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Combat in Afghanistan

September 6, 2009 4:35 PM

The enemy is on the rise in Afghanistan and Lara Logan's report from a forward operating base near Pakistan includes 60 Minutes footage of up-close combat.

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by nonac11 September 17, 2009 5:46 PM EDT
I,am from Denmark and the show was just on tonight over here.
As part of the coalition forces we have 500 soldiers in Afghanistan at the moment.
Anyway about 50% percent of the public here are against the war and the number is rising. I can see the same is happening in the US.
How meny young men have to be killed, because George Bush wanted to find Osama bin Laden ? And for what, revenge? Thought he read the bible every day, shame on him.
When will someone says enough ?
I love to see people in the streets in the US. like the Vietnam war.
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by origtartuffe September 15, 2009 2:49 PM EDT
YELLOW JOURNALISM the latest tactic to keep the Af-Pak conflict before the public. CBS and abc both featured the NY police rousting of a Pakistani apartment - finding nothing - with more innuendo than substance. (NBC not; to its credit.) The age-old "Have you stopped beating your wife?" query. They broke down his door late at night. No explosives were found. They could add a 1000 other no-finds. No opium was found. No white-slave girls. No contraband. No WMDs. No yellowcake. No federal health insurance for illegal aliens. Nothing but guilt implied by the 'planned' overexposure. The vaunted NYPD shat themselves for legitimacy on this one. Now the REAL bad guys will be extra vigilant.


Doubtless a sterling indicator of the end result of our misadventures in Iraq and Af-Pak. Lots of mayhem and grief with a net gain in enmity and enemies now or 20 years from now.


You don't have to be an arrogant ass but it seems to help. Ask Bobby Gates and Mikey Mullens. They both like to see (other people) fights. Is it considered a conflict of interest for Bobby and Mikey to hold MI stock shares? If not why not? Does Xe (aka Blackwater) and Armor (the gleeful deviants) give a kickback to these two merchants of death? See - yellow journalism queries are a piece of cake. Plants the seed though, what?
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by xghafla September 13, 2009 2:06 PM EDT
Americans will never win this war. It is a waste of resources and lives.The American must realize that their enemies cry after each battle, because they are still alive. They wish to die as martyrs,not like the American who loves their dogs and burgers.
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by Pukekaikoire September 13, 2009 1:50 AM EDT
That is a nasty mongrel accent she has, sounds like a South African trying to pull off a Pommy accent but crossed with a Yank or something. Interesting article however, respect to the soldiers out there doing the hard work.
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by jumpin-in September 10, 2009 5:54 PM EDT
This is the kind of news we need to see - what's really going on, and how our military cannot even make the decisions it needs to make. I am very disappointed to not here of any update or information or anything in the news re: Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl who has been held captive by the Taliban since June 30, '09. And, yes, while we celebrate other would-be-captives freed from the Taliban, shame on reporters, the gov. or any other U.S. citizen if we forget PFC. BOWE BERGDAHL. I pray he comes home soon!
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by Eli510 September 10, 2009 5:11 PM EDT
I understand all the Army wives/Families who are upset with this video. But this is the type of news that the American people need to see. We are all living in a country where lives are being lost on a daily basis due to the war. But we never see it and a lot of people take it for granted. Yes it is hard to see your family members in danger, but that is the reality , that is exactly what they are in. And it's about time that the general public sees what our Troops are going through. How every day they are putting their lives in danger fighting a war that we ignore. People live life unaware of the sacrifice that military families and military personnel are experiencing. All I have to say is "Thank You!!". Thank you to the Moms, Dads, Wives, Brothers, Sisters and Children who have had to see a loved one put on that Uniform and valiantly risk their lives and depart for a distant land. Thank you for giving up Birthdays and Thanksgivings and All types of Holiday and important dates to be out there. I can only hope that your lives become valuable to this government and may they bring you all back home soon. Also Thank you CBS for bringing reality back to the U.S. maybe after seeing this Americans can stop to think and urge the President to Bring Back the Troops and Stop deploying them to Far off lands to risk their lives.

Father In heaven I pray for all the Men and Women of the Armed Forces, guide them, give them Strength and Protect them. Cover and Shield them with your mighty Hands, and Please bring them all back to the loving arms of their families. And Stop this senseless war. Comfort and Watch over their Families, because while they are over sees watching others their families are back home, suffering the uncertainty that war brings.
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by jacoon September 10, 2009 1:11 AM EDT
Thank you 60 Minutes for airing what should be on television every night. If American's saw what war was really like I doubt we would engage in prolonged conflict. Please continue to report such vivid descriptions and let us hope that the future leadership of our country asks that we all sacrifice during times of war.
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by LarNKyl September 9, 2009 11:41 PM EDT
I appreciate the honesty of this footage. I WANT to know the TRUTH and I CAN handle this graphic peice. (I agree, there should have been a warning, though.) I don't appreciate the brief versions we get on the evening news. I will pray for our men and women protecting us and our country.
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by PVT-Winter-US-Army September 9, 2009 10:29 PM EDT
Now this is the kind of report that needs to come out of all telivison news stations instead of all the garbage that comes out all the time
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by flash46196 September 9, 2009 4:57 PM EDT
I would like to thank CBS and 60min for the report.

I am a Canadian Infantrymen, was in Kandahar last year and deploy a second time in under a month. I applaud 60min for the graphic footage, it is the reality. Some may not appreciate it, however you elected a government, they sent the Army to war, THAT IS WAR. For too long I feel the public has a serious disconnect with the soldiers situation.

For those that said it was one sided reporting, Please watch again. There was one fire fight with one US wounded, several Taliban killed. Followed by a IED blast killing four U.S. personal. That is another reality, IED's make up the majority of our losses. Not direct contact.

For those who jump all over our military contractors and suppliers, know that "good intentions" and yellow "support the troops" stickers dont stop Bullets or IED blasts, its Armor, Helmets, GM APC's, and Colt rifles shooting our bullets. I know you would all like a pre-Eisenhower era where Industry was nationalized for a war drive, however until that day returns we (the soldiers) need the tools of our trade, and they are made by private industry.
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