I Saw Americans Fighting

Show Summary: 09/13/09

ISAF in Afghanistan

Fuel tanker bombing incident

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Hat Thief – ISAF Regional Commander West

Times Online:
Last orders for troops arriving for daily duty with hangovers

US troops are banned from drinking and British troops are allowed to drink only at official functions with special permission. Soldiers from the rest of the 42-nation alliance are governed by divergent national guidelines on alcohol consumption.

The Isaf headquarters is only half a mile square but it has at least seven bars that serve tax-free beer and wine — including a Tora Bora sports bar complete with flat-screen televisions and football memorabilia, the Gravel Pit, which has a snooker table, a German beer hall, the 37 Club and a Nordic Palace.

Germany forces in Afghanistan

German opinion about Afghanistan mission

British officer receives Gallantry Awards for fending off Taliban attack with bayonets.

Telegraph.co.uk
British officer wins two gallantry awards for fending off Taliban attack with bayonet

Lieutenant James Adamson was awarded the Military Cross after killing two insurgents during close quarter combat in Helmand’s notorious “Green Zone”.

The 24-year-old officer, a member of the 5th battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, revealed that he shouted “have some of this” before shooting dead a gunman who had just emerged from a maize field.

Lockerbie bomber released for oil and training of Libyan troops
Skynews.com
SAS May Be Training Libyan Special Forces

Elite UK troops have apparently been working with Colonel Gaddafi’s regime for the last six months, despite Tripoli arming the IRA in the past.

Sources within the SAS are unhappy with the training arrangement, which they believe could be linked to Megrahi being freed last month, said The Daily Telegraph.

New York Times:
NATO Troops Free Kidnapped NY Times Reporter

Farrell said Munadi went forward, shouting: “Journalist! Journalist!” but dropped in a burst of gunfire. Farrell did not know whether the shots came from insurgents or the rescuers.

“He was lying in the same position as he fell,” Farrell said. “That’s all I know. I saw him go down in front of me. He did not move. He’s dead. He was so close, he was just two feet in front of me when he dropped.”

Al Qaeda progress report

9/11 Truther Tell

CIA Operated Reaper Drones in Pakistan

Art Keller Finding Osama Bin Laden

CIA looking for OBL

Looking for Geronimo

From the Times Online:
Former CIA agent’s hunt for bin Laden in Pakistani badlands

Bin Laden is then the guest of the village, where under Pashtun custom, he must be protected. The main obstacle in finding him, Mr Keller says, is that even if someone wanted to betray him — and collect the $25 million (£15 million) reward — there is no one to turn to. The local police know bin Laden is there. “If you report bin Laden’s location there is a good chance you will get killed,” Mr Keller says.

“People in a position to give information can’t get it to anyone.” Morale is still good among the hunters, he says, because many top al-Qaeda officials have been killed. So will bin Laden be caught? Mr Keller lets out a deep breath. “I don’t know.”

Missing Freighter The Arctic Sea

Russian S300 Air Defense System

Benjamin Netanyahu and Putin

Six Party Talks Become Two Party Talks

Tehran wants to talk: U.S. Accepts Offer From Tehran for Broad Talks

The Movie Lebanon