Victory a Non-Story

Did you see this story in the news today?

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan and NATO-led troops killed, wounded and detained hundreds of insurgents during fighting in the Taliban's biggest stronghold, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday.

Musa Qala, in the southern province of Helmand, took on a symbolic importance after the Taliban seized it in February following the breakdown of a much-criticized local truce that allowed besieged British troops to pull out of the town in October last year.

Thousands of Afghan and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops captured the town on Tuesday after one of the biggest operations the Afghan army has carried out.

"During the successful operation by ISAF and Afghan troops in Musa Qala, hundreds of insurgents including several commanders and tens of foreign fighters have been either killed, wounded or detained," Defence Ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi told a news conference.

I bet you didn't. I had to go digging for it, tipped off by an item in Investor's Business Daily.

Seems that victory in the war against Islamofascism isn't newsworthy.

And the leftymedia wonder why people aren't trusting them for news any more.

Taliban Foolhardiness

A few days ago I blogged about body counts in the war on terrorists. This story is the kind of body counts I do like to see. Still not in favor of a running total though.

Seventy five Taliban terrorists attempted a frontal attack on an U.S. led coalition base in southern Afghanistan. It didn't turn out so good for the terrorists.

GHAZNI, Afghanistan - A group of 75 Taliban militants tried to overrun a U.S.-led coalition base in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, a rare frontal attack that left more than 20 militants dead, the coalition said in a statement.

The insurgents attacked Firebase Anaconda from three sides, using gunfire, grenades and 107 mm rockets, the coalition said. A joint Afghan-U.S. force repelled the attack with mortars, machine guns and air support.

“Almost two dozen insurgents were confirmed killed in the attack,” the statement said. Two girls and two Afghan soldiers were wounded during the fight in Uruzgan province, it said.

What made these seventy five fools think they had a chance in that kind of fight? They hitting the opium water pipe?

Get the virgins ready. Two dozen jihadists on the way.