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2006-07-24 Afghanistan

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Posted by Steve 2006-07-24 09:17|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Getting bent, eah?

Posted by texhooey">texhooey 2006-07-24 09:31|| 2006-07-24 09:31|| Front Page Top

#2 July 23, 2006: Afghan police and troops raided a Taliban camp in southern Afghanistan, killing 19 Taliban, and arresting 17 (most of them Pakistanis).

Gee Sergeant Carter, have I got a SURPRISE FOR YOU!

Posted by Besoeker 2006-07-24 10:26|| 2006-07-24 10:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Whadya mean they don't have a coherent plan!!

Mullah Omar: Achmed, I want you to go across the border and stir up trouble.
Achmed: Yes Iman.
Mullah Omar: Oh yeah, and put on this red shirt first.
Achmed: Yes Iman.
Mullah Omar: One more thing, I thoughtfully took out this life insurance policy in your name. Sign here.
Achmed: Insurance? Sign?
Mullah Omar: Just make an 'X' on this line.

Posted by DMFD 2006-07-24 11:30|| 2006-07-24 11:30|| Front Page Top

#4 N.B.: Private Gomer Pyle was training to be a Marine sniper, in preparation to being sent to Vietnam, and was shown to be such a remarkable shot, that high ranking officers in his chain of command repeatedly ordered extraordinary latitude in his discipline.

Really.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-24 14:16|| 2006-07-24 14:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Arrggghhh! We're back to only 19 Talibans getting wasted instead of the usual 40. Up the ante and pass more ammo.

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-07-24 15:50|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp] 2006-07-24 15:50|| Front Page Top

#6 During the Vietnam War, television all but ignored the war. One of the most popular shows of the time, "Gomer Pyle," was about a private in the U.S. Marine Corps and it never once mentioned Vietnam.

Posted by 6 2006-07-24 20:39|| 2006-07-24 20:39|| Front Page Top

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