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Afghanistan based Marines under heavy fire

Beijing News.Net
Sunday 5th July, 2009

Troops from a US Marine company in Afghanistan have been under almost constant fire since entering the country with 4,000 other troops during the week.

Since flying in by helicopter to Mian Poshteh in Helmand province, troops from the 2/8 infantry battalion have been held down by insurgents.

The 200 Marines are still fighting to hold position and have had to call in helicopter gunships for assistance.

Taliban fighters have been using small arms, rocket-propelled grenades and rockets against the Marines

One Marine was killed in the hostile fire in the first day of the battle, while others are succumbing to the intense heat in the area and are being evacuated to medical facilities.

The Marines are in an area which is criss-crossed by canals and irrigation ditches which were built by the US in the 1950s and 1960s to aid agriculturalists in the region.

Opium has become the mainstay on local farms, where the owners have been forced by the Taliban insurgency to grow the crop.

 

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Corinna Jordan
07-05-09, 10:11 AM

US Marines under heavy fire in Afghanistan

War is a terrible thing and the U.S. Marines ought not to be killing people. There are so many positive, life-supporting things to do in this world, to spend one’s time gunning people down from a helicopter seems like a waste. My fiance and I were watching

AJB1060
07-05-09, 10:55 AM

So I guess having the Taliban cutting peoples heads off because they are Christians, or Americans is just fine and we should just leave the people of Afghanistan to Taliban rule to abuse women who are treated no better than dogs and all the rest? Think of it this way....if you believe in peace and believe that we are all brothers throughout the world then why on earth would you want to turn your head to your brothers and sisters who are being brutalized by these religious mad men who want to bring the good people of Afghanistan back to the dark ages. I think it is cowardice to bury your head in the sand. Why don’t you chastise the Taliban instead of jumping on the anti-American band wagon like a mindless drone?

Shame on you.
07-05-09, 11:24 AM

Afghan.

speaking. Afghan or Taliban never comes here and cutting off yours head only you go there and blow them up. Compare. Here is worsen then there. Each day. I and you know someone here in American die. Compare to Afghan only foreigners kill Afghan. Sample: First UK, USSR and now U.S. tell me. Does Afghan come here and attack you. All of us know that 9//11 is inside job and don’t blame afghan’s people for that. Sounding bad, but you are in Afghan’s land. You will know that here is worsen then you thought.

smurf180
07-05-09, 11:34 AM

Afghan

Because he’s mindless and has no idea what hes talking about. If he looks at the history of what the taliban has done to our country, just imagine its done to that country. Once they decided to fly plains into our buildings it got our attention and now we wont stop untill they go away FOR GOOD!!!! That way we dont really have to worry about any more plains flying into our buildings. Fortunatly for him he hasnt had to live a life like that. We are obviously there for a reason and its not to just go kill people for fun. We are there because of democratic reasons, not to harm people but to show them the meaning of freedom. The taliban is hatred and control, terror. Its like a giant out of control new york city gang.

Anonymous
07-05-09, 11:40 AM

A History.

First UK,then USSR now US. MMmm think your missing something here.

Janet P
07-05-09, 12:58 PM

US out of Afganistan

Send the 4,000 Marines into Gaza to protect the Palestinians from those baby killer Jews instead.

GLB
07-05-09, 01:11 PM

So sad people don't appreciate the sacrifice our marines are enduring

When I read stupid comments like some above, I feel sad that while these people are at home surrounded by their comfort, our marines are dealing with our enemies, with the heat, the danger, so you guys can sit at home watching TV, playing video games and getting fat!!!

arb
07-05-09, 01:24 PM

why cannot something be done!!!!

as i have seen different times on the news at the marines having to carry all the heavy stuff on there backs it really angers me they just r not being treated right at all.they carry over a hundred pounda on thier backs and it scorching hot and then still expect them to be able to fight as they should this JUST IS NOT RIGHT THEY R NOT SOME ROBOT THAT CAN BE REPLACED .....THEY R SOMEBODYS SON EVER THINK ABOUT THAT OUR GOVERMENT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE SLOPP

Shame on you.
07-05-09, 01:27 PM

Afghan.

To whoever think he/she smarter. Think about what foreigners want from Afghan

egret
07-05-09, 01:30 PM

Corrina, I certainly hope you and your fiance don’t reproduce more short-sighted, cowardly, lazily uninformed citizens such as yourselves. Our democracy has enough citizens not doing their job of fostering democracy by active, informed intent to protect it, which our Marines, God BLess Them, are doing. I support this war and I vote. Bet you don’t, which is a good thing. Janet, are you Corrine’s fiance?

Shame on you.
07-05-09, 01:51 PM

Afghan.

