Three Danish soldiers were killed in a roadside IED on Friday in Afghanistan - the details of that are here at Reuters:
This latest IED attack is more proof of the upswing in the use of the IED strategy by the Taliban in Afghanistan. We certainly don't need a reminder of how the IED strategy by al Qaeda in Iraq nearly won the War in Iraq for the terrorist group because of its effectiveness. Now, in Afghanistan, the Taliban have the luxury of such a vast land that the chances of laying down hundreds of these roadside bombs without be spotted is very high. I do, however, want to remind everyone of what Secretary of Defense Gates said a few months ago when he pointed out a new strategy of using more and more UAV predator drones in Afghanistan - that will truly help in detected the IED crews from the Taliban.
But the facts are not good here - the Taliban are going to get more and more sophisticated IED's and we are going to see more and more NATO troops being killed by them. Finally, with the War in Iraq simply fading away with the U.S. victory there, this Afghanistan War is going to be like a HUGE magnet for the world's worst jihadists - I don't mean to be a pessimist but we are going to see some horrific NATO losses.
Three Danish soldiers were killed and one was wounded on Friday when their armored vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb or mine in Helmand province in south-west Afghanistan, the Danish Army Central Command said.
Their vehicle was traveling north of the town of Gereshk in a supply column when it was struck, the army said.
This latest IED attack is more proof of the upswing in the use of the IED strategy by the Taliban in Afghanistan. We certainly don't need a reminder of how the IED strategy by al Qaeda in Iraq nearly won the War in Iraq for the terrorist group because of its effectiveness. Now, in Afghanistan, the Taliban have the luxury of such a vast land that the chances of laying down hundreds of these roadside bombs without be spotted is very high. I do, however, want to remind everyone of what Secretary of Defense Gates said a few months ago when he pointed out a new strategy of using more and more UAV predator drones in Afghanistan - that will truly help in detected the IED crews from the Taliban.
But the facts are not good here - the Taliban are going to get more and more sophisticated IED's and we are going to see more and more NATO troops being killed by them. Finally, with the War in Iraq simply fading away with the U.S. victory there, this Afghanistan War is going to be like a HUGE magnet for the world's worst jihadists - I don't mean to be a pessimist but we are going to see some horrific NATO losses.
Three Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Three Danish soldiers were killed and one was wounded on Friday when their armored vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb or mine in Helmand province in south-west Afghanistan, the Danish Army Central Command said.
Their vehicle was traveling north of the town of Gereshk in a supply column when it was struck, the army said.
The injured soldier has been evacuated to a field hospital.
Two Danes were killed earlier this month in fighting.
Denmark has about 700 combat troops in Afghanistan. Seventeen have died in combat so far and three others were killed while trying to dismantle a mine.
2 comments:
Prayers for their souls. They fight a true Holy War, under a Christian flag, with the Holy Cross upon it. True Crusaders. Go with God.
Federale,
Well said, my friend, well said.
:Holger Danske
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