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| Pakistan Says Afghan Bodies Dumped on Its Land |
| 2003-06-09 |
| Pakistan issued a formal protest to Afghanistan Monday for dumping the bodies of 21 Taliban fighters on its territory along the border last week. Up to 40 Taliban guerrillas were killed in Afghanistan last Wednesday in what Afghan officials said was the hard-line group's most bloody defeat since it was driven from power in late 2001. Afghan authorities later laid out 21 blood-soaked bodies in Pakistani territory along the border, to allow relatives to collect them. "Get your dead jihadi's out of our country." Pakistan's new foreign ministry spokesman Masood Khan told a news conference that Pakistan had sent a "demarche of protest" to Afghanistan for the incident. "There was a clash in Afghanistan and there were several casualties, a number of bodies were thrown on our side and this was sort of desecration of those dead bodies," Khan said. "This was received with concern and anger and our authorities conveyed their protest to the Afghan authorities." They are still trying to pretend that the deaders are not based in Pakland. Outgoing foreign ministry spokesman Aziz Ahmed Khan told the same news conference that the Afghan ambassador was called to the foreign ministry and given the demarche. The foreign ministry said six to eight bodies were claimed by Afghan relatives living in Pakistan, while the rest were taken back to the Afghan border town of Spin Boldak. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #11 Came for Jihad and to kill foes now we're just food for crows Burma-Shave |
| Posted by: Watcher 2003-06-10 02:00:31 |
| #10 Only the live ones should be allowed across the border? |
| Posted by: DANEgerus 2003-06-09 19:02:16 |
| #9 Spot Hek's gunnies Shoot 'em dead Keep 'em weighted down with lead. Burma Shave |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-06-09 16:44:02 |
| #8 Why dig a hole When a head on a pole Fulfills the role Of counting the Toll Burma- Shave |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-06-09 16:38:43 |
| #7 Omar's Whiskers Need no trimmin' He kisses goats Not the wimmin Burma-Shave |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-06-09 16:11:00 |
| #6 When cutting Taliban whiskers You don't need To leave one half Of them for seed Burma-Shave |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-06-09 15:55:24 |
| #5 Several thousand Jihad men Will never go back To Pakland again Burma-Shave |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-06-09 15:51:06 |
| #4 If we really want to drive the point home, let's dump their decapitated bodies by the foot of the pikes that their heads* are mounted on. *placed along the border roads at 50 ft intervals, perhaps with creative "Burma Shave" signs tacked on for good measure |
| Posted by: Dave 2003-06-09 14:14:17 |
| #3 The Afghan army needs to send an apology for the "mistaken relocation" of Jihadi Bodies inside the PAK border. To avoid mistakes of this kind, the Afghan Army will, in the future, drop the Jihadis on the Pak side of the border before they get into Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-06-09 13:47:02 |
| #2 A little Afghan "chin music" for the neighbors? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-06-09 09:46:48 |
| #1 to quote the old computer saying "garbage in, garbage out" |
| Posted by: Someone who did NOT vote for William Proxmire 2003-06-09 09:31:15 |