Taliban Tet From the Media

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First, go to the guy who knows what the @#$% he's talking about, Bill Roggio - CounterterrorismBlog

...The news reports of a major Taliban offensive in southeastern Afghanistan are inaccurate, as Coalition offensives and Taliban attacks have been lumped together to give the impression of a coordinated Taliban assault in multiple provinces. A reading of the various reports indicates that while the Taliban has launched a major strike on a police station and government center in Helmand province and a small scale attack on a police patrol in Ghazni, as well as two suicide attacks against U.S. contractors in Herat and an Afghan army base in Ghazni, the fighting in Kandahar was initiated by Afghan and Coalition security forces during planned operations. Over 100 have been reported killed during the fighting, with 87 being Taliban. Well over half of those killed were killed during the Coalition offensives in Kandahar...

And, via Instapundit, the Strategy Page - Afghanistan

Taliban Offensive Shot to Pieces

May 24, 2006: The last two weeks have seen an ambitious Taliban offensive shot to pieces. As many as a thousand Taliban gunmen, in half a dozen different groups, have passed over the Pakistani border, or been gathered within Afghanistan, and sent off to try and take control of remote villages and districts. The offensive was a major failure, with nearly half the Taliban getting killed, wounded or captured. Afghan and Coalition casualties were much less, although you wouldn't know that from the mass media reports (which made it all look like a Taliban victory). The Taliban faced more mobile opponents, who had better intelligence. UAVs, aircraft and helicopters were used to track down the Taliban, and catch them. Thousands of Afghan troops and police were in action, exposing some of them to ambush, as they drove to new positions through remote areas...

But the MSM reports:

CBS - Brazen Taliban Attacks Raise Afghan Fears

CNN - Afghan Fighting: Another 29 Killed

Cincinati Post - Taliban Strikes Again

Mail & Guardian - Wave of Insurgent Attacks Continues in Afghanistan

Financial Times - UK Faces Deadline to Halt Taliban

Reuters - US Says Taliban Gain Strength

Anyone think that this sounds a bit familiar?

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Taliban Tet From the Media

First, go to the guy who knows what the @#$% he's talking about, Bill Roggio - CounterterrorismBlog

...The news reports of a major Taliban offensive in southeastern Afghanistan are inaccurate, as Coalition offensives and Taliban attacks have been lumped together to give the impression of a coordinated Taliban assault in multiple provinces. A reading of the various reports indicates that while the Taliban has launched a major strike on a police station and government center in Helmand province and a small scale attack on a police patrol in Ghazni, as well as two suicide attacks against U.S. contractors in Herat and an Afghan army base in Ghazni, the fighting in Kandahar was initiated by Afghan and Coalition security forces during planned operations. Over 100 have been reported killed during the fighting, with 87 being Taliban. Well over half of those killed were killed during the Coalition offensives in Kandahar...

And, via Instapundit, the Strategy Page - Afghanistan

Taliban Offensive Shot to Pieces

May 24, 2006: The last two weeks have seen an ambitious Taliban offensive shot to pieces. As many as a thousand Taliban gunmen, in half a dozen different groups, have passed over the Pakistani border, or been gathered within Afghanistan, and sent off to try and take control of remote villages and districts. The offensive was a major failure, with nearly half the Taliban getting killed, wounded or captured. Afghan and Coalition casualties were much less, although you wouldn't know that from the mass media reports (which made it all look like a Taliban victory). The Taliban faced more mobile opponents, who had better intelligence. UAVs, aircraft and helicopters were used to track down the Taliban, and catch them. Thousands of Afghan troops and police were in action, exposing some of them to ambush, as they drove to new positions through remote areas...

But the MSM reports:

CBS - Brazen Taliban Attacks Raise Afghan Fears

CNN - Afghan Fighting: Another 29 Killed

Cincinati Post - Taliban Strikes Again

Mail & Guardian - Wave of Insurgent Attacks Continues in Afghanistan

Financial Times - UK Faces Deadline to Halt Taliban

Reuters - US Says Taliban Gain Strength

Anyone think that this sounds a bit familiar?

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