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2007-02-02 Afghanistan

Afghan assembly grants immunity for war crimes

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Posted by Steve White 2007-02-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I am absolutely furious by this and other political moves this week in Afganistan . To top it all off , I have just read about this , and that does truely rip at the gut as an ex-serviceman .

Posted by MacNails 2007-02-02 08:46|| 2007-02-02 08:46|| Front Page Top

#2 immunity on WHAT? Surely if say, Gulbudin walks into a bank in Kabul and robs it tomorrow, hes not immune.

If I read this right, it doesnt exempt Omar for continued war now, nor would it protect him from transfer to the US for 9/11. I think its more about insuring Hek that he wont be persecuted for bombing Kabul back in the '90s, and that lower level guys wont be tried for stuff they did then.

Posted by liberalhawk 2007-02-02 13:01|| 2007-02-02 13:01|| Front Page Top

#3 like i said yesterday, Afghanistan is just another subdivision of Pakistan; we need to level the whole damn place.. from sea to shining sea.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-02-02 14:16|| 2007-02-02 14:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Afghanistan is too big, its population is too spread out and its economy is too small to stand against terrorists on its own. Its doomed to be a terrorist haven or one of the biggest welfare countries on the planet. I think its time to rethink the strategy there.

Posted by Mike N. 2007-02-02 19:45|| 2007-02-02 19:45|| Front Page Top

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