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2008-01-08 Afghanistan

Expelled British envoys tried to turn Taliban chief

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Posted by Seafarious 2008-01-08 01:33|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 Am I the only one or should these two be put back on the job?

Posted by gorb 2008-01-08 05:45|| 2008-01-08 05:45|| Front Page Top

#2 And how's Helmand province doing re. terrorism anyway? This sort of suggests certain folks ought to be keeping more than the usual eye on Assadullah Wafa.

Posted by gorb 2008-01-08 05:46|| 2008-01-08 05:46|| Front Page Top

#3 What makes this story more credible than the one that they were giving cash and arms to the taliban? Wanting to believe it don't make it so...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2008-01-08 08:08|| 2008-01-08 08:08|| Front Page Top

#4 What makes this story more credible than the one that they were giving cash and arms to the taliban?
The old IRA were Commie, laundering NK's counterfeit "Superdollars" in conjunction with the Russian Mafia through UK banks. The bills were moved in part in diplomatic bags. Large caches of arms and explosives have been found hidden in rural farmhouses in Ireland's Lake District, revered mystical areas frequented by Germans on holiday. An (former) East German family, traveling the EU for the first time, were staying at the same B&B we were, just down the road from the raid. I'd certainly take a closer look at any high-ranking UN official talking to the Taliban.

Posted by Danielle 2008-01-08 10:32|| 2008-01-08 10:32|| Front Page Top

#5 While whackjobs here in America are drooling about imagined "conspiracies" of all sorts, the real wheels within wheels are turning, as always, everywhere around the world.

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2008-01-08 10:57|| 2008-01-08 10:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Dadullah also denied meeting foreigners.
I bet he did, but whether he did or not the bug is out.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-01-08 11:06|| 2008-01-08 11:06|| Front Page Top

#7 "Semple, an Irish passport-holder who has worked as a British diplomat in Pakistan"

Since when do the Brits allow non-citizens to be their diplomats?

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-01-08 13:10|| 2008-01-08 13:10|| Front Page Top

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