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2005-06-22 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Steve 2005-06-22 10:18|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The total is 60 from an unusually charitable BBC. Mook season continues apace. Hurrah.

Posted by Howard UK 2005-06-22 10:37|| 2005-06-22 10:37|| Front Page Top

#2 CNN referred to them as enemy soldiers, without sarcasm quotes. I am in shock.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-06-22 12:17|| 2005-06-22 12:17|| Front Page Top

#3 "We are not letting up on the enemy and will continue to pursue them until the fighting stops. Coalition and Afghan forces will continue to defeat these Pakistanis militants for as long as necessary to ensure the people of Afghanistan remain free of oppression and tyranny,"

The AP quotes a soldier as calling them militants. I wonder if this a doctored AP quote (or maybe an AP 'quote').

Posted by mhw 2005-06-22 12:20|| 2005-06-22 12:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Where do they get these guys?

Journalism schools.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-06-22 13:05|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-06-22 13:05|| Front Page Top

#5 there DOES seem to be a Taliban spring offensive of sorts, but as with past such offensives, it just gives us a chance to kill more of the mofo's.

whether this is strategic progess or not is real hard to tell from here, without a detailed, geographically specific picture of past and current insurgent operations, and many other details, much of which are not public domain.

Still, its always good to kill the mofos, and cheaper by the dozen.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-06-22 14:29|| 2005-06-22 14:29|| Front Page Top

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