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2006-10-26 Afghanistan

NATO says Taliban using civilians as shields, as high toll feared

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Posted by ed 2006-10-26 06:57|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The NATO force in Afghanistan has accused the Taliban of using civilians as human shields

I gotta ask: who cares?

Because I sure as hell don't.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-10-26 07:08|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-10-26 07:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Well I DO care. Care a lot. Wait a minute, this soda's warm. I HATE warm soda.

Posted by Perfesser 2006-10-26 09:30|| 2006-10-26 09:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh, they're just afraid of having to deal with George after grilling him about Gitmo and the Geneva Convention that they said should apply to people who don't practice it. It's not the casualties that count, its their pride. It's that embarrassment that they really hate. Us watching them only hurts their pride more.

Posted by Procopious2K 2006-10-26 10:09|| 2006-10-26 10:09|| Front Page Top

#4 If Im living in a war zone and my neighbors start stockpiling weapons next door Im moving. But thats just me.

Posted by bool 2006-10-26 11:03|| 2006-10-26 11:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Lol, Perfesser. You've got this cogdis thingy down pat, lol.

Posted by .com 2006-10-26 11:09|| 2006-10-26 11:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Human shields = the muslim way of war. Perhaps a senior mufti might want to issue a fatwa against his co-religionist for using human shields? No takers? I thought as much.

The day will come when Priority Five is to avoid civilian casualties. Priority One, Two, Three, and Four is to just kill the bad guys.

Posted by Mark Z 2006-10-26 11:24|| 2006-10-26 11:24|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't see the problem. Just shoot through the human shield.

Posted by wxjames 2006-10-26 12:22|| 2006-10-26 12:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Nope. Couldn't happen. A muslim would never sacrifice another true muslim.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-10-26 17:14|| 2006-10-26 17:14|| Front Page Top

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