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U.S. and Afghan officials revealed Sunday that the head of ISIS in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib has been confirmed dead as a result of a join U.S. and Afghan operation carried out on April 27th. The raid was carried out by 50 U.S. Army Rangers and 40 Afghan commandos.
A Pentagon spokesperson previously said that Hasib was most likely killed but there has been no confirmation until now.
Hasib’s predecessor, Hafiz Saeed Khan was killed in a U.S. drone strike.
The 90 troops were dropped by helicopter into Nangarhar Province, close to where the U.S. MOAB, or “mother of all bombs,” was dropped on April 13. Upon landing the Rangers were met with heavy fire and called in air support from drones, Apache helicopters, F-16s and an AC-130. Gen. John Nicholson said in a statement that “This successful joint operation is another important step in our relentless campaign to defeat ISIS-K in 2017,” and continued, ‘This is the second ISIS-K emir we have killed in nine months, along with dozens of their leaders and hundreds of their fighters.”
The statement said that 35 ISIS fighters and high ranking commanders were also killed in the raid.
On Twitter Sunday, President Ashraf Ghani’s Office confirmed Hasib’s death in the attack.
“He was responsible for ordering the attack on the 400-bed hospital in Kabul, kidnapped girls and beheaded elders in front of their families,” the President’s office said.
The hospital raid resulted in 30 deaths.
A nitpick. I thought Army Rangers were light infantry and not special forces? Am I confused again?
On the actual story, great another ISIS Emir killed in the endless war against ideology. I am sure THIS ONE will be the straw that breaks ISIS in Afghanistan's back!
Also, the Battle for Mosul is still going on, not that you could tell from the media in the US.
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U.S. and Afghan officials revealed Sunday that the head of ISIS in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib has been confirmed dead as a result of a join U.S. and Afghan operation carried out on April 27th. The raid was carried out by 50 U.S. Army Rangers and 40 Afghan commandos.
A Pentagon spokesperson previously said that Hasib was most likely killed but there has been no confirmation until now.
Hasib’s predecessor, Hafiz Saeed Khan was killed in a U.S. drone strike.
The 90 troops were dropped by helicopter into Nangarhar Province, close to where the U.S. MOAB, or “mother of all bombs,” was dropped on April 13. Upon landing the Rangers were met with heavy fire and called in air support from drones, Apache helicopters, F-16s and an AC-130. Gen. John Nicholson said in a statement that “This successful joint operation is another important step in our relentless campaign to defeat ISIS-K in 2017,” and continued, ‘This is the second ISIS-K emir we have killed in nine months, along with dozens of their leaders and hundreds of their fighters.”
The statement said that 35 ISIS fighters and high ranking commanders were also killed in the raid.
On Twitter Sunday, President Ashraf Ghani’s Office confirmed Hasib’s death in the attack.
“He was responsible for ordering the attack on the 400-bed hospital in Kabul, kidnapped girls and beheaded elders in front of their families,” the President’s office said.
The hospital raid resulted in 30 deaths.
A nitpick. I thought Army Rangers were light infantry and not special forces? Am I confused again?
On the actual story, great another ISIS Emir killed in the endless war against ideology. I am sure THIS ONE will be the straw that breaks ISIS in Afghanistan's back!
Also, the Battle for Mosul is still going on, not that you could tell from the media in the US.
I think Ranger comes under elite regular forces/low level special forces. Not like Delta , SAS but also not like regular infantry.
Like UK Royal Marines are more commando by there very unit names.
Mosul yes. Still fighting to retake that city. Its been a while.
They have one half but not the other side fully secured yet. There over river last I saw on news though.
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Sgt. Vanden - OOC Hey, that was your doing. I didn't choose to fly in the "Dongerprise'.
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Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
I have no clue how Dakka's moderation work. I expect it involves throwing a lot of d100 and looking at many random tables.
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Ahtman wrote: I thought Rangers were the guys who protected the wilderness pathways to the Gondor and helped hobbits get to Elven Kingdoms.
Don't be ridiculous. Those things are just hobbies. The Rangers are the last sons of Numenor on this mortal plane, and hunt the terrorist leader only known as "Angmar" for his merciless and cowardly attacks on the now defunct state of Arnor
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Ahtman wrote: I thought Rangers were the guys who protected the wilderness pathways to the Gondor and helped hobbits get to Elven Kingdoms.
