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2006-06-20 Afghanistan

Taleban use children as shields to fight British

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Posted by Fred 2006-06-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Must be in the Koran to use children and wumens as such.

Posted by Captain America 2006-06-20 00:19|| 2006-06-20 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Man, they have got to start getting this stuff on tape and give it to Al Jizzera to play.

Posted by grb 2006-06-20 00:21|| 2006-06-20 00:21|| Front Page Top

#3 get film, hack Al-Jizz and play it 24 hrs a day to embarrass the Lions of Islam

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-06-20 00:26|| 2006-06-20 00:26|| Front Page Top

#4 We'll have Fred do it.

Posted by grb 2006-06-20 00:30|| 2006-06-20 00:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, makes perfect sense, since wimmen are cattle, and children's only right is to get some lube when daddy or uncle wants to play with them.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-06-20 01:51|| 2006-06-20 01:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Careful, anonymous, you'll make the Taliban so mad they'll have to beat their kids and wives and kill some unarmed civilians to prove their manhood.

Posted by grb 2006-06-20 01:57|| 2006-06-20 01:57|| Front Page Top

#7 It also would be time to start enforcing Geneva:

Shoot them for using civilians as shields
and Shoot them again for fighting out of uniform.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-06-20 01:58|| 2006-06-20 01:58|| Front Page Top

#8 This is normal operating procedure for the Lions. It's also why there are bound to be civilian casualties. We should not even think about it. As long as these cheesy bastards choose this path, we just eliminate as many as necessary.

Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-06-20 02:07|| 2006-06-20 02:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Keep mounting, keep thrusting and throw in a bit of kukri for foreplay.

Posted by Howard UK 2006-06-20 05:05|| 2006-06-20 05:05|| Front Page Top

#10 Howard- by any chance is Major Will Pike related to Hew Pike, one of the heroes of the Falklands war?

Posted by Matt 2006-06-20 08:03|| 2006-06-20 08:03|| Front Page Top

#11 I have absolutely no idea but I hope so ;)

Posted by Howard UK 2006-06-20 09:01|| 2006-06-20 09:01|| Front Page Top

#12 I think JFM has a point:

Drumhead courts martial for those using children as sheilds, with execution on the spot - a pistol shot to the back of the head.

They are nothign more than war criminals and as such have no Geneva protections and are therefore easily dealt with via on-th-spot execution if they have no intelligence value. And if they have intel value, then return them after they talk - by pushing them out of a helicopter at 10000 AGL over their village.

That will ensure a proper punishment for the crime, and make sure that the punishment for such acts is swift and very visible to those who might think of comitting them.

Posted by Oldspook 2006-06-20 09:02|| 2006-06-20 09:02|| Front Page Top

#13 The tactics were revealed in the first account by those who fought in one of the main battles faced by the men of 3 Para and the Royal Gurkha Rifles in Helmand province, where 3,300 British troops are stationed.

Gotta cut them some slack: The mere sight of the Gurkhas can unnerve the Bravest lion of Islam.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2006-06-20 17:16|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2006-06-20 17:16|| Front Page Top

#14 by pushing them out of a helicopter at 10000 AGL over their village.

I might be feeling a bit cruel today, but I'd drop them from 30,000 ft. That way they lose consciousness for most of the way down and regain it just before impact.

Posted by Rafael 2006-06-20 18:58|| 2006-06-20 18:58|| Front Page Top

#15 Maybe it's just me, but we really need to begin firing right through their (at that point rather ineffective) "human shields." The Taleban need to gain a reputation for getting people around them killed. Only then will they be viewed as a genuine threat.

Yes, I realize I'm advocating the killing of female and minor civilians. Per .com, we've really got to get over this "Order of the Garter" crap and begin making the lives of our enemies and those who support (or tolerate) them genuinely miserable.

Once the Taleban show up and get a hostile (or deadly) reception by those they would endanger, all of the right messages will have been sent. Villagers need to associate the Taleban with brutal death and nothing else. The Taleban also need to learn that cowardice is repaid with death.

Oh yes, and definitely all that about summary execution and 'chuteless airdrops for those caught practicing human shield antics. In fact, I'd like to see a guidance package to steer such wingless human payloads precisely into their own hovels, huts and yurts. Nothing says "naughty, naughty!" like 75 kilos of well-pulverized torso and appendages smashing through your roof.

Posted by Zenster 2006-06-20 21:41|| 2006-06-20 21:41|| Front Page Top

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