpike
11-05-2009, 21:40
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PoorOldSpike
11-05-2009, 21:41
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PoorOldSpike
11-05-2009, 21:41
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PoorOldSpike
11-05-2009, 21:41
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PoorOldSpike
11-05-2009, 21:42
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PoorOldSpike
11-05-2009, 21:42
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7940921.stm
QUOTE=Bootie: What do these drones look like???
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PoorOldSpike
11-05-2009, 21:43
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"The dead bodies of men will lie like refuse on the open field, like cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather them."- Jeremiah 9:22
PoorOldSpike
11-05-2009, 21:44
Predator
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PoorOldSpike
11-05-2009, 21:48
"I am quite confident that in the foreseeable future armed conflict will not
take the form of huge land armies facing each other across extended battle
lines, as they did in World War I and World War II.."
- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
http://www.military-quotes.com/Schwarzkopf.htm
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Predator drone pilot training, Nevada 2009
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PoorOldSpike
11-05-2009, 21:49
Marine Humvees, Afgh.2008
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PoorOldSpike
11-06-2009, 00:56
"Adm. Mike Mullen awards the Silver Star to U.S. Army Capt. Gregory Ambrosia at Korengal Outpost, Afghanistan, July 11, 2008 for valor under fire after running into a hail of enemy gunfire to help save fallen comrades"
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PoorOldSpike
11-06-2009, 01:16
1st Sgt David Gill from Alliance, Ohio (left), and Hungarian military adviser SFC Otto Szatmari, Afghanistan 2009
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Afgh 2007
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Marines, Afgh
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Predator drone pilot training, Nevada 2009
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The War in Afghanistan, which began on October 7, 2001 as the U.S. military operation Operation Enduring Freedom, was launched by the United States with the United Kingdom in response to the September 11 attacks.
The stated purpose of the invasion was to capture Osama bin Laden, destroy al-Qaeda, and remove the Taliban regime which had provided support and safe harbor to al-Qaeda.
The United States' Bush Doctrine stated that, as policy, it would not distinguish between al-Qaeda and nations that harbor them.
Two military operations in Afghanistan seek to establish control over the country. Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) is a United States combat operation involving some coalition partners and currently operating primarily in the eastern and southern parts of the country along the Pakistan border. Approximately 28,300 U.S. troops are in OEF.
The second operation is the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), initially established by the UN Security Council at the end of December 2001 to secure Kabul and its surroundings. NATO assumed control of ISAF in 2003. By January 12, 2009, ISAF had around 55,100 troops from 41 countries, with NATO members providing the core of the force. The United States has approximately 23,300 troops in ISAF.
The U.S. and the UK led the aerial bombing campaign, with ground forces supplied primarily by the Afghan Northern Alliance. In 2002, American, British and Canadian infantry were committed, along with special forces from several allied nations including Australia. Later, NATO troops were added.
The initial attack removed the Taliban from power, but Taliban forces have since regained some strength.
The war has been less successful in achieving the goal of restricting al-Qaeda's movement.
Since 2006, Afghanistan has seen threats to its stability from increased Taliban-led insurgent activity, record-high levels of illegal drug production, and a fragile government with limited control outside of Kabul.
As of end 2008, the war has been unsuccessful in its primary purpose of capturing Osama bin Laden, while tensions have grown with regional ally Pakistan over hot pursuit of the Taliban into Pakistani territory giving sanctuary to the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
I came across the exhibition in Edinburgh and it was excellent.
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Taliban rule Pakistan's 'valley of death'
By Bill Roggio January 23, 2009
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Swat, once renowned as Pakistan's vacation paradise is now referred to as the "valley of death" by the fearful Pakistanis still living there. The district has become the model Taliban police state. The Taliban have full control of the district and have implemented their austere version of sharia, or Islamic law.
The Taliban consolidated control in Swat over the past several months after nearly two years of fighting. Led by Mullah Fazlullah, the Taliban have defeated the Army, destroyed the police force, established a shadow government, and imposed sharia.
