NATO forces kill 200 Taliban

Some good news in the War on Terror this holiday weekend. New such as this won't be among Nancy Pelosi's talking points:

From the Irish Examiner:

Warplanes today dropped bombs on suspected Taliban fighters hiding in orchards and ground troops fired artillery in a major Afghan-NATO offensive that killed more than 200 militants in southern Afghanistan.

Four Canadian soldiers were also killed in the clashes.

Booming explosions echoed above the grape and pomegranate fields in Panjwayi district, about 12 miles from Kandahar city, as planes pounded militants believed to be hiding amid the greenery and dried-mud houses.

Operation Medusa was launched on Saturday to flush out Taliban fighters from Panjwayi and neighbouring Zhari district. Said Nato spokesman Major Scott Lundy.

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