http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=63491&archive=true
"The battle occurred just after dawn at a temporary vehicle patrol base near Wanat." Larry Lyons wrote: > Where did you get that tidbit of information, most of the information I found > made no mention of that. What I found was typically like this one: > http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/july-dec08/afghanviolence_07-14.html > > Still they were tasked to hold the base and withdrew after the attack. It > seems that the Taliban succeeded in their goal. > >> Did you read what I wrote? It was a patrol base, an OP, a temporary >> location, it wasn't abandoned, they left when they were supposed to. >> >> Still sounds like reverse spin to me. The Herd (173rd Airborne) did an >> excellent job that day, as they have throughout the duration of their >> deployment. >> >> Larry Lyons wrote: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264368 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