Full article- http://www.longwarjournal.org/archiv...le_pakista.php (http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/01/taliban_rule_pakista.php)
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Not all Muslims are extremists, but these quotes display the mindset of those who are.-
http://www.usvetdsp.com/osam_qts.htm
Quotes from Osama bin Laden:
"We should fully understand our religion. Fighting is a part of our religion and our Sharia. Those who love God and his Prophet and this religion cannot deny that. Whoever denies even a minor tenet of our religion commits the gravest sin in Islam.
Hostility toward America is a religious duty, and we hope to be rewarded for it by God . . . . I am confident that Muslims will be able to end the legend of the so-called superpower that is America"- Time Magazine
"The pieces of the bodies of infidels were flying like dust particles. If you would have seen it with your own eyes, you would have been very pleased, and your heart would have been filled with joy." - At the wedding of his son in southern Kandahar about the 17 sailors who died in the suicide bombing of the USS Cole off the coast of Yemen
"Every American man is an enemy to us."- Independent
"It is far better for anyone to kill a single American soldier than to squander his efforts on other activities."- May 1998
"We--with God's help--call on every Muslim who believes in God and wishes to be rewarded to comply with God's order to kill the Americans and plunder their money wherever and whenever they find it. We also call on Muslim ulema, leaders, youths, and soldiers to launch the raid on Satan's U.S. troops and the devil's supporters allying with them, and to displace those who are behind them so that they may learn a lesson."- Feb 1998, Bin Laden edict
"We are seeking to incite the (Islamic) nation to rise up to liberate its land and to (conduct) jihad (holy war) for the sake of God."- Al-Jazeera, June 1999
"I was never afraid of death ... As Muslims, we believe that when we die, we go to heaven. Before a battle, God sends us ... tranquility."- Independent, 1993.
"I am fighting so I can die a martyr and go to heaven to meet God. Our fight now is against the Americans."- Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper
"We declared jihad against the US government, because the US government is unjust, criminal and tyrannical. It has committed acts that are extremely unjust, hideous and criminal whether directly or through its support of the Israeli occupation."- to CNN in March 1997
" . . . For the American forces to expect anything from me personally reflects a very narrow perception. Thousands of millions of Muslims are angry. The Americans should expect reactions from the Muslim world that are proportionate to the injustice they inflict."- to Time Magazine Dec 1998
"Acquiring weapons for the defense of Muslims is a religious duty. If I have indeed acquired these (nuclear) weapons, then I thank God for enabling me to do so. And if I seek to acquire these weapons, I am carrying out a duty. It would be a sin for Muslims not to try to possess the weapons that would prevent the infidels from inflicting harm on Muslims."-Time Magazine Dec 1998
"The Twin Towers were legitimate targets, they were supporting US economic power.
These events were great by all measurement.
If avenging the killing of our people is terrorism then history should be a witness that we are terrorists.
Yes, we kill their innocents and this is legal religiously and logically.
There are two types of terror, good and bad.
What we are practising is good terror. We will not stop killing them and whoever supports them
Bush and Blair don't understand anything but the power of force.
Every time they kill us, we kill them, so the balance of terror can be achieved.
It is the duty of every Muslim to fight.
Killing Jews is top priority."
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[Koran 5.51] "O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people"
[Koran 9.123] "O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness; and know that Allah is with those who guard against evil"
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Marine snipers
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"U.S. Army 1st Lt. Patrick Higgins surveys a village from a cliff while Spc. Aaron Trapley, Sgt. Gary Fordyce and Sgt. Nicholas Gauthier provide sniper overwatch and security during a foot patrol near Forward Operating Base Mizan, Afghanistan, Feb. 23, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment"
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"U.S. Army Pvt. Jeffery Hansen crouches after launching a 60mm mortar round from the mortar range on Forward Operating Base 'Lane' in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 15, 2009. Hansen is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment"
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"U.S. Army Spc. Chad Brown crosses a river in Zabul province, Afghanistan March 17, 2009."
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"Feb 2009 - U.S. Army 1st Lt. Larry Baca monitors the weather outside as a storm approaches Forward Operation Base 'Lane', Afghanistan.
Baca is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment."
