Noblesse Oblige

The Afghan army and NATO forces have become very adept at springing ambushes, as the details of this encounter are not uncommon. The Taliban seem bereft of competent leadership, and the people performing these attacks are poorly trained. During the month of Ramadan the forces expect more attacks from the unholy warriors of the Taliban as occurred last year. From Breitbart:

Airstrikes and Afghan army gunfire killed more than 45 suspected Taliban fighters in a clash in a southern province just as the holy month of Ramadan began, the U.S.-led coalition said.

The battle in the southern province of Uruzgan on Wednesday began when insurgents attacked a joint Afghan army and U.S.-led coalition patrol with rocket-propelled grenades and gunfire, the coalition said in a statement late Wednesday.

Afghan soldiers “cleared” Taliban fighters from firing positions within the village of Aduzay, while attack aircraft destroyed some fighting positions, it said.

NATO’s International Security Assistance Force on Wednesday said insurgents increased attacks during Ramadan last year and that they could do the same this year.

“On the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, the enemies of Afghanistan have shown they will shun peaceful coexistence in favor of attacking government forces,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a coalition spokesman. “Fortunately for the citizens of Afghanistan, the ANA (Afghan National Army) is improving their tactics.”

The coalition said no Afghan or coalition soldiers or civilians were wounded or killed.

Along with that US forces captured a high value Al Qaeda target earlier this month, and transferred him to Guantanamo yesterday Continue reading →

Al Qaeda will issue yet another tape shortly, this one to feature the new leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan (we killed the last two,) and more commemoration and explanation of 9/11.

This is either a sign of desperation as the Taliban is having a hard time recruiting for Afghanistan, or it’s our 3rd warning of another attack. It’s traditional in Islam to ask your opponent to convert 3 times before you attack. Story at ADNKronos:

Dubai, 12 Sept. (AKI) – Al-Qaeda will release a third video to mark the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to postings on Islamist websites on the Internet on Wednesday.

The websites said that the video will be entitled, “The two expeditions to New York and Washington, causes and motives”, and is expected to be a documentary which will explain the reasons why the terrorist group carried out the attacks on 11 September 2001 in the United States that killed close to 3,000 people.

On the other hand, maybe it’s just an attempt to establish relevancy now that 25% of America thinks that 9/11 was a plot perpetrated by our government.