Taliban fighter linked to U.S. sailors' kidnapping is slain
Security forces killed a Taliban official with "direct ties" to the insurgent network involved in the recent kidnapping and murders of two U.S. Navy sailors, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said on Tuesday.
Afghan and coalition troops killed Bilal, "a highly active Taliban facilitator," in Logar province on Monday.
Bilal was linked to the Taliban network that abducted and killed Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley and Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove in July, an ISAF news release said. It is not yet known what role, if any, Bilal played in the sailors' kidnapping. The insurgents' full name was not provided.
"We are happy to announce the results of this successful operation. This man was a known criminal who regularly facilitated rocket attacks against Afghan and coalition forces," said U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres, ISAF spokesman.
"Bilal was also associated with a violent network directly responsible in the kidnapping and vicious killing of two American sailors," Torres said.
More: Second U.S. sailor found dead
Security forces approached a targeted compound when "Bilal, who was armed with an AK-47, ran away from one of the buildings."
He "attempted to hide amongst two civilian farmers, but when the security force caught up with him, he engaged the assault force," ISAF said. "They returned fire, killing him. The farmers were not injured."
Hey Larry valecia,calf can you stop posting on here too,You talk way too much and you think you have all the answers and you put down others for different views than you.You are pathetic look at yourself sometimes.
Hell yeah...another one bites the dust. Send them all to Virgin U!...the sooner we help them get their diploma's, the better! Good work guys! Keep on keepin on....
Oh i forgot this is one of theirs, i 'stole' it back.
Hoo-rah! Another coward gets a well-deserved dirt nap.
That would be a yes. Daniel-2 aka Ernie Beatty/onesmallvoice/you/George Patton...
The list goes on, i have counted 19 aliases so far look for the phrases commonly used by him/her they are quite easy to spot.
"There is nothing wrong with my point of view"...only that it's the point of view of the evil Taliban and al Qaeda hiding out in your Pakistan homeland.
As a Navy veteran, the Taliban should know that payback is coming. BZ ISAF.
To You- You would know something about having half a brain now wouldn't you! I am not in any Tea Party but with the likes of you out there bashing them I just may join up. Your conspiracy theory on why the US is in Afghanistan lacks facts, credibility and thought. You are like a child coming in and out of the conversation. Go outside and play before mommy calls you for supper.
tea party is voting you liberal American hating socialists out of office one by one....Goood by Reid and soon Polosi
Willie is a simpleton. We are there to eliminate AQ and the Taliban from making that god forsaken place a base for future terrorist operations, or have you forgotten? Wake the f&^#@ up! George is even more of a simpleton since he thought Willie's post was "beautifully said".
Brian,will you wise up and cut the Tea Party lingo?Anybody with half a brain knows about our hidden agenda over there plus the fact that these right-wing politicians want to get the ignorant public to vote for them by exploiting this conflict.
This war stinks and whoever thinks otherwise need to have their heads examined.I get awfully sick and tired of seeing people blog in here in favor of what we're doing over there.We need to just leave like the Russians did in 1989!
Beautifully said,Willie.Thank you for your imput.
Daniel-2. Whatever name you use here it is obvious it is you. You cannot hide. The good people at Fort Meade know who you are...
Do they really,Phunnie boy?
How dare you Phunnie boy(Bledsoe) dishonor the name of George Patton???It's one thing to play your stupid games by blogging under the names of others,but to disgrace a general is getting to be too much!Have you no shame at all???
I like turtles!
I apologize for that last comment...that was wrong...How do you blind a Pakistani cab driver? Put a windshield in front of him...
How do you tell if an Afghani or Arab or any Muslim is moderate? They are the ones that have run out of ammunition.
Nice!
What about the rotten cowards who operate those ungodly drones,hurling 500lb.bombs on defenseless people?You right-wing fools are disgusting!!!
Larry thats you're dong! ms. us army forever..
Good shooting.
ahhhhh I said it once, and I say it again....burn in hell dude, the rest will see ya there soon.
I'm glad justice was served! CS2 Newlove was a good friend of mine in which I served with... God bless the Family of Newlove and McNeley, and God Bless America!
