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2009-10-14 Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Taliban claim attack against NATO drone

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Posted by Fred 2009-10-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 According to Xinhua, it was a technical malfunction. The ADN Kronos outfit can't be bothered to report the coalition statement, despite the fact that 1) there ARE going to be mechanical malfunctions with the kill-bots because of the number of hours they are in the air, and 2) the Taliban claim responsibility for hurricanes.

Whatever.

Posted by Free Radical 2009-10-14 07:47|| 2009-10-14 07:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Ouch, Free Radical.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-10-14 08:34|| 2009-10-14 08:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Not much to boast about if you are on the receiving end of those drones. They take what they can get.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-10-14 09:58|| 2009-10-14 09:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Whoop de fuckin' doo. They killed a 100k piece of equipment. That's what, about two weeks worth of boot camp for an actual soldier? Not to mention: NOT A PERSON. It's equipment write-off. At worst, one of Basquat's broken windows for the procurement process.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-10-14 11:05|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-10-14 11:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Next headline of interest will be: "Taliban announce they can turn people into drones."

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-10-14 13:05|| 2009-10-14 13:05|| Front Page Top

#6 REDDIT > ASIA TIMES - AL QAEDA CHIEF LAYS OUT GUERILLA STRATEGY [Illyas Kashmiri is still alive]. WIthin a MIL SCOPE, KASHMIRI > IT WAS ALWAYS DESIRED/INTENDED BY HIM THAT THE US STEADILY INTENSIFY OR ESCALATE ITS COMMITMENTS IN AGHANISTAN = AFPAK ["Afghanistan Trap"], as Kashmiri is a dedicated student of the VIETNAM WAR + ANTI-US NVA General NGUYEN GIAP.

KASHMIRI > his "Afghan Trap" has been entirely successful in baiting and entrapping the USA. ALSO, ARTIC > KASHMIRI DOES NOT RULE OUT "MUMBAI-STYLE" TERROR ATTACKS OR GREATER IN FUTURE AGZ ISRAEL ANDOR THE USA, AS PERTINENT.

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