Taliban Are Running From Southern Helmand Province Full Tilt

Allright!!! The operation to clean out southern Helmand province in Afghanistan has been working to perfection and the latest reports are that the Taliban are heading due south QUICKLY to get out of the way of the U.S. Marines who are advancing on their asses. Here's some of the story at Breibart:

Insurgents in a stronghold in southern Afghanistan are fleeing a weeks-old NATO operation, perhaps to sanctuaries across the border, as troops take more ground, the alliance force said Monday

The chief of NATO forces in Afghanistan, General Dan McNeill, said Afghan and international reports from the area said insurgents in Garmser "are trying to flee to the south, perhaps to go back into sanctuaries in another country."
He did not say which country, but he was likely referring to Pakistan where extremists including from Al-Qaeda are said to have camps.

Well, I certainly don't understand what confusion there is as to what country the Taliban are fleeing into - it ain't Iran, I clue you!

But I've been blogging here recently on just how effective the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit has been in just a matter of about 7 weeks - it is amazing. We have to remember that this is southern Helmand province...the Taliban OWNED this part of the country up until 2 months ago. And not only is it just a stronghold for them, it's a critical strategic spot for them for transporting weapons and supplies - it's like an interstate interchange between Pakistan and Afghanistan Taliban supply lines.

It's my view that this strategy of bringing in Marines to gut these asshats out of their burrows and villages will be proven to be as brilliant as the Surge strategy was in Iraq. The Marines are not as suited for the long tours that Afghanistan requires but in these pockets where the Talian have holed up and resisted any sort of attacks, this has made the difference. And quite frankly, that is why the Marines were brought in - they are doing just what they did in Ramadi and Fallujah in Iraq.

I just cannot state how incredible a fighting force these young men are. NOTE: Read the excerpt below and you will see more good news in that over 50 Talian were killed in some air strikes over in Farah province....again!

Rebels fleeing British, US operation: NATO commander

The Garmser operation had "pretty good momentum" but there was more work to be done, the International Security Assistance Force commander told reporters in Kabul.
ISAF said separately that the troops had secured new areas in Garmser, which is in the southern province of Helmand.
"ISAF forces have consistently encountered, and defeated, disorganised resistance in more than a hundred engagements with insurgents in the form of small arms, indirect fire and rocket-propelled grenades," it said.
Soldiers from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to Afghanistan in March to help out ISAF troops in the volatile south, which sees the worst of an insurgency launched after the Taliban were removed from government in 2001.
Hundreds of Taliban attacked a remote Afghan police base overnight leading to fierce battles that left about 50 rebels dead, most in NATO air strikes, Afghan authorities said Monday.
The insurgents stormed police in a district on the border with Turkmenistan in Badghis province, they said.
"Yesterday, about 300 to 400 Taliban attacked our police posts in Bala Murghab district," deputy provincial governor Abdul Ghani Saber said.
"With the help of coalition air support, we killed about 55 Taliban," Saber added.
The interior ministry in Kabul said about 48 Taliban were killed and more than 36 wounded in the fighting. Most were killed in international military air strikes, it said in a statement.
NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed it had sent planes to strike the area but said its information was that 10 insurgents had been killed.
"There was an attack on a police station and we supported with air power during the night. As far as we know, we have 10 insurgents killed," an official said.