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"U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jared Tomberlin, left, gets a first-hand view of the land with outgoing commander 1st Lt. Larry Baca on top of a ridge near Forward Operation Base 'Lane', Zabul province, Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2009"
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"And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth.."- Isaiah 2:10
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"In 2008 Denmark sent some of its Leopard 2 tanks to Afghanistan, where the heat can easily overwhelm the air conditioning system (built for milder European Summers, and not much cooling capacity at all). A clever solution was developed with the use of heavy duty fabric fitted covers for the chassis and turret. These were done up in a desert camouflage color, so save on a new paint job as well. The covers make a big difference in keeping the inside of the tank cooler. The crews also use cooling vests (where cool water is piped through thin plastic tubes built into a vest). But the temperature inside the crew compartment had to be brought down, otherwise the electronic gear would act unreliably, and eventually fail. The camouflage covers were developed in Sweden, and are called the Barracuda system. They also reduce the infrared signature of the vehicle, making it more difficult to detect using thermal imagers"
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C-17 Globemaster after landing with gear up, Afgh Jan 09
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C-17
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Afgh. Jan 2009
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C-17 airdrop, Afgh. 2009
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UK forces in major Afghan assault
British soldiers have launched a major airborne assault on a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
More than 350 troops from the Black Watch were dropped into Babaji, north of Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, just after midnight local time on Friday.
Twelve Chinook helicopters were used in Operation Panther's Claw which involved British and US air forces.
The Ministry of Defence has described it as one of the largest air operations in modern times.
Air support
BBC News defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt says the arrival of extra US troops in the south of Helmand province has helped make such an operation possible.
It has allowed British forces to focus on taking on the Taliban in their strongholds, and keep the ground they have won.
Apache and Black Hawk helicopter gunships, as well as a Spectre gunship, Harrier jets and unmanned drones, supported the operation.
The aim was to establish a permanent presence in the area ahead of the Afghan presidential elections in August.
Explosive devices
The MoD says the Black Watch fought off several attacks by insurgents, and secured three main crossing points.
They also found and disabled several of one of the Taliban's main weapons - improvised explosive devices - which have proved deadly to coalition forces over recent months.
The operation comes after the 169th British serviceman was killed in Afghanistan since 2001 on Friday.
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS), based at Fort George barracks near Inverness, started its first deployment to Afghanistan in April.
Check the name on the guys helmet to the left..!!!
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Welsh Guards in Afghanistan
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LINK (http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/afghanistan/2009/07/2009712113328844759.html)
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US 120mm mortar, Afgh, July 09
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Afghanistan
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Lance Corporal Dan Mazey, C Company, 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh, scans the ground during Operation PANTHER'S CLAW [Picture: Sgt Dan Harmer, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
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155mm, Afgh, Jul 09
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Welsh Gds, Afgh 2009
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Pech river, Afgh 2007
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Afgh 2007
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British, Helmand, Afgh 2007
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British engineers blow Taliban tunnel complex, Afgh 2002
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Canadians, Afgh 2006
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US troops, Chowkay Valley, Afgh 2007
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Afgh 2007
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Queens Royal Lancers Afgh 2008
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Refuelling over Helmand, Afgh 2008
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Romanians in Afgh 2003
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Afgh 2008
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Afgh 2006
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Helmand 2007
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Afgh 2005
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Afgh 2008
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OH-53 Kiowa observation helos, Afgh 2007. The optics ball looks over cover such as buildings, trees and ridges etc like a periscope while the helo hovers.
