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GOTTA SEE THIS-WarEndur.Freedom 09/17/03-Kabul,Nangahar,Tikrit,Wardak
Yahoo, AP, Reuters, and the usual suspects | 9/17/03 | The Armies of Good against the Axis of Evil

Posted on 09/16/2003 3:02 PM EDT by Diogenesis

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 09/17/03 - Kabul, Nangahar province,Tikrit, Wardak province

QFN [QUAGMIRE-FREE NEWS]

BREAKING: Kabul, Kuchi
BREAKING: Nangahar province, Ghani Kheil
BREAKING: Raid on Tikrit
BREAKING: Wardak province, Afghan Kuchi

========= Tikrit =========

This morning, 9/16/03, in Tikrit, Iraq, American heroes on a raid of Baathists.
Twelve were taken by the 720 Military Police of the Fourth Division of the U.S. army and Iraqi police.

In Tikrit, the 1st battalion plays baseball in a palace of Terrorist Saddam.

=========== Baghdad ===========

In the notorious Abu Ghraib, Iraq, 21 miles northwest of Baghdad,
American heroes inspect prison cells refurnished by coalition forces.

In Baghdad, Iraq, over downtown Baghdad by US military helicopter
Beneath is al-Fardous square where the statue of Saddam Hussein was toppled
by the freed Iraqis.

========= Kabul =========

In Kabul.

In Kabul, downtown.

In Shamali, north of Kabul, Afghan Kuchi nomads.

FREED BY THE USA, in Kabul, a young girl learns to read.

========= Jalalabad =========

In Jalalabad, at the opium market.

========= Nangahar province =========

In Nangahar province, eastern Afghanistan, at the opium market of Ghani Kheil.

========= Kandahar =========

In Kandahar, Afghan nomadic Kuchi.

========= Wardak province =========

In Wardak province, 37 miles west of Kabul
the Afghan Nomadic Kuchi.

========= Coming Attractions?: Iran =========

Iran's nuclear facilities they say they don't have.

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END OF TRANSMISSION 09/17/03 .......... K

1 posted on 09/16/2003 3:02 PM EDT by Diogenesis

BUMP for GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 09/17/03 - Kabul, Nangahar province,Tikrit, Wardak province

2 posted on 09/16/2003 3:02 PM EDT by Diogenesis (If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
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Good guys bump!

3 posted on 09/16/2003 3:04 PM EDT by OXENinFLA
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ping.....

4 posted on 09/16/2003 3:07 PM EDT by OXENinFLA
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News and bad guys take-down bump.

5 posted on 09/16/2003 3:07 PM EDT by Darksheare (Ever try surfing FR while sitting upside down? Not for the soft of head, sorry DUers.)
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I've had days like this.

6 posted on 09/16/2003 3:08 PM EDT by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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Gotta include this one again.

7 posted on 09/16/2003 3:15 PM EDT by OXENinFLA
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Isn't that the bad monkey from the 1st Indiana Jones movie?

8 posted on 09/16/2003 3:16 PM EDT by Trampled by Lambs (...and pecked by the dove...)
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Isn't that the bad monkey from the 1st Indiana Jones movie?

Hey, I think you're right. That must be his agent whose back he's riding. Typical underworked, overpaid hollywood actor.

9 posted on 09/16/2003 3:19 PM EDT by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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Afghanistan's GDP grew 28% last year. And it shows. The only open businesses we saw (thanks to your efforts) after the fall of Kabul were barbershops. The bustle of commerce is returning to the Silk Road, thanks to the resolve of this Administration and the absence of the UN.

10 posted on 09/16/2003 3:20 PM EDT by seamole (Beware of diplomats bearing papers.)
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Great pics. A good first hand look at the outstanding job the troops are doing. Just outstanding!!!!

11 posted on 09/16/2003 3:20 PM EDT by Loyal Buckeye
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BUMP!

12 posted on 09/16/2003 3:26 PM EDT by EternalVigilance
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bump and prayers for our soldiers

13 posted on 09/16/2003 3:30 PM EDT by apackof2 (Watch and pray till you see Him coming, no one knows the hour or the day)
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Continual prayers for our YOUNG BRAVE SOLDIERS! God bless them and keep them safe!

14 posted on 09/16/2003 3:32 PM EDT by RoseofTexas
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THANK YOU FOR POSTING THESE!!!

15 posted on 09/16/2003 3:33 PM EDT by Alia (California -- It's Groovy! Baby!)
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ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. -- A B-1 Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing sits ready for deployment. Ellsworth aircraft and airmen are deploying to support operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joanna E. Hensley)

16 posted on 09/16/2003 3:38 PM EDT by OXENinFLA
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Thanks again for the pictures.


The opium market?

That can't be good.

17 posted on 09/16/2003 3:42 PM EDT by Shooter 2.5 (Don't punch holes in the lifeboat.)
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Man, some of those pics look like scenes from Raiders of the Lost Ark...

18 posted on 09/16/2003 3:51 PM EDT by IvanT
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OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron patrols the skies over Baghdad, Iraq, during a combat air support mission Aug. 28. The 494th deployed here from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Lee A. Osberry Jr.)

High res Very cool!

http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/photos/030828-F-6844O-004.jpg

19 posted on 09/16/2003 3:53 PM EDT by OXENinFLA
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You're right.

Film a Bible epic there and you wouldn't have to change a thing.

20 posted on 09/16/2003 3:58 PM EDT by Shooter 2.5 (Don't punch holes in the lifeboat.)
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In the notorious Abu Ghraib, Iraq, 21 miles northwest of Baghdad, American heroes inspect prison cells refurnished by coalition forces.

Diogenesis, thank you! Your posts are so powerfully good...sitting here with tears running down my face. We've been waiting a long time, it seems. Reuters. And I promise not to say that again, lol!

If you want on or off my pro-Coalition ping list, please Freepmail me. Warning: it is a high volume ping list on good days (most days are good days).

21 posted on 09/16/2003 3:59 PM EDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("If I knew then what I know now, I would have become a watchmaker." ~ Albert Einstein)
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Thanks Ragtime Cowgirl and Diogenes.

Bump

22 posted on 09/16/2003 4:00 PM EDT by SAMWolf (Rap is to music what Etch-A-Sketch is to art.)
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Thanks for the photos from Afghanistan. Not seeing or hearing much from there lately. And thanks for the photos of our wonderful American troops....the best people in the world.

23 posted on 09/16/2003 4:08 PM EDT by WaterDragon (America the beautiful, I love this nation of (legal) immigrants.)
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