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2009-09-12 Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber strikes in south

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Posted by Fred 2009-09-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 you'd think Muslims would be universally offended by the attacks on muslim peace officers and civilians during the holy month of Ramadan

/you'd also buy Obamacare and Psychic numbers for the lotto

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-09-12 00:07|| 2009-09-12 00:07|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm beginning to believe that suicide bombers are a sign of desperation among the Taliban/AQ/whoever. It's something you only do when you can't fight military forces directly. I also believe the Taliban aren't as much in control of parts of Afghanistan as the press would lead us to believe. There are a lot of sympathizers that aid and abet them because they're (mostly) Pashtuns, but really don't like most of the Taliban ideas. We need to be just as hard on the sympathizers as we are on the Taliban. Unfortunately, McChrystal's rules of engagement don't allow us to do that. It's gonna be another long war.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-09-12 14:12|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-09-12 14:12|| Front Page Top

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