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Afgh 2007
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US, Afgh 2008
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Afgh
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US, Chowkay Valley, Afgh 2006
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Afgh 2004
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Afgh 2004
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French snipers, Afgh 2005
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T-55 of the Afghan National Army, 2005
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Working dog wearing a "K9 Storm" bullet proof vest in Afghanistan, receives training
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Huskies, Afgh 2006
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Brits and US troops, Afgh 2007
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Helmand, 2009
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Explosives sniffer dog, Bamiyan Valley, Afgh 2008
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Afgh 2008
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Korengal Valley, Afgh 2007
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M1117 security vehicle, Afgh 2007
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M249, Afgh 2005
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Mineclearing, Afgh 2004
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Training, Afgh 2008
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Afgh 2009
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Bogged Humvee under tow in Helmand River, Afgh 2009
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US (left) and French vehicles, Afgh 2009
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US Marines combat engineers on wall-breaching exercise
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US Marine pulls night sentry duty, Afgh 2009
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"..praise to the Lord, to him who rides the ancient skies above,
whose power is in the skies." (Psalm 68:33-34)
US 120mm mortar, Afgh 2009
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Brit medic Kate Nesbitt, still streaked with the blood of the soldier whose life she just saved under Taliban fire which won her the Military Cross
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US troops, Afgh 2009
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Afgh 2009
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British troops from 16 Air Assault Brigade sit in the rear of a C17 Globemaster transport aircraft at the end of their 7 month operational tour in Afghanistan and start the first leg of their journey home to the UK
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C-17 Globemasters over Kentucky
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C-17 supply drop, Afgh Sept 2009
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Stryker in Qatar showing new tan colour scheme in preparation for phasing out the green scheme in the SW Asia theatre-
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http://www.radiozet.pl/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/wiadomosci/swiat/minister-klich-u-zolnierzy-w-afganistanie/polscy-zolnierze-patroluja-ghazni/polscy-zolnierze-patroluja-ghazni4/26480-1-pol-PL/Polscy-zolnierze-patroluja-Ghazni_lightbox_full.jpg
http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/.a/6a00d8341c2c7653ef011570fb1a24970c-800wi
http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/.a/6a00d8341c2c7653ef011571eff430970b-800wi
http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/.a/6a00d8341c2c7653ef011571effbea970b-800wi
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/flag-911.jpg
Letter from home
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/soldierletter.jpg
A-10
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/A-10.jpg
Tacome valley, Afgh 2009
"This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you.."-Ezekiel 6:3
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/tacome-valleyAfg09.jpg
Breaklight
Well, after looking thru this thread I decided I should share with you guys some of my own pictures out of the old shoebox
Kaboul 2007
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae349/Breaklight/div/10.jpg
Afgh. 2007
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Afgh. 2007
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Afgh. 2007
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Afgh. 2007
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Afgh. 2007
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You Americans are funny ;)
Kandahar airbase 2007
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Chora Valley 2007
Shopping downtown
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae349/Breaklight/div/12.jpg
After a few months, everyone has one of those moments that you just wanna go home ;)
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae349/Breaklight/div/3.jpg
Fighting talk (http://defenceoftherealm.blogspot.com/2009/11/fighting-talk.html)
Posted by Richard Tuesday, 10 November 2009 Afghanistan (http://defenceoftherealm.blogspot.com/search/label/Afghanistan)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rqH4fUbko2U/Svi6xr9_mLI/AAAAAAAAPKk/Mj74sqJiY0s/s320/brydon.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rqH4fUbko2U/Svi6xr9_mLI/AAAAAAAAPKk/Mj74sqJiY0s/s1600-h/brydon.jpg)
As the Afghan conflict continues to exert its bloody effect, we have been exploring further the prospects of success of what is fashionably called a "counterinsurgency" campaign, in which the target is the people, the aim being to protect the people from the insurgents and to convince them to support the government.
Although we have already looked at some of the historical background to the conflict, it seems that its roots stem not from recent history but from events spanning the last 300 years.
From those events, one learns, the main antagonists – the Pashtuns - are not insurgents in the classic sense. They are a separatist movement, seeking to restore the boundaries of their ancient territory, the modern name for which is Pashtunistan, encompassing areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Our problem is that we have not fully understood that, traditionally, the very term Afghan is used to describe the Pashtun, who have a recognisable identity going back as far as 330 BC, if not before. The polyglot ethnic mix which encompasses the modern Afghanistan is a geographical construct rather than a nation.
Within that, though, is another separate and hugely important (and largely unrecognised) dynamic – the rivalry between the Pashtuns themselves, centred around the two main tribal groups, the Durranis and the Ghilzai. The modern history of Afghanistan is largely an account of the battle for power between two great dynasties, with the story effectively starting in 1709 and continuing to the present day.
