Meanwhile, 300 French were routed by 100 Taliban, snigger snigger.

FARAH PROVINCE, Afghanistan — In the city of Shewan, approximately 250 insurgents ambushed 30 Marines and paid a heavy price for it.

Shewan has historically been a safe haven for insurgents, who used to plan and stage attacks against Coalition Forces in the Bala Baluk district.

The city is home to several major insurgent leaders. Reports indicate that more than 250 full time fighters reside in the city and in the surrounding villages.

Shewan had been a thorn in the side of Task Force 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Afghanistan throughout the Marines’ deployment here in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, because it controls an important supply route into the Bala Baluk district. Opening the route was key to continuing combat operations in the area.

“The day started out with a 10-kilometer patrol with elements mounted and dismounted, so by the time we got to Shewan, we were pretty beat,” said a designated marksman who requested to remain unidentified. “Our vehicles came under a barrage of enemy RPGs (rocket propelled grenades) and machine gun fire. One of our ‘humvees’ was disabled from RPG fire, and the Marines inside dismounted and laid down suppression fire so they could evacuate a Marine who was knocked unconscious from the blast.”

The vicious attack that left the humvee destroyed and several of the Marines pinned down in the kill zone sparked an intense eight-hour battle as the platoon desperately fought to recover their comrades. After recovering the Marines trapped in the kill zone, another platoon sergeant personally led numerous attacks on enemy fortified positions while the platoon fought house to house and trench to trench in order to clear through the enemy ambush site.

“The biggest thing to take from that day is what Marines can accomplish when they’re given the opportunity to fight,” the sniper said. “A small group of Marines met a numerically superior force and embarrassed them in their own backyard. The insurgents told the townspeople that they were stronger than the Americans, and that day we showed them they were wrong.”

During the battle, the designated marksman single handedly thwarted a company-sized enemy RPG and machinegun ambush by reportedly killing 20 enemy fighters with his devastatingly accurate precision fire. He selflessly exposed himself time and again to intense enemy fire during a critical point in the eight-hour battle for Shewan in order to kill any enemy combatants who attempted to engage or maneuver on the Marines in the kill zone. What made his actions even more impressive was the fact that he didn’t miss any shots, despite the enemies’ rounds impacting within a foot of his fighting position.

“I was in my own little world,” the young corporal said. “I wasn’t even aware of a lot of the rounds impacting near my position, because I was concentrating so hard on making sure my rounds were on target.”

After calling for close-air support, the small group of Marines pushed forward and broke the enemies’ spirit as many of them dropped their weapons and fled the battlefield. At the end of the battle, the Marines had reduced an enemy stronghold, killed more than 50 insurgents and wounded several more.

“I didn’t realize how many bad guys there were until we had broken through the enemies’ lines and forced them to retreat. It was roughly 250 insurgents against 30 of us,” the corporal said. “It was a good day for the Marine Corps. We killed a lot of bad guys, and none of our guys were seriously injured.”

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just look at how different the response of the hardened US military is to the pansy, ill-trained French, from the relative sizes of the patrolling force to fighting to recover their friends in the ambush zone, while French left people behind to get beheaded.

French = twats and cowards. Proven like science.

Thank you USMC! You are an inspiration to us all

I can't fault the French MEN that died there, at least they tried.
The Individual French Soldier probably wasnt a coward, but if they go there without the support of their countrymen with poor communications, orders, national leaership and equipment they are being set up for failure.

Cant really compare the 2 forces,, Comparing the French Army to The US Marines is like comparing the puny pencil prick of a Persian Prince to the ponderous testicles of a Roman Gladiator

K+ Lib, your prose aspires to poetry.

Let Marines be Marines. They will triumph.

Don't see many Frenchmen rushing here to defend their country's honor. What's the moron babbling about, for example? Oh yes, US auto makers... How typically cowardly of him.

The Rules of Engagement are likely our bigiggest enemy. If we have re-enlistments after these conflicts, we will have a serious kiskass military, experiencenced like no other.

They'll even know the phone number to get fRench takeout food during battle.

IbeataFrenchman wrote:

At the end of the battle, the Marines had reduced an enemy stronghold, killed more than 50 insurgents and wounded several more.

