Afghan warlords unite to fight NATO
As NATO struggles to find more troops to send to Afghanistan, the alliance appears to have achieved the impossible, but dangerous feat of uniting previously disparate warlords, tribes and militia. Longish article but interesting. Names are named. | US and British troops have stopped identifying them by their allegiance, and refer to them all as ACM - short for Anti-Coalition Militias - a collective word for the mixture of Taliban supporters, Pakistani jihadists, armed tribesmen, loyalists to various warlords and a sprinkling of foreign fighters who represent al-Qaeda.
One American soldier told a reporter at a US base: "I'm just a jarhead, sir, but if you ask me, sir, they're all bad guys. We find 'em, we kill 'em."
Posted by: Seafarious 2006-09-25 |