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2004-08-29 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Frank G 2004-08-29 10:02|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 crap - Fox Link

Posted by Frank G 2004-08-29 10:03:41 AM|| 2004-08-29 10:03:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I fixed it...

Posted by Fred 2004-08-29 10:18:18 AM|| 2004-08-29 10:18:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I hosed the http://....thx Fred

Posted by Frank G 2004-08-29 10:31:14 AM|| 2004-08-29 10:31:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 From Reuters: At least three American nationals involved in the training of Afghanistan's new police force were killed Sunday in a powerful blast in Kabul that also killed at least two Afghans, a defense ministry official told Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6096476

Posted by GK 2004-08-29 10:52:06 AM|| 2004-08-29 10:52:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Reuters: He added that the explosion was caused by explosives hidden in a car infront of the Interpol Police office.

If Afghan cops were lackadaisical about security before, they won't be, from now on. And the American trainers should have known better.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-08-29 11:28:34 AM|| [http://diggsc.typepad.com/] 2004-08-29 11:28:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 "If Afghan cops were lackadaisical about security before, they won't be, from now on."

Inshallah.

Posted by Fred 2004-08-29 11:53:00 AM|| 2004-08-29 11:53:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I was noticing on the radio today, WTOP, that they said something like "no break in the fighting against American interests in Kabul"

Before he said "Kabul", I thought they were referring to Iraq and I said, NO BREAK!! They are mum on our victory of getting Spud man out of the fortress, and there is "no break!". Please!!

I can't help wondering if the forces of evil, having failed to successfully disrupt the Iraqi's are now going to transfer their time and money into Afghanistan - thinking that they have a better chance for destroying democracracy there, than they do in Iraq.

At the very least, I consider this a signal that MSM is going to forgo reporting on the decrease in insurgent fighting in Iraq, and instead concentrate on Afghanistan, where they can make it look like trouble is increasing.

Or..maybe I'm reading too much into this. I'm pretty good at predicting future spin, though, So I'm looking forward to seeing if this is just one report to turn the focus away from the decline of Sadr's militia - or an entirely new trend.

Posted by B 2004-08-29 12:07:04 PM|| 2004-08-29 12:07:04 PM|| Front Page Top

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