Are you sure, that it was not a friendly fire incident, as the above description seems to characterize French SOP in unfriendly territory.

They were in a canyon like the french ?
And may be better armed.

It is a good job nevertheless.

They were not tolerant enough of the feelings of enemy, so Barack Hussein Obama will remove them from duty and fill their unit with homosexuals filled with empathy and understanding for the plight of the enemy.

You cannot draw any comparison. These Marines were ambushed in urban zone and I am sure they beneficed of an effective air support.

While the French were ambushed in mountains.



So since it seems you are all trained soldiers. Would you please tell why the French look like twats ?

Cazeilles wrote:

You cannot draw any comparison. These Marines were ambushed in urban zone and I am sure they beneficed of an effective air support.

While the French were ambushed in mountains.



So since it seams you are all trained soldiers. Would you please tell why the French look like twats ?

Because you have to rely on us for close air support...

Yes I know you have CAP over there...but nowhere near our capability...

And while we are on it...we should have never talked about retiring the A10...

To read about talibans killed is always good news, and congrats to the Marines.
But IBAF, you still a dumb asshole able to compare two uncomparable events. As said Caz, it's 2 different places, surely more effective air support etc...
By the way the French section which was ambushed did a great job, killed about 40 talibans but paid a very heavy price.

Maybe the US soldiers that abandonned the afghan outpost after 9 of their comrads died in july 2008 are twats compared to the soldiers of your article???

american propaganda at its best!

I love how this sentence "After calling for close-air support, the small group of Marines pushed ...." is discretly inserted in the tale.

Without air support, marines aren't better than anyone. Why haven't those "supermen" still not won the war in Iraq and Afghanistan ?

I call this BULLSHIT.

pipicaca wrote:

american propaganda at its best!

I love how this sentence "After calling for close-air support, the small group of Marines pushed ...." is discretly inserted in the tale.

Without air support, marines aren't better than anyone. Why haven't those "supermen" still not won the war in Iraq and Afghanistan ?

I call this BULLSHIT.

It's called 'combined arms'...you might want to read about it...it might help you to actually win...

Mouse wrote:

[q=pipicaca]american propaganda at its best!

I love how this sentence "After calling for close-air support, the small group of Marines pushed ...." is discretly inserted in the tale.

Without air support, marines aren't better than anyone. Why haven't those "supermen" still not won the war in Iraq and Afghanistan ?

I call this BULLSHIT.

It's called 'combined arms'...you might want to read about it...it might help you to actually win...[/q]

Of course.
But the article tries to make you believe the GI fought alone like super heroes. They probably waited 8 hours for the aviation to make the job done. That's what I call propaganda.

But the article tries to make you believe the GI fought alone like super heroes. They probably waited 8 hours for the aviation to make the job done. That's what I call propaganda.

They are...you want to face a marine?

We train them to be intelligent and to use the assets at hand.

Why is this such a hard point for you guys to understand?

In the city of Shewan, approximately 250 insurgents ambushed 30 Marines and paid a heavy price for it.

Typical islamo-fascists. They are only brave when they believe they have the infidels outnumbered.

Damn fine job, Jar heads! I am so very proud of them and so extremely grateful to God not one of them were killed. It's a tremendous gift.

Way to go, USMC!!!

IbeataFrenchman wrote:




FARAH PROVINCE, Afghanistan — In the city of Shewan, approximately 250 insurgents ambushed 30 Marines and paid a heavy price for it.

Shewan has historically been a safe haven for insurgents, who used to plan and stage attacks against Coalition Forces in the Bala Baluk district.

The city is home to several major insurgent leaders. Reports indicate that more than 250 full time fighters reside in the city and in the surrounding villages.

Shewan had been a thorn in the side of Task Force 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Afghanistan throughout the Marines’ deployment here in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, because it controls an important supply route into the Bala Baluk district. Opening the route was key to continuing combat operations in the area.

