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2003-05-15 Afghanistan

Taliban appears to be regrouped and well-funded

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Posted by Paul Moloney 2003-05-15 04:34 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It doesn't matter, does it? I mean, if the Pakistanis can't clean up their mess, we'll get tired of holding off the Indians for them. That would be an awful mess, but ...

Posted by Anonymous 2003-05-15 05:52:44|| 2003-05-15 05:52:44|| Front Page Top

#2 I have posted this before, and I will post it until it penetrates your thick skulls: the jihadi provinces - NWFP and Balochistan - get nearly 20% of US aid that filters into Pigistan. They use American aid in order to enforce bans on music and other forms of entertainment, and to fund jihad operations against Americans in Afghanistan. This farce continues because US President Bush is throwing money at areas where he should be throwing B52 carpet bombs. Under pressure of Pigistan, Bush has released over 100 Guantanamo Bay jihadis, even though these wild animals are trained in the production and use of WMD. Civil means and limited war cannot be effective counter-terror means. After 9-11, the US had the means to kill every jihadi on the face of the earth. That was not done, because if Bush did it then he couldn't latch onto the Saudi teat, after he leaves office. An American civil disaster is brewing, based on Bush's "faith based" facilitation of groups such as the al-Huda chain of American jihad factories. If you Bush doormats continue to support the President's facilitation of Islamization, this is what you are going to get:

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Posted by Anonon 2003-05-15 06:28:55|| 2003-05-15 06:28:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Presuppose you're right, Anonon. Do you think the American people have the patience for the nuances that Islam is a religion of "peace" anymore? Do we thank Truman for setting the precedent for what we're going to do next to Pakistan (viz. nuclear air raids)?

Posted by Brian 2003-05-15 07:01:01|| 2003-05-15 07:01:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Guys, talk is cheap. I could tell a reporter that I controlled the Eastern United States and that Moe, Larry and Curley were my top commanders, but that wouldn't make it so. (It's actually Moe, Larry and the first Joe)

There are incidents, but nothing to suggest the level of organization and control that this yob says. He spun a tale to a reporter who bought in to it. News reporters seem to have completely forgotten the ancient practice of verifying statements before reporting them.

Posted by Chuck 2003-05-15 07:48:59|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-05-15 07:48:59|| Front Page Top

#5 My memory isn't the greatest these days, but I seem to remember two or three incidents over the last six weeks where Taliban forces started a fight, then ran when the US and Afghani forces came down on them like a load of bricks. We also keep hearing about two or three captured here, another six in another place, and ones and twos being picked of almost daily, scattered all over the map. We've also been hearing about Pakistani operations in and around their border with Afghanistan, and most of those operations are being reported as "successes". Unless everybody's lying, the Taliban are being hurt, and hurt badly. That would make this "statement" a propaganda ploy to make the Taliban look stronger and more successful than they really are.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-05-15 10:14:42|| 2003-05-15 10:14:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Old Patriot : Precisely - propoganda, with the press playing their favorite role as Useful Idiot. In the meantime, Afghan forces continue to gain experience, build confidence, and increase their morale.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2003-05-15 11:41:56|| 2003-05-15 11:41:56|| Front Page Top

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