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1 LibNOT - News, Video, and Conservative Opinion» Alpha Co, 1st Bn, 17th Infantry Reg... Page 1 of 17 about privacy terms of use sitemap archives contact home God Family - Duty Honor - Country. We proudly embrace traditional American Conservative values. LibNOT.com is owned and operated by people that have long been uncomfortable with the radical fringe elements of any political point of view. read more subscribe to feed home politics illegal immigration war on terror libnot tv military news Submit Query Alpha Co, 1st Bn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd ID in Operation Helmand Spider in Badula Qulp, Helmand Province February 28th, 2010, Posted by: LibNOT_SR under: War On Terror, Tagged with: 1/17 inf 2nd ID operation helmand spider Digg submit All photos by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez Thumbnail images below are all high resolution and can be clicked once to enlarge and then click again to maximize size. 1 tweet retweet Afghan soldiers and U.S. Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment patrol during Operation Helmand Spider in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, U.S. Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regimen rest next to a canal during a patrol in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, 2010, during Operation Helmand Spider. U.S. Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment respond to a small-arms attack in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, 2010, during Operation Helmand Spider. U.S. Army Pfc. Andrew Bock, left, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, jumps over a canal as Staff Sgt. Gerry Rojas provides assistance. U.S. Army Spc. Andrew Bock and Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment return to camp after a patrol

2 LibNOT - News, Video, and Conservative Opinion» Alpha Co, 1st Bn, 17th Infantry Reg... Page 2 of 17 during Operation Helmand Spider in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, U.S. Army Spc. Steven Baker, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, engages in a small-arms firefight with insurgents during Operation Helmand Spider in Badula Qulp. U.S. Army Sgt. Jeremy Nevil, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, conducts a patrol in Badula Qulp. U.S. Army Pvt. James Murphy, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, provides security in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, 2010, during Operation Helmand Spider. U.S. Army Sgt. Jason Hanson, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, conducts a patrol in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan. U.S. Army Spc. Jered Nelson, Sgt. Guillermo Garcia and Spc. David Schank, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, take cover behind a berm as they engage in a small-arms firefight with insurgents during Operation Helmand Spider in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, U.S. Army Spc. Jay Kennedy, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, is silhouetted against the morning sun as he conducts a patrol in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, 2010, during Operation Helmand Spider. U.S. Army Spc. Jay Kennedy, left, and Sgt. Arthur Troche, both with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, are silhouetted against the morning sun as they conduct a patrol in Badula Qulp.

3 LibNOT - News, Video, and Conservative Opinion» Alpha Co, 1st Bn, 17th Infantry Reg... Page 3 of 17 Helmand Spider. Canadian and Afghan national army soldiers patrol in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, 2010, during Operation U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert Ciman, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, engages in a small-arms fire fight with insurgents during Operation Helmand Spider in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez) People who read this...also read: 402nd BDE Support BN, Alpha Company, 1st BN, 17th Infantry Regiment Badula Qulp, Helmand Province, Afghanistan India Co, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines and Afghan Soldiers Begin to Take Marjah in Operation Moshtarak 4th Bn. 23rd Infantry Reg. Bravo Company First Platoon Take Fire During Operation Moshtarak Photos: Alpha and Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment Afghan Soldiers Battle Taliban in Marjah Marines from 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment Patrol Marjah During Operation Mosharak OR Join the Discussion Leave Your Comment Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Spam protection: Sum of 1 + 2? Website Submit Comment Notify me of followup comments via «PREVIOUS POST NEXT POST» Latest Video Play Video

4 LibNOT - News, Video, and Conservative Opinion» Alpha Co, 1st Bn, 17th Infantry Reg... Page 4 of 17 FARRAKHAN: WHITE RIGHT IS TRYING TO SET BARACK UP TO BE ASSASSINATED Mar 2nd, 2010 Play Video Video Update From Gen. McChrystal on Operation Moshtarak, 2 March Mar 2nd, 2010 Play Video Fox News Interviews Lt Col Calvert Worth, Commanding Officer 1st Bn, 6th Marines Regarding Operation Moshtarak Mar 1st, 2010 Latest Articles Tea Partiers on Alert as Democrats Lay Groundwork for Health Care Passage Tea Partiers on Alert as Democrats Lay Groundwork for Health Care Passage FOXNews.com Democrats appear to be gambling that a perceived lull in Tea Party activism, combined with an eightmonth window to the November midterm election, is going to buy them enough time to muster the simple majorities they need in the Senate and House to give [...] FARRAKHAN: WHITE RIGHT IS TRYING TO SET BARACK UP TO BE ASSASSINATED Let me tell you something, Minister Farrakhan..the last thing in the world the white right wants is for Obama to be killed or assassinated while in office, thus making him a martyr and more adored by the extreme left. How completely and totally absurd! - LibNOTsr Farrakhan: White Right is Trying to Set Barack Up to [...]