Don't be ridiculous. Those things are just hobbies. The Rangers are the last sons of Numenor on this mortal plane, and hunt the terrorist leader only known as "Angmar" for his merciless and cowardly attacks on the now defunct state of Arnor
I thought Rangers were the guys who occasionally drove around in a pickup at the campsite?
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A nitpick. I thought Army Rangers were light infantry and not special forces? Am I confused again?
The 75th falls under United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) and have a Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) mission set (along with Seal Team 6/DEVGRU/What ever their current name is, Delta/what ever their current name is and other Army and Air Force units and some joint units).
Prior to 9-11 their JSOC type missions mostly involved area/perimeter security for the Tier 1 units. Since 9-11 they have massively expanded capabilities and conduct what would have been Tier 1 unit missions on their own. The 75th BNs and Regt commands have been given command of areas of operations and commanded other JSOC forces within those AOs. The Regiment's reconnaissance unit has expanded (force structure and capability) greatly and performs missions supporting JSOC/SOCOM units around the globe.
There is a lot of common training between the various SOCOM/JSOC units. For example, medics in the 75th go through special forces medical training. The 75th is one of the few organizations which send troops to JTAC training. They have very much evolved past 'elite light infantry' in the last few years as their organization and capability expansions indicate.
Here is the USASOC page, note the 75th is one of the units listed on the left: http://www.soc.mil
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Every time a terrorist dies a Paratrooper gets his wings.
Easy E wrote: A related question, Marine Scout Snipers? Are they under JSOC command now, or still just elite marines. I couldn;t get CptJake's website to open up.
Scout Sniper is a specialty, and there are scout sniper slots in regular infantry rifle BNs (they have a recon platoon at BN level). The specialty requires a school to earn the MOS (which is a secondary MOS). Kind of like Ranger School earns you an identifier at the end of your MOS in the Army (not every Ranger qualified trooper is in the 75th). The USMC recently (2006) created Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) http://www.marsoc.marines.mil They fall under United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM): http://www.socom.mil and do have units which can perform JSOC operations and do train with JSOC elements.
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Every time a terrorist dies a Paratrooper gets his wings.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration accused the Syrian government Monday of carrying out mass killings of thousands of prisoners and burning the bodies in a large crematorium outside the capital. It also stepped up criticism of Iran and Russia for supporting the Syrian government.
The allegation came as President Donald Trump is weighing options in Syria, where the U.S. attacked a government air base last month in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack on civilians.
But Trump hasn’t outlined a larger strategy for ending the Arab country’s civil war or ushering Syrian President Bashar Assad out of power. These questions were sure to arise in his meeting at the White House with the United Arab Emirates’ crown prince Monday, a day before Turkey’s president arrives.
The State Department said it believed that about 50 detainees a day are being hanged at Saydnaya military prison, about 45 minutes north of Damascus. Many of the bodies, it said, are then burned in the crematorium.
“We believe that the building of a crematorium is an effort to cover up the extent of mass murders taking place,” said Stuart Jones, the top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East, in accusing the Syrian government of sinking “to a new level of depravity.”
The department released commercial satellite photographs showing what it described as a building in the prison complex that was modified to support the crematorium. The photographs, taken over the course of several years, beginning in 2013, do not definitely prove the building is a crematorium, but they show construction consistent with such use.
In presenting the photographs, Jones called on Russia and Iran to press Assad’s government to establish a credible cease-fire with Syrian rebel groups and begin negotiations on a political settlement.
“We are appalled by the atrocities that have been carried out by the Syrian regime and these atrocities have been carried out seemingly with the unconditional support from Russia and Iran,” Jones said.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had been “firm and clear” in a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov last week that “Russia holds tremendous influence over Bashar al-Assad.”
A main point of that meeting “was telling Russia to use its power to rein in the regime,” she said. “Simply put, the killing, the devastation has gone on for far too long in Syria.”
The war has killed as many as 400,000 people since 2011. It has contributed to Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II and enabled the Islamic State group to emerge as a global terrorism threat.
Trump travels to the Middle East later this week on his first official foreign trip.
Shades of nazi concentration camps / gas chambers...
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Comrade Trump helping out his buds with ISIS intel...classified intel...but hey, emails.
"President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said that Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State."
So sad that the US wouldn't let not the Syrian Army but Iranian backed militia put tanks in position to assault their base in an effort to eliminate US backed rebel gains against ISIS.