If You call that Justice??? Then This Country should NUKE all the People because They and You wouldn't know Justice even if it was given to you!!!
Hey Patricio,will you stop spewing your right-wing ignorance here?It makes me sick!!!
Patricio...thank you for your kind words...Justin McNeley was my grandson and a sailor that served his country with pride...unlike some of the idiots that respond on here...sitting on their asses writing crap on their computer, guess it makes them a big man...try picking up a gun and iradicate the enemy...those who make it a safe place for you to be able to walk free should be praised, not condemned. I pity your ignorance.
I rather listen to People like Yahobi that Idiots like You... as least He has something to say!!!
"Yahobi that Idiots" The s was superfluous...
To The Truth- Grow up, you can't prove that atheism is false you moron. You just have to wait and see. Read Pascal's wager, assuming you can read.
@Toledo
Flying Spaghetti monster. Prove me wrong.
Enjoying my swim of life without false hope in mysticism and hocus-pocus
To MNSoldiar- You sound like the typical know it all atheist. Any proof of what you're saying? Oh, I forgot the answer is no. Atheism takes more faith than religions do, though some (e.g. Islam) are provavbly false. Enjoy your blind swim in the atheism pool. Dolt.
@ the Truth... Thank you for being the sole voice of reason on this forum. As a combat veteran I can assure you that you dont have time to be so philosophical, as bullets fly over, or around you. These two fellow Navy members knew the risks they faced. And in no way would either of them have allowed themselves to be captured and subsequently beheaded, on video. It is war, and with that being said.....Neither side should complain about the cost of war, as long as they both choose to participate.
I have no sympathy for the Afghans who take up arms against the coalition forces. Choose to use violence, be prepared to receive violence. And those who choose not to participate, have no right to comment about war.
What are You a Veteran of being a Dog Carrier??? I don't know one real Vet that would ever say anything You just said!!! Please tell Me how it is Justice by shopping Peoples heads off with out a trail??? Maybe We should shop off the Heads of all Their People we captured!!! I wonder How They would feel about that??? If all the Muslin have the Mentality of the Muslin??? Maybe we should NUKE them all and put Them out of Their Misery!!!
Dont get me wrong as well as this is not intended to be disrespectful, it is a legitimate question. How do you fight an enemy who is willing to die for their beliefs? Erradicate them all. I believe in what we are doing over there. I also believe that there is no reasoning with them.
As how the Muslim religion or any religion for that matter came to be of power you have to force people to change their beliefs by force or they wont change. "Mankind"=sheep, most will do what they are told by bullies in order to avoid confrontation and the chance of being harmed, it is easier to give in order to get along. However the giving in part never ends and eventually when the takers have gotten all they can from you, your dead and they dont need you anymore.
All religions are false man made stories, the ultimate insurance scam, do what i tell you to do and give me all you have in order to be in heaven where you will get all your desires for hard work on earth. Well guess what no one can dispute it because they are dead. No one not even the fairytale of jesus coming back from the dead is true, because in the book it says they didnt recognize him. Because it was not him it was someone scamming them. And homhammad was taken on a winged horse to jeruselum. Hello more fairly tale. Do you believe in the roman gods, greek gods, egyptian gods. No because they dont exist, they only existed to allow man to explain away the unexplainable and say god did that so dont question it or you will die.
If people could just do the right things in life without having to be to do so by a god the world would be much better and greedy a$$ clowns would be seen for what they are.
So indescirminately abusing women is the way to the truth, like Sharia Law says? Holy crap, you spew the most crap out of anyone on here, just crawl bakc in your hole and wait for the UAVs to come.
I really don't think the People were force to be Muslin!!! But I have seen where People were force into be Christians... So Please tell Me which one is worse??? The Buddha, Hindu & Jewish are the only ones that doesn't try to change People to be Their Beliefs!!! The reason I say belief instead of religion is Buddha is not a Religion...
Anonymous: The United States wasn't much better when We first started out!!! The only difference was the People that came to our Country were educated excepted for the real Americans the Indians... We had slaves of African Americans and Asians back then!!! The Muslin have the Rich educate Muslin and then the poor Muslin that they keep uneducated... That way they have Their Slaves!!! Please tell Me what is the difference between how We were and How they are today???
larry, how much shrapnel is logged in your skull?
