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2009-07-18 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

U.S. Warns Afghan Villages Over Kidnapped GI

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Posted by trailing wife 2009-07-18 09:04|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Gasp. Imagine, in a part of the world where power and seriousness are, naturally, the only human behaviors anyone has known in all history and pre-history, actually implying a serious attitude to using power to secure your objective.

Surely the staff schools and Kilcullen can come up with something more elegant than this?

Posted by Verlaine 2009-07-18 13:17|| 2009-07-18 13:17|| Front Page Top

#2 According to the military, the translation of the last word in the sentence is "hunted," not targeted, but CBS News' independent translators say the word also means "targeted".

Had there been an independent translator said the word meant 'buggered', CBS would've hired him too.

Posted by Pappy 2009-07-18 14:36|| 2009-07-18 14:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, offering informants a couple hundred thousand, asylum for them and their immediate family, and a DC cab drivers permit would sweeten the pot. Oh, and a pony too.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-07-18 22:07|| 2009-07-18 22:07|| Front Page Top

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