Again we see 'Assad supporters' supporting ISIS with Russian equipment. I wonder how they got it?
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So sad that the US wouldn't let not the Syrian Army but Iranian backed militia put tanks in position to assault their base in an effort to eliminate US backed rebel gains against ISIS.
Again we see 'Assad supporters' supporting ISIS with Russian equipment. I wonder how they got it?
The same way those "US backed rebels" get their weapons?
The same way those "US backed rebels" get their weapons?
I know, but I wanted to see what mental backflips Freakzoitt would do to 'prove' they were not and never had been Russian gear purchased by Iran and distributed to the Syrians.
Fate is in heaven, armor is on the chest, accomplishment is in the feet. - Nagao Kagetora
The web of who suplies what to who is a right complicated one.
From big source nations like US and Russia, to allies, to who selling old hardware, or blackmarkets and then the internal, regional and other serris of groups and political factions inside further factions.
Tracing exactly who did what at times. You'd go mad.
Sgt. Vanden - OOC Hey, that was your doing. I didn't choose to fly in the "Dongerprise'.
"May the odds be ever in your favour"
Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
I have no clue how Dakka's moderation work. I expect it involves throwing a lot of d100 and looking at many random tables.
FudgeDumper - It could be that you are just so uncomfortable with the idea of your chapters primarch having his way with a docile tyranid spore cyst, that you must deny they have any feelings at all.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration accused the Syrian government Monday of carrying out mass killings of thousands of prisoners and burning the bodies in a large crematorium outside the capital. It also stepped up criticism of Iran and Russia for supporting the Syrian government.
The allegation came as President Donald Trump is weighing options in Syria, where the U.S. attacked a government air base last month in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack on civilians.
But Trump hasn’t outlined a larger strategy for ending the Arab country’s civil war or ushering Syrian President Bashar Assad out of power. These questions were sure to arise in his meeting at the White House with the United Arab Emirates’ crown prince Monday, a day before Turkey’s president arrives.
The State Department said it believed that about 50 detainees a day are being hanged at Saydnaya military prison, about 45 minutes north of Damascus. Many of the bodies, it said, are then burned in the crematorium.
“We believe that the building of a crematorium is an effort to cover up the extent of mass murders taking place,” said Stuart Jones, the top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East, in accusing the Syrian government of sinking “to a new level of depravity.”
The department released commercial satellite photographs showing what it described as a building in the prison complex that was modified to support the crematorium. The photographs, taken over the course of several years, beginning in 2013, do not definitely prove the building is a crematorium, but they show construction consistent with such use.
In presenting the photographs, Jones called on Russia and Iran to press Assad’s government to establish a credible cease-fire with Syrian rebel groups and begin negotiations on a political settlement.
“We are appalled by the atrocities that have been carried out by the Syrian regime and these atrocities have been carried out seemingly with the unconditional support from Russia and Iran,” Jones said.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had been “firm and clear” in a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov last week that “Russia holds tremendous influence over Bashar al-Assad.”
A main point of that meeting “was telling Russia to use its power to rein in the regime,” she said. “Simply put, the killing, the devastation has gone on for far too long in Syria.”
The war has killed as many as 400,000 people since 2011. It has contributed to Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II and enabled the Islamic State group to emerge as a global terrorism threat.
Trump travels to the Middle East later this week on his first official foreign trip.
Shades of nazi concentration camps / gas chambers...
Heat imagery should conform that at end of day.
If there burning 40-50 bodies, that's alot of heat they gonna need.
Alot more than a regular building in a prison complex.
Sgt. Vanden - OOC Hey, that was your doing. I didn't choose to fly in the "Dongerprise'.
"May the odds be ever in your favour"
Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
I have no clue how Dakka's moderation work. I expect it involves throwing a lot of d100 and looking at many random tables.
FudgeDumper - It could be that you are just so uncomfortable with the idea of your chapters primarch having his way with a docile tyranid spore cyst, that you must deny they have any feelings at all.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
A well deserved present to him from Russia with love
Sgt. Vanden - OOC Hey, that was your doing. I didn't choose to fly in the "Dongerprise'.
"May the odds be ever in your favour"
Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
I have no clue how Dakka's moderation work. I expect it involves throwing a lot of d100 and looking at many random tables.
FudgeDumper - It could be that you are just so uncomfortable with the idea of your chapters primarch having his way with a docile tyranid spore cyst, that you must deny they have any feelings at all.
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