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2010-04-18 Afghanistan

UN bodyguard 'executed by Afghan police'

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Posted by lotp 2010-04-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Animals.

Leave, and let them kill each other. It's what they do.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2010-04-18 07:06|| 2010-04-18 07:06|| Front Page Top

#2 In the end, my prediction is that is exactly what we will do Whiskey Mike. Unfortunately, many good men will die before someone stumbles onto the reality which you have