Anyone that support that war. Must go there and don’t stay at home and let them die there. You support how about those soldiers come home with out legs or arms. Do you go there and help the families and soldiers. Tell me you did/do. I am a former Vietnam vet and I know what I said. None of you come to support the Vietnam vet at all. Can anyone tell me that you give half of income to them. I want to see this. or shut up.

synonimus2
07-05-09, 02:24 PM

all of you come join

all of you should come here and fight for what you belived! Dont do it from the comforts of your homes.

Anonymous
07-05-09, 02:24 PM

Up and at em. No place for wussys. Friggin computer know alls. We do job signed and trained up for.

Serb
07-05-09, 02:51 PM

false democracy

Marines are just doing their job. It`s the government that should be blamed. Save palestinians from those cowboys(jews) and stop supporting that shit country called Israel. It`s all interest people, just interest, it`s not about saving lives, it`s not about spreading of democracy, it`s about drugs.
And one more thing, let us serbs wipe out those albanian terrorists from kosovo. Kosovo is Serbia, i just can`t wait the moment that Serbia gets new government, patriotic one, not like the present one, consisted of western oriented butt kissers. You killed Milosevic, you installed so called democracy, well, common people don`t live better, it`s even worse that it was.
Good save Serbia and our older brother Russia

Serb
07-05-09, 02:55 PM

fatal error :-)

GOD save Serbia and our older brother Russia

hut
07-05-09, 03:06 PM

universal soldiers

many more deaths to come all in the name of peace..you guy can comment comment , comment... but you all are a bunuch o insignificant morons trying to give solutions to each other, trying to be the answer to everything..actually you all are the pitiful ones...human have compassion...history does not...as we yank away...deaths are being counted by the hundreds thru battles of nations worldwide... so what if you are watching Corrina? what can you contribute to stop it/? SUCH IMMATURE comments...

hut
07-05-09, 03:07 PM

universal soldiers

many more deaths to come all in the name of peace..you guy can comment comment , comment... but you all are a bunuch o insignificant morons trying to give solutions to each other, trying to be the answer to everything..actually you all are the pitiful ones...human have compassion...history does not...as we yank away...deaths are being counted by the hundreds thru battles of nations worldwide... so what if you are watching Corrina? what can you contribute to stop it/? SUCH IMMATURE comments...

jesse butler
07-05-09, 03:44 PM

liberal **** corinna

this is in relation to Corrina uninformed liberal ....who posted his ..... comment. listen up you piece of .... i am a us navy seabee i am attached to NMCB 5 based out of Port Hueneme CA. currently my battalion is in afghanistan and ready to come back home in aug also this is where you piss me off you ..... my brother happens to be Sgt. Butler. golf company 2/8 marines. He is the ......... ...... who is giving you the right to sit at your computer and run your ..... mouth. let me share some facts with you sense your ..... ... is sitting at a nice warm house but cant do any research first before running your mouth. the taliban kills their own people by the hundreds of thousands and they have for years so i would love to see where you can show me they dont because i have seen it. second of all the marines have killed NO one who has not fired on them. i guess you know it all so you would know the marines dont fire warning shots but the two thing they do before killing any body is they will have positive id meaning they have id that the person as a threat and secondly positive intent meaning the ...... intends to kill them if they can not do that they wont kill the person so how is that wrong? its not your just a ........ also again sense your a ....... genius when it comes to our military i guess you already know that the military loves acronyms two new acronyms the marines have been using PMIS E PETT i dont have the time to explain the whole outline to a dumb .... like you but ill tell you this the new acronym is an out line for action in afghanistan. basically the marines mission is to kill no one but rather build relationships with the locals and pump them for information on what the us can do to win the hearts and minds of the people of afghanistan. if you new any one in 2/8 you would know they did not want to go on this deployment because they felt they were being sent as peace keepers and baby sitters rather then marines who’s only job in life is to kill ......... . well ....... Corinna i hope you feel enlightened. my number is 805-607-0920 i you would like to call me and get some true facts. my last deployment was to the Philippines and thailand i would love you fill you in on what the islam extremist have been doing in those countries also. that way you dont look like a dumb .... again.

jesse butler
07-05-09, 03:52 PM

continuing on

sorry i got in a rant earlier and forgot to tell you the second acronym it is ASCOPE witch is like i said before a tole or an out line if you will to kill no one in afghanistan but rather win there hearts and minds and more importantly restore there faith in there government.

Anonymous
07-05-09, 10:51 PM

My Prayer for our troops.