How is it they "kidnapped" the sailors? They drove though hostile territory and were captured. Thats not kidnapping. Deaths in war are not "murders", they are casualties. So if the wingnuts insist that this is a "war" that must be won, lets use the correct terms at least. The 2 sailors were killed in action or were casualties. Unless I missed it no one has shown that the sailors were killed after being captured. Having been in the military, and knowing the situation, they would have damn sure done all they could to avoid being captured, and that means a firefight and probable gunshot wounds. If you are going to fight an insurgency, you are going to suffer casualties. Either accept that, or accept that there is no real measure of victory possible in Afghanistan and get the hell out. It took the British and Russians many years to learn that, now the US is learning the same lesson.
Right since when does a Sailor carry a weapon when They go on Leave??? Even if they had Pistols it would not be good agains the Weapons and as many of Them there were!!! So Please tell Me in Their right mind would fight against Odds like that??? Maybe a Idiot like You would!!! But You weren't trained to know better were You???
Dont hurt the Afgahn farmers. We want our black tar heroin from healthy poppy fields...
You are really sick in the head!!! But by looking at Your name I could figure that out anyhow...
Good one Larry!! USMC forever!!!
Regina eh? Another name i see Daniel-2/George Patton/Larry Valecia, Calif.US Army Forever...Etc thats 13 and counting unlucky for some. Maybe you.
USMC Semper FI !!!!!!
@ Regina u work for Resurgens?
Hey George Patton- Why don't you shut up you ignorant fool. Better yet, go live in Afghanistan with terrorists and fanatics. See how you feel about your "right wing" drivel then you pathetic excuse for a human being. I'd pay to see the real George Patton spend 5 minutes with you. "Wimper" would be your middle name.
Amen
I wonder if He was ever in the Service in the first place???
Who gave you the right to call Gen.Patton an ignorant fool?Have you any notion to what he did in WW2,do you?He lead the Third Army and now you disrespect him!Where is your shame???
That's alright,Ernie.These right-wing fools just cannot help being ignorant so you might as well let them blubber it out!!!
You do realize that is not the real GEN George Patton you tool...
He wasn't calling General Patton a Fool!!! He was calling You a Fool... Anyone with a brain would figure that out!!!
Did Diesel call me a fool like you said he did,Larry?What did I do to him?I know,he doesn't like my blogs because he knows that I'm right and he is wrong,of course!!!
Do You really think that all Hindu are Stupid??? If You do You must really be a Idiot!!! Because if You ever meet any You would know not to even say that!!!
I wish that all you right-wing idiots would stop blubbering your ignorance and just shut up already!!!
Or else what, you're going to slap us, George?
They killed him! what a surprise!
I said it once, I'll say it again. Kill them all, let Allah sorth them out.
Says the man who supports running between farmers for cover as evidently displayed here.
We try not to kill Innocent People... We are more civilized than that!!!
Are we really,Phunnie boy???
You know better than that,Phunnie boy!And please stop posting uder Larry's name for crying out loud!!!
Because they are Idiots!!!
i hope that is the truth coming from the govt. Otherwise great news! One by one if that is how it has to be, we will get you.
Here's more of that old,corny right-wing bla-bla-bla.You people never quit!How sickening!!!
Never quit wont quit. Get used to it.
An eye for an eyeball!!! We will get you dogs one terrorist at a time. I can't believe these people were offered 1000s of dollars for their safe return but, they opted to kill and still be poor, dumb and stupid. And now look at what you have, maggots eating your rotting stinkin flesh, tell Allah hi for me.
The one thing I don't believe is the Idiots on here want are Troops out before We get all the Afghanistan Troops and Police Trained!!!
It's bad enough that you're blogging under my name,but to call me an idiot to boot is getting to be a little too much.Will you kindly cut it out?!?!?!
YABBA-DABBA-DOO!!!
Johndro,you're disgusting!
It just shows what kind of Cowards we are fighting against!!!
Will you please quit using my name in order to spew out your hatred?It does get old.
MaryM. No i'm the one that poses as bledsoe and Daniel-2.
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