“The day started out with a 10-kilometer patrol with elements mounted and dismounted, so by the time we got to Shewan, we were pretty beat,” said a designated marksman who requested to remain unidentified. “Our vehicles came under a barrage of enemy RPGs (rocket propelled grenades) and machine gun fire. One of our ‘humvees’ was disabled from RPG fire, and the Marines inside dismounted and laid down suppression fire so they could evacuate a Marine who was knocked unconscious from the blast.”

The vicious attack that left the humvee destroyed and several of the Marines pinned down in the kill zone sparked an intense eight-hour battle as the platoon desperately fought to recover their comrades. After recovering the Marines trapped in the kill zone, another platoon sergeant personally led numerous attacks on enemy fortified positions while the platoon fought house to house and trench to trench in order to clear through the enemy ambush site.

“The biggest thing to take from that day is what Marines can accomplish when they’re given the opportunity to fight,” the sniper said. “A small group of Marines met a numerically superior force and embarrassed them in their own backyard. The insurgents told the townspeople that they were stronger than the Americans, and that day we showed them they were wrong.”

During the battle, the designated marksman single handedly thwarted a company-sized enemy RPG and machinegun ambush by reportedly killing 20 enemy fighters with his devastatingly accurate precision fire. He selflessly exposed himself time and again to intense enemy fire during a critical point in the eight-hour battle for Shewan in order to kill any enemy combatants who attempted to engage or maneuver on the Marines in the kill zone. What made his actions even more impressive was the fact that he didn’t miss any shots, despite the enemies’ rounds impacting within a foot of his fighting position.

“I was in my own little world,” the young corporal said. “I wasn’t even aware of a lot of the rounds impacting near my position, because I was concentrating so hard on making sure my rounds were on target.”

After calling for close-air support, the small group of Marines pushed forward and broke the enemies’ spirit as many of them dropped their weapons and fled the battlefield. At the end of the battle, the Marines had reduced an enemy stronghold, killed more than 50 insurgents and wounded several more.

“I didn’t realize how many bad guys there were until we had broken through the enemies’ lines and forced them to retreat. It was roughly 250 insurgents against 30 of us,” the corporal said. “It was a good day for the Marine Corps. We killed a lot of bad guys, and none of our guys were seriously injured.”

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Let's sum up:
1 - urban environment
2 - armoured vehicles
3 - sniper able to do its job (read #1)
4 - close-air support

First of all, congrats to the troops, especially the sniper, he seems to be a ace!

Then, I regret the absence of VAVD, his knowledge on the subject and his subtle sense or irony would have produced more useful comment, and he would certainly have underlined the fact that the conditions under which the French and US troops were ambushed were absolutely different, not to mention the air support, that the French troops waited endlessly.

IBAF just confirms once more the fact that he his a complete arse, mocking the death of allied troops, and just proves that the less you know on a subject, the more likely you are to talk about it.
Tell me once again, where did you fight?

I'm glad the Union of Sodomites Mounted Cowards has brilliantly carpet bombed a stronghold of 35000 talibans and valiantly assaulted limbs and corpses with a great success....

Still wonder how come since 2001 the War in Afghanistan is still on!!!!

Still wonder how come since 2001 the War in Afghanistan is still on!!!!

Once again we don't go there to occupy them...we go there to free them...

Remind me again how long you were in Algeria and your various other colonies...like French Indo-china...another European mess we had to clean up...

Mouse wrote:

Still wonder how come since 2001 the War in Afghanistan is still on!!!!

like French Indo-china...another European mess we had to clean up...

Where you fucking failed!

abraracoursix wrote:

Maybe the US soldiers that abandonned the afghan outpost after 9 of their comrads died in july 2008 are twats compared to the soldiers of your article???

So???

[q=Mouse]

But the article tries to make you believe the GI fought alone like super heroes. They probably waited 8 hours for the aviation to make the job done. That's what I call propaganda.

They are...you want to face a marine?

We train them to be intelligent and to use the assets at hand.

Why is this such a hard point for you guys to understand?

Maybe the subject of the thread has something to do with our will to debunk the myth of invicible GIs...

"French look like twats - 30 Marines assault 250 ambushing force and destroy them"

Where you fucking failed!

Yep, we failed in telling you to fuck off after winning world war II...

You are right about that...