For some time before 1709, most of what is now known as Afghanistan was occupied by the Persians and it was the chief of the Ghilzai Pashtuns - a man by the name of Mirwais Khan Hotak – with his followers, who rose against them in Kandahar City in 1709, to establish the Hotaki dynasty. This successful uprising established the basis of the modern Afghanistan and, briefly, controlled part of Persia itself.
The Hotaki Ghilzai dynasty, however, was replaced by Ahmad Shah Durrani, who founded a rival regime, the Durrani dynasty. This established a tension between the two groups which exists to this day.
What then followed is equally significant. At the time, the capital of a Pashtun-dominated Afghanistan was Kandahar. After the death of Ahmad Shah in 1773, he was succeeded by his son Timur Shar, a weak and inept ruler. Unable to govern effectively, and opposed by the fractious Ghilzai Pashtuns, in 1775, he moved his seat of government north to Kabul in an attempt to enlist the support of the Tajiks and other northern ethnic groups, better to control his own people.
This then sets the scene for another dynamic which resonates to this day. The traditional capital of Afghanistan is Kandahar, not Kabul. To the Ghilzai, in particular, rule from Kabul is forever associated with a Durrani ruler, using "foreigners" to impose his will.
And, in what is almost a repeat of history, we have Hamid Khazai, a Durrani president, ensconced in Kabul, supported by an Afghan Army composed mainly of Tajiks. To complete the historical parallel, the fighters in the Taleban "insurgency" are primarily Ghilzai tribesmen.
Then, as now, Ahmad Shah failed to impose his will over the whole of Afghanistan and, by 1818, his successors controlled little more than Kabul and the surrounding territory within a 100-mile radius. By 1836, the Kandahar region and the Ghilzai heartlands were virtually autonomous.
What then appeared to change the course of history, apparently setting Afghanistan on course to becoming a modern state, was the emergence of another strong man. This was Dost Mohammad Khan, yet another Durrani Pashtun who, after the deposition of the then current ruler, Mahmud Shah Durrani - who had taken the throne in 1809 – had been "awarded" first Ghazni and then Kabul in 1826. He went on to defeat his rival in a battle under the walls of Kandahar in 1834, making him the effective ruler of Afghanistan.
By then, the British had appeared on the scene, with their own colonial ambitions, anxious to thwart Russian ambitions and protect the borders of the English Raj. Initial overtures to Dost Mohammad soured, and when he moved to entertain a relationship with Russia, this triggered the First Anglo-Afghan War.
In 1838, British forces occupied Kabul to depose Dost Mohammad and make him prisoner. However, while the retreat from Kabul and the destruction of the expedition in 1842 is part of the current mythology, on which the legend is built that no Western army can ever subdue Afghanistan, this was by no means the end of the war.
Later in 1842, the British actually launched a punitive expedition. Entering Afghanistan by the Khyber pass, an "army of retribution" under General Pollock marched on Kabul, joined there by 6,000 men from Kandahar destroying the famous covered bazaar of Kabul on 9 October. Three days later, the English withdrew from Afghanistan.
It was that which actually put an end to the war, leaving the UK victorious and the dominant power in the region but one temporarily resolved not to interfere in the internal politics of Afghanistan.
Dost Moḥammad was released and received in triumph at Kabul. He re-established his authority but, in 1846 he renewed his policy of hostility to the British and assumed an expansionist policy encroaching on British Indian territory. Three years later, though, after a series of defeats, he abandoned this policy, returning to Afghanistan where he devoted his energies to extending his control over the whole of this land.
To do so, in 1855, he concluded an alliance with the British government and by 1862, with the aid of the British – including generous subsidies - had defeated a Persian army and had taken Kandahar, dying a year later shortly after capturing Herat. However, unity there was not. The Ghilzai refused to accept Durrani rule and control over the central mountain regions and the east was at best intermittent.
In historical context, this sets up another "folk" memory. Then, as now, we see the British, as a colonial power, supporting a Kabul-based Durrani ruler, attempting to exert control over unwilling Ghazi tribesmen.
This, of course, is by no means the end of the story – which has many more twists and turns, which we will explore in a later post. But, when we view the course of the current conflict, the historical parallels are absolute. Dealing with primitive and largely illiterate tribesmen, isolated from the rest of the world, their oral history is as fresh with each new telling as it ever was.
