Michael's Dispatches
Secret Report detailing French deaths in Afghanistan
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- Published: Saturday, 20 September 2008 15:02
I was able to carefully read the secret NATO/ISAF report cited in this news story, which does a good job of reporting the facts in the report. Photographs published in the report showed very accurate fire on vehicles, which supports the claim that the Taliban are becoming more proficient with their small arms fire. The document also indicated that the Taliban had used armor piercing bullets in the ambush. The French soldiers were completely unprepared for this level of combat. Apparently, the survivors were rescued by American forces, including "Green Berets" who were nearby.
Michael
A secret NATO review obtained by The Globe and Mail shows that the French who were killed in August did not have enough bullets, radios and other equipment. By contrast, the insurgents were dangerously well prepared...
Click here to read the entire story by Graeme Smith on Globeandmail.com