In Mian Poshteh, May God send His Holy Angels before our troops., behind them, on either side and above and below. Bless and care for them as they fight our enemies, Lord, and keep them safe in your Mighty Wings. If Afghanistan doesn’t want the U.S. to come to their country and fight them, then they shouldn’t hide our countrys' enemies. The friend of my enemy is my enemy.

crazyhorse
07-06-09, 05:42 PM

carzy...

what do you people think, first off, by saying 911 was an inside job just throws all credibility of whatever you are about to say out the door. ok, so we are in afghan, we are there to finish a job of finishing off all terrorist from other contries and that train there and also to kill the remaining Taliban that escaped back in 2002. so, since we have brought the fight to their back yards, we haven’t been attacked in ours...lets keep it at that. don’t you want to see afghan becaome a better place like iraq? look at the sunni triangle, worse place in iraq from 2003 - 2006, look at like now, the marines cleaned it up and help the people at the same time and it’s now the safest place in iraq...let’s give these Marines some time to root out these cowards so we don’t have to worry about someone blowing themselves up when we board a train/bus here at home.

marine wife
07-06-09, 08:21 PM

are you serious?

while you sit at home in your well decorated living room. with your feet up watching the crap the medias feeding you about whats going on over seas. my husband and the rest of the other brave marines, airmen, solders and navy/coremen. are fighting so that we may have the freedoms that people who think like you take for granted. like getting on line and saying that the marines shoulnt kill. honestly its people like you who make me sick, do you think that they love what they have to do? you dont think they’re are many military families divided who’d rather have it any other way? think before you open your mounth and show the world how ignorant and insensitive you are. the military are out there doing their best. we are the land of the free because of the brave.
support our troops instead of telling them theyre wrong. next time you see a marine or anyother branch of the military thank them and shake their hand. you have no idea what it means

Afghan-American
07-07-09, 04:50 AM

thanks to Marines

looks like some people are sitting back home and making comments but have no idea whatis going on. these animals that call themselves religious schalars or what ever, are actually animals who are killing inecent childern and women and destrying the history of afghans and giving a bad name to Islam. I witness an attack yesterday, the victims were poor afghans who were trying to earn a living for their famillies, no american forces were even close to that area. they can’t get us but mostly these(taliban) cowards attack civilians.

Talib jan
07-07-09, 06:30 AM

You all just shut up and wait for the coming dead bodies


They are here inside my country and it is my fucking habit to see the stranger and then I kill him.

I don’t know that I doing right or wrong but I am killing him.Tell your government to talk to us we are not reduced by killing because we will grow as much we are killed by forigners so don’t reduce your population by us named Marines dogs heated under shiny sun of 100 degree Faranhit.There is proverb in our fucking language that (Naked is not afraid of water) We are naked not afraid of death,you call Marines will kill us and we will still pull the AK47 triggers.GOD bless Russian for the invention of Kalashinkov if it was not there so what was suppose to be used against this fuckers.

Pontotoc Bill
07-07-09, 03:54 PM

Talib jan;148459:
They are here inside my country and it is my ****ing habit to see the stranger and then I kill him.

I don’t know that I doing right or wrong but I am killing him.Tell your government to talk to us we are not reduced by killing because we will grow as much we are killed by forigners so don’t reduce your population by us named Marines dogs heated under shiny sun of 100 degree Faranhit.There is proverb in our ****ing language that (Naked is not afraid of water) We are naked not afraid of death,you call Marines will kill us and we will still pull the AK47 triggers.GOD bless Russian for the invention of Kalashinkov if it was not there so what was suppose to be used against this ****ers.



Then DON"T let your government attack my country, buster. You shoot at me or mine, and I will drop you in your tracks. 168 grains of lead and copper, boat-tail shape, .30 calibre, moving at 3150 feet per second will definately stop a person. My preferred round, a .30-06.

jesse butler
07-07-09, 08:21 PM

hey Talib jan

I find it hard to believe your actually Taliban. I find it more likely that you’re a fucking more on sitting at your computer trying to piss off good american people. But if you are who you say you are and your balls are as big as you say they are and you really dont care if you die then how about you give me a call (my number is above) or you can email me jssbtlt@aol.com and lets arrange a meeting for you and me face to face. Then you wont have to talk about how bad you are. You can put up or be sent back to your shitty fucking country in a body bag. There is one thing I know for certain god did not give you pussy as rag heads the ability to beat an american man one on one and you know this as well as any body els. Stick to small children unarmed men and women because thats all you know and will ever be good at

Missing My Marine
07-24-09, 02:50 AM

I cant believe how ignorant some people are. It makes me sick. My husband is over in Afghanistan with 2/8 working his ass off, and we have ungrateful people who do not even respect the fact that these guys are risking their lives for you! I really didn’t want to believe people like u exsist, but they do and you should really start thinking a little bit before u decide to speak.

Mrs. Frank
07-28-09, 09:09 AM

Corrina Jordan, grow up!!! As an active duty member that has been deployed in the zone, I can tell you that it is very easy to get on the internet and blog about something that you have no clue about.


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