Whatever our grand aspirations, our intentions and our broader strategic objectives, the Ghilzai Pashtuns are reliving their own history. It should thus come as no surprise that when earnest young coalition officers solemnly tell tribal elders that they are from "the government" – i.e., Kabul – representing a Durrani president supported by Tajik soldiers, the "hearts and minds" message rather gets lost in translation.
It was Reagan, though, who is remembered for his famous quote: "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." But the Ghilzai were there before him. And, to them, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help" is not "terrifying". It's fighting talk.
The German Army in Afghanistan.
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PoorOldSpike
01-12-2010, 06:22
Reaper, Kandahar, Afgh 2009
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PoorOldSpike
01-12-2010, 06:26
Germans in Afgh.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos/Gers-map-afgh.jpg
Want to clear a mine...or anything else for that matter!?
http://www.rantrave.com/Rave/New-Weapons-Assault-Breacher-Vehicles.aspx
Wow thats an impressive beast but as one of the comments stated... probably better for conventional warfare rather than the conflicts engaged in now.
It's being used in Afghanistan right now in the current offensive with great success. I can understand why.
ACSpectre
02-24-2010, 15:44
http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab302/ACSpectre321/Forum%20Pictures/newcamo.jpg
Here is the link to the complete article:
http://www.military.com/news/article/army-giving-new-camo-to-all.html?ESRC=army.nl
PoorOldSpike
04-27-2010, 18:04
(From Bootie)
http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq273/greershane/The%20FGM/4-12.jpg
http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq273/greershane/The%20FGM/5-6.jpg
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http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq273/greershane/The%20FGM/3-16.jpg.
http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq273/greershane/The%20FGM/Capture-32.jpg
http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq273/greershane/The%20FGM/Capture-31.jpg
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DAILY MAIL Feb 15th 2010
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British Commandos in Afghanistan May 2010
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PoorOldSpike
06-30-2010, 23:59
Special Forces extraction, Afgh 2010
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/specforces-extractAfgh2010.jpg
PoorOldSpike
07-01-2010, 00:00
Slosh patrol Afgh 2010
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/slosh-patrolAfgh2010.jpg
PoorOldSpike
07-01-2010, 00:00
C-17 loadmasters, Afgh 2010
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/C-17LoadmastersAfgh2010.jpg
PoorOldSpike
07-01-2010, 00:02
Afgh 2010
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Afgh2010.jpg
PoorOldSpike
07-03-2010, 05:35
Patrol, Afgh 2010
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/patrolling-Afgh2010.jpg
PoorOldSpike
07-09-2010, 10:43
2008 dispositions (ISAF RC and PRT= International Security Assistance Force, Regional Command and Provincial Reconstruction Team)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Afghmap2008.gif
PoorOldSpike
07-09-2010, 10:48
New high-altitude drone version
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Drone2010.jpg
Dead Taliban
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British baby drone after hard landing
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PoorOldSpike
07-11-2010, 16:31
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PoorOldSpike
07-23-2010, 15:01
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/afgh-nurse.jpg
Kandahar, Afgh, 2009
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Aragorn2010
07-24-2010, 07:31
Very impressive pictures. Makes you realize even more how difficult it is to fight in such a huge country.
PoorOldSpike
08-02-2010, 05:25
2010- US medic treats Afg victim after a civilian truck drove over a Taliban mine, killing 5 occupants and wounding 3 more. (the truck wreckage is in background)
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Another wounded passenger
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Afgh-2010-mine.jpg
PoorOldSpike
08-02-2010, 05:27
Patrol, 2009
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/Afgh-2009.jpg
Stuck, 2010
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/stuck-Afgh2010.jpg
PoorOldSpike
09-30-2010, 04:20
US Marine, Helmand 2008 (uninjured)
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Breaklight
10-11-2010, 19:11
Now that mate, is why they give you a helmet.... ;)
PoorOldSpike
10-11-2010, 21:57
Heavy-duty goggles to protect the eyeballs from kicked-up debris woudn't go amiss either..
