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Afghanistan |
Second Taliban boat sinks in Afghanistan, 30 killed |
2007-06-06 |
More than 30 Taliban militants drowned when a boat sank in southern Afghanistan, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The boat sank after coming under fire from soldiers as it crossed the Helmand River on Monday carrying Taliban fighters escaping military operations, the ministry said in a statement. This is the second such incident since Friday when another boat sank under similar circumstances, drowning 60 rebel fighters. In Monday’s incident, Afghan soldiers, with foreign support, fired on the boat as it crossed the river, a ministry spokesman said. “Over 30 Taliban were on board and all of them drowned,” General Mohammad Zahir Azimi told AFP. The bodies had not been recovered, he added. There was no other confirmation of the tolls for either of the boats. According to Reuters, the boat came under fire from US helicopters and joint ground fire and the Taliban retaliated, resulting in their deaths. “Those onboard were all terrorists,” a ministry statement said. The US-led coalition said it was aware of the incident, which it claims occurred on Sunday, but did not have any immediate comment on the situation. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force did not have any information about either of the two incidents, reported AFP. A Taliban spokesman rejected the report as baseless, reported Reuters. |
Posted by:Fred |
#16 2007 vershun |
Posted by: RD 2007-06-06 13:14 |
#15 I'm guessing a lot of these "drownings" were assisted. You got the idiots in a small boat, all packed together. You shoot the crap outta the boat. Lots of the guys jump overboard. You shoot them in the water. Fish in a barrel, even if the water was only 4 feet deep. |
Posted by: remoteman 2007-06-06 12:54 |
#14 I guess it's just ridiculous to ask if any of them could swim. Yes, it is. Things like swimming are not highly valued in a lot of 3rd world countries. Sure, they can get into the water and splash around, but actually swimming in water to deep to touch bottom and most 3rd world peoples drown. I have some Indian friends that like to go to the lake, but will not go near the water, or out in a boat. Terrified they is! |
Posted by: Natural Law 2007-06-06 12:49 |
#13 Don't they have something in Afghanistan like the Henley-on-Todd Yacht Regatta in Alice Springs? where everyone races around in a boat with holes in the bottom, more like a foot race? |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-06-06 11:25 |
#12 Now somebody's gotta scrub that ring from around the river. |
Posted by: Fred 2007-06-06 11:23 |
#11 Too bad. I hear when those burqas get wet, they really weigh you down... |
Posted by: tu3031 2007-06-06 11:15 |
#10 Well, at least they died cleaner than the average taleb, isn't that a comforting thought? |
Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-06-06 11:14 |
#9 Carboard boat races - ah, pangs of nostalgia for good old Michigan Tech, where summer was on a Thursday last year. |
Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-06-06 11:04 |
#8 I sure am getting tired of that 404 screen. |
Posted by: Fred 2007-06-06 10:32 |
#7 I guess it's just ridiculous to ask if any of them could swim. |
Posted by: treo 2007-06-06 10:32 |
#6 "Aaar! Swimmin' be un-Islamic! Pull me out, ifidel!... Yo! Infidel! I be talkin' atchoo!... Hey, infidel?... Glug!" |
Posted by: Fred 2007-06-06 10:31 |
#5 How deep of a river could there *be* in southern Afghanistan? One deep enough to sink a boat with sixty thugs onboard? The damned thing doesn't even flow to the sea - it apparently pulls a Great Salt Lake, and is used so extensively for irrigation that I can't imagine it ever gets all that wide or deep. |
Posted by: Mitch H. 2007-06-06 10:13 |
#4 What was the name of this boat, the Kursk? |
Posted by: Raj 2007-06-06 08:36 |
#3 Bad news: there were 2 empty seats. |
Posted by: McZoid 2007-06-06 05:17 |
#2 And here is the website for the Waziristan Coast Guard and Ports Authority. |
Posted by: Seafarious 2007-06-06 02:25 |
#1 I found a picture of the Talinavy on maneuvers... |
Posted by: Seafarious 2007-06-06 02:20 |