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2005-08-07 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by john 2005-08-07 11:36|| || Front Page|| [14 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 These are actually pretty traditional methods for dealing with insurrectionists. He understood the fact that when you have to resort to these methods, the terrorists haven't won - the reality is that they're about to be wiped out. Some innocents will get caught up in the dragnet, but the cancer that the terrorists represent will have been removed from the body politic.

Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei 2005-08-07 13:19|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-08-07 13:19|| Front Page Top

#2 At first the terrorists targetted the families of policemen, in an attempt to dissuade them from action.

Gill's policemen responded by kidnapping the family members of the suspected kidnappers. Some were "vanished". The terrorists soon stopped targetting police families.

Posted by john 2005-08-07 14:02|| 2005-08-07 14:02|| Front Page Top

#3 The terrorists soon stopped targetting police families. Takes all the fun out of it doesn't it?

Posted by GK 2005-08-07 14:28|| 2005-08-07 14:28|| Front Page Top

#4 That and being abducted and cremated

Posted by john 2005-08-07 20:28|| 2005-08-07 20:28|| Front Page Top

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