PoorOldSpike
10-14-2010, 22:31
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PoorOldSpike
10-15-2010, 20:49
The Sun, Oct 15th 2010
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Royal Marine Commando
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PoorOldSpike
11-26-2010, 10:31
Ozzies v Taliban
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PoorOldSpike
11-26-2010, 14:12
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PoorOldSpike
12-09-2010, 23:36
Iran, the filling in the sandwich-
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U.S. Marines from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, protect an Afghan man and his child after Taliban fighters opened fire in the town of Marjah, in Nad Ali district, Helmand province, February 13, 2010.
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U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathan Duralde (right) and Sgt. Luis Gamarra of Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV react and hold hands as they fight pain from injuries they suffered from an IED blast as they are transported aboard a MEDEVAC helicopter from Charlie Co. Sixth Battalion, 101st Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Shadow June 25, 2010 near Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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Army paratroopers carry the casket of Private Howard at the Wellington Cathedral on December 21, 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand. Private Howard was serving with the British army when was killed by friendly fire from a US Air Force plane in Helmand Province, Afghanistan earlier this month. Private Howard is the fifth NZ-born soldier to be killed in action in Afghanistan.
PoorOldSpike
01-06-2011, 23:39
AH-1 Longbow
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Dahanah village, Afgh, Dec 2010
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PoorOldSpike
03-16-2011, 19:49
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Good shot or just luck in the shot?
PoorOldSpike
03-21-2011, 01:12
M1 Abrams, Helmand, Feb 2011
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Warrant Officer Sammy Rodriguez, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, makes quick work Jan. 23, 2008, of preparing a damaged vehicle for recovery to a forward operating base in the Korengal Valley, Kunar province, Afghanistan.
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PoorOldSpike
04-08-2011, 23:19
Afgh Mar 2011
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/AfghMar2011-josh.jpg
PoorOldSpike
04-13-2011, 01:21
HH-60, Afgh 2011
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub4/HH-60-Pave-Hawk-Afgh2011.jpg
PoorOldSpike
04-14-2011, 03:10
Afgh Jan 2011
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A Canadian Army crewman sits in the rear of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter over Panjwai district in Kandahar province southern Afghanistan, June 8, 2011.
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Very good quality pics..
That's one of the virtues of FGM .-
Welcome to the site, Razor69.-
Thanks for the welcome Louis.
Dutch Grenadier
06-20-2011, 22:00
As an Afghanistan veteran I'm missing the Dutch troops in here...
I shall post some personal picks tomorrow.
Excellent... look forward to them and welcome to the site.
Dutch Grenadier
06-21-2011, 08:06
Here are some personal pics.
Thats me :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/Bram79/f2TIClocatieKAF-TK5.jpg
Enjoy the view
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/Bram79/h2metKCTnaarbaluchi24.jpg
Dutch sniper
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/Bram79/h2metKCTnaarbaluchi11.jpg
Oops
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/Bram79/f41emeerdaagseactie1.jpg
Badass mofo!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/Bram79/i2IEDnayak3.jpg
To sleep or not to sleep? That is the question
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/Bram79/j2slapenindedasht1.jpg
IED (one of several we found)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/Bram79/e8IEDroutepoentjak6.jpg
I was stationed in Uruzgan.
I was stationed there from November 2006 till March 2007.
I was a corporal in a recon unit.
I was a gunner on a recon vehicle.
Excellent pictures.. thanks for sharing!!
Breaklight
06-21-2011, 15:58
Hello Dutch Grenadier!
Picture 2 Baluchi looking towards the south west? From by chora / awi 1 and 2 ;)
I was with TFU-2 (lumbl) and in 2009/2010 again but then with Istar recce. Also on the fennek
Regards Breaklight
Dutch Grenadier
06-21-2011, 16:07
Hello Dutch Grenadier!
Picture 2 Baluchi looking towards the south west? From by chora / awi 1 and 2 ;)
I was with TFU-2 (lumbl) and in 2009/2010 again but then with Istar recce. Also on the fennek
Regards Breaklight
Indeed. I was also TFU-2... You were WONJU coy?
The sniper on the pic is Mark vd Weijdt --> May he Rest in Peace
And the best regiment ever... BOREEL!!!