5 LibNOT - News, Video, and Conservative Opinion» Alpha Co, 1st Bn, 17th Infantry Reg... Page 5 of 17 Video Update From Gen. McChrystal on Operation Moshtarak, 2 March

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7 LibNOT - News, Video, and Conservative Opinion» Alpha Co, 1st Bn, 17th Infantry Reg... Page 7 of nd BDE Support BN, Alpha Company, 1st BN, 17th Infantry Regiment Badula Qulp, Helmand Province, Afghanistan 402nd BDE Support BN Alpha Company, 1st BN, 17th Infantry Regiment and 755th Air Expeditionary Group Explosive Ordnance demolition team, Badula Qulp, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. All photos by U.S. Air Force photo/tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez Photos are high resolution - please click on photos twice to maximize size. U.S. Army Spc. Jorge Hopkins, of the 402nd [...] Fox News Interviews Lt Col Calvert Worth, Commanding Officer 1st Bn, 6th Marines Regarding Operation Moshtarak Lt Col Cal Worth talks to a reporter from FOX about his Marines finding improvised explosive devices, insurgents not engaging the military directly, how he would grade the operation, tactics being used by insurgents and the capabilities of the Afghanistan security forces. Operation Moshtarak.

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9 LibNOT - News, Video, and Conservative Opinion» Alpha Co, 1st Bn, 17th Infantry Reg... Page 9 of 17 Marines from 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment Patrol Marjah During Operation Mosharak Regimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs Photos by Lance Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde Click twice on photos to increase size to maximum. Lance Cpl. Chris Ducharme, a mortarman with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, carefully crosses a stream while on a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, Marines and Afghan [...] Democrats Plan for Reconciliation, Supreme Arrogance - Liz Cheney SUPREME ARROGANCE : LIZ CHENEY CALLS RECONCILIATION DANGEROUS AS AN EXERCISE IN DEMOCRACY Its absolutely clear that people don t support the bill. Alpha Co, 1st Bn, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd ID in Operation Helmand Spider in Badula Qulp, Helmand Province All photos by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez Thumbnail images below are all high resolution and can be clicked once to enlarge and then click again to maximize size. Afghan soldiers and U.S. Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment patrol during Operation Helmand Spider in Badula Qulp, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. [...] Operation Moshtarak Video Released 27 Feb. Estonian, Afghan and British Soldiers Part One - Operation Moshtarak about Estonian, Afghan and British soldiers preparing for the start of Operation Moshtarak in Helmand province, Afghanistan. The three part series on Operation Moshtarak ( together in Dari) gives an inside look at one of ISAF s biggest counter-insurgency operations since the fall of the Taliban. Video Journalist Josh Fortune [...]

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11 LibNOT - News, Video, and Conservative Opinion» Alpha Co, 1st Bn, 17th Infantry R... Page 11 of 17 Charlie Company, 1st Bn, 3rd Marine Reg.; U.S. Soldiers with the 630th Engineer Company; British soldiers with Alpha Squadron, Cavalry Regiment and Dutch soldiers meet near Marjah Official U.S. Marine Corps Photos by Cpl. Albert F. Hunt. The twenty-two thumb nail photos below all can be clicked to enlarge and then click again to view highest resolution. Afghan National Army soldiers talk to shop owners as U.S. Marines, not shown, with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, pay for damages done during a clearing effort [...] Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Commander ISAF Interviewed About Operation Moshtarak General McChrystal talks to a military reporter about what is being accomplished in Operation Moshtarak, military efforts to reduce civilian casualties, establishing credibility with the Afghan people as a counterinsurgency technique, what comes after Operation Moshtarak and where coalition forces will move after this operation, in Helmand province, Afghanistan, is over. Brig. Gen. Ben Hodges Interviewed For PBS News Hour Program About Operation Moshtarak Brig. Gen. Ben Hodges Interviewed For PBS News Hour Program About Operation Moshtarak Talks to PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer about the battle for the city of Marjah in Afghanistan, what the military has learned about the tactics of the insurgents during Operation Moshtarak and the reactions of the Afghan citizens to the operation. Part [...] Boehner Tells Obama: Health-Care Proposal Uses Tax Dollars for Abortion; Obama Dismisses Boehner s Statement as Talking Points Boehner Tells Obama to His Face That His Health-Care Proposal Uses Tax Dollars for Abortion; Obama Dismisses Boehner s Statement as Talking Points By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer (CNSNews.com) House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) told President Barack Obama to his face at Thursday s health care summit that the president s new health care proposal, which is [...] Col. Randall Newman, USMC Describes Afghan Flag Raising In Marjah Col. Newman talks to a military reporter about a flag raising over the city of Marjah and what it means for his Marines and the Afghanistan people in the region. Operation Moshtarak.