=Ex tirailleur 43BVE= (1998 till 2005) Then 11th Cav. Recon platoon (2005 till 2007)
Thought that was a Fennek, too much CMSF time I suppose. I served in the 2nd ID, 3rd Brigade, US Army. I was injured before we deployed, probably the largest disappointment ever in my life. However, my unit deployed as part of the surge in Iraq, and suffered heavy casualties from IEDs, ambushes, and the like. There is a decent chance I wouldn't have met my wife, had my wonderful twins, or even be alive at this time. Strange how life works out, but I would like to say thank you to all those who serve their nations in the worldwide fight against terror organizations, keeping all free nations free!!!
Dutch Grenadier
06-21-2011, 20:47
Thought that was a Fennek, too much CMSF time I suppose. I served in the 2nd ID, 3rd Brigade, US Army. I was injured before we deployed, probably the largest disappointment ever in my life. However, my unit deployed as part of the surge in Iraq, and suffered heavy casualties from IEDs, ambushes, and the like. There is a decent chance I wouldn't have met my wife, had my wonderful twins, or even be alive at this time.
Yes its a Fennek indeed. When I was stationed overthere all the Yanks drooled when we rolled by and went into combat.
I'm sorry that you did not went to Iraq with your buddies and that they took so much casualties. And you never know what would have happend if you did went.
Strange how life works out, but I would like to say thank you to all those who serve their nations in the worldwide fight against terror organizations, keeping all free nations free!!!
I appreciate this dude! I wish more people did... :yell:
Breaklight
06-22-2011, 11:55
@ Dutch Grenadier
Yup, i was with Wonju (2nd platoon) and knew Mark indeed. He was a really good bloke.
43? :P nah mate, 103! BOREEL! ;)
But I take it since 2007 out the service?
Dutch Grenadier
06-22-2011, 12:13
@ Dutch Grenadier
Yup, i was with Wonju (2nd platoon) and knew Mark indeed. He was a really good bloke.
43? :P nah mate, 103! BOREEL! ;)
But I take it since 2007 out the service?
BOREEL! Yeah I quit the army after Afghanistan. Went to the police.
Mark was a good bloke indeed. :rip:
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Dutch Grenadier
10-11-2011, 18:55
Pics from your son?
Pics from your son?
Yup !!
God bless him and keep him safe.
Dutch Grenadier
10-11-2011, 19:27
Well I know from my own experience and deployment that I may not ask his unit and base. Although I'm curious.
When is he returing home?
Yeah my brother got back from his tour a few months back.... everyday my thoughts were with him so I know what your feeling Walt.
Yeah my brother got back from his tour a few months back.... everyday my thoughts were with him so I know what your feeling Walt.
Nothing in my 60 years of existence has scared me worse then this.....and I am not the one thats over there.
If all goes well ( and I refuse to contemplate otherwise ) Dave will be home in 5 months.
Dutch Grenadier
10-11-2011, 21:11
Nothing in my 60 years of existence has scared me worse then this.....and I am not the one thats over there.
Yeah my parents are still scared and always say that of all my deployments the one to Afghanistan was the worst. My mom even complained to me a few days ago that she would hate it if I go on another deployment... Wich would be weird since I left the army 4 years ago and became a police officer.
If all goes well ( and I refuse to contemplate otherwise ) Dave will be home in 5 months.
I'm not a religious men but I hope the One will keep Dave save.
Brillant pictures of your child, 7thcav .-
Thank you for showing .-
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You would not catch me climbing that ladder!!
Dutch Grenadier
10-14-2011, 23:29
Who is that in the picture?
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http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2577/choquex.jpg
Who is that in the picture?
I am
Aug. 22, 2011, deserts of Djibouti.-
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3610/args.jpg
Paktika province, Afghanistan, sept 2, 2011.-
http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/8517/argu.jpg
Paktika province, Afghanistan, 2011.
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9403/97634135.jpg
Mineclearing, Afgh 2004
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/sub1/MineclearAfgh2004.jpg
Interesting..
The vehicles pictured above look like Casspir Mechem mine clearing model made in South Africa.
The red writing on the hull 'Vati Kaki' is Afrikaans and means : (we) dont take shit (from anyone)
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