12 LibNOT - News, Video, and Conservative Opinion» Alpha Co, 1st Bn, 17th Infantry R... Page 12 of 17 Sgt. Maj. Michael Hall, USMC Interview Regarding Operation Moshtarak PART 1 PART 2 Command Operation Moshtarak Forces in Afghanistan Arrest Bomb Maker Forces in Afghanistan Arrest Bomb Maker American Forces Press Service KABUL, Feb. 24, 2010 A combined Afghan and international security force arrested a suspected bomb maker after discovering an explosives cache in Afghanistan s Helmand province yesterday as part of Operation Moshtarak. The cache consisted of more than 100 pounds of explosive, 220 pounds of ammonium nitrate, an [...] Read His Lips: Obama Calls for Increasing Payroll Taxes on Households Earning Less Than $250,000 Per Year Read His Lips: Obama Calls for Increasing Payroll Taxes on Households Earning Less Than $250,000 Per Year Tuesday, February 23, 2010 By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief (CNSNews.com) - President Obama presented a new health care plan on Monday that calls for raising the Medicare payroll tax on some households earning less than $250,000, an apparent breach of [...]

13 LibNOT - News, Video, and Conservative Opinion» Alpha Co, 1st Bn, 17th Infantry R... Page 13 of 17 Enlarged Airfield at Camp Dwyer Means Faster Air Support For Marines In Operation Moshtarak Diamondbacks Keep the Ace of Spades in Play; V/STOL Broadens Aviation Capabilities Story and photos by Lance Cpl. Samuel Nasso Please click twice on photos to enlarge to maximum size. CAMP DWYER, Helmand province, Afghanistan A streak of white appears in the blue sky as an ear-numbing sound shrieks behind it. The gravel and sand on the [...]

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15 LibNOT - News, Video, and Conservative Opinion» Alpha Co, 1st Bn, 17th Infantry R... Page 15 of 17 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Reg Afghan Soldiers Patrol Marjah Marines, Afghan Soldiers Patrol Marjah Photos by Lance Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde Click on pictures twice to maximize size. Lance Cpl. Ryan Hogan, a rifleman with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, leaps over an irrigation canal while on a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 21, The Marines and soldiers from the Afghan [...] Video Update For Operation Moshtarak 23 Feb. This edition features stories on Soldiers providing security on roads in Afghanistan to ensure delivery of supplies for Operation Moshtarak and the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team and Afghanistan contractors giving compensation pay to local Afghans for damages caused during a local road construction project. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Michael Jackson. Capt. Brian Gerschutz, AV-8B Harrier Pilot Discusses Roll in Operation Moshtarak Capt. Brian Gerschutz, talks to a military reporter about the AV-8B Harrier and Marine operators using the Harrier s unique contribution to support warfighters on the ground as part of Operation Moshtarak in the city of Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Video: Andrew Breitbart Addresses CPAC and Warns Professors Breitbart Addresses CPAC, Warns Professors of Citizen- Journalists On Campus Andrew Breitbart used his address to CPAC yesterday morning to continue his assault on the mainstream media, but at around the 5:00 mark, he moved the ball in a different direction altogether. Listen for the part where he invites citizen-journalists on campus to turn their video [...] Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment Battle Taliban, Secure Key Civic Centers in Marjah Week 1: Marines Battle Taliban, Secure Key Civic Centers in Marjah Story and photos by Lance Cpl. James W. Clark Date: Posted: :55 All photos are high resolution - click twice to enlarge. MARJAH, HELMAND PROVINCE, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan It s been nearly a week since Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, [...] GLENN BECK ADDRESSES CPAC 2010 NY TImes: Glenn Beck, the hero of the political right and the closing speaker of

16 LibNOT - News, Video, and Conservative Opinion» Alpha Co, 1st Bn, 17th Infantry R... Page 16 of 17 a three-day conservative conference, ripped the roof off a Washington hotel Saturday with a sweeping denunciation of progressivism. We watched this speech on C-SPAN last night and was happy to see that Breibart TV has it posted today. Take the time [...] 3rd Platoon, India Co, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Reg and ANA Start To Bring Calm To Marjeh Photos by Lance Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde Photos are high resolution - click twice to maximize size. Marines from 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment provide security in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19. The Marines and soldiers from the Afghan National Army patrolled through a residential section of the city to carry out [...] advertisement Favorite Sites All American Blogger American Solutions Americans for Legal Immigration Common Sense from a Common Man Debbie Schlussel Democrat=Socialist Dick Morris Diversity Lane G.O.P Website Gop3.com: The Triumvirate GOPBloggers Heritage Foundation Hot Air InstaPundit Iraq s Inconvenient Truth Jihad Watch Johnny Dollar s Place Laura Ingraham Lighthouse Patriot Journal Mark Levin Michael Yon Online Miss Beth s Victory Dance National Review Newt Gingrich Pat Dollard Rush Limbaugh Sean Hannity Stop the ACLU Tax Day Tea Party Thank Our Troops! The Black Sphere The Nose On Your Face The Religion of Peach The Strategy Page World Net Daily Patrol Base Meade, Iraq: USAF, Joint Terminal Attack Controllers January 23, 2008 OBAMA AIDE VAN JONES RESIGNS AS ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISER AMID CONTROVERSY OVER PAST STATEMENTS September 6, 2009 U.S. General: Iranian Missile Used in Attack on U.S. Base in Iraq September 15, 2007 Video: US Soldiers Blow Up Land Mines Near Baghdad May 1, 2008 Today s Quote: Actor Danny Glover June 6, 2007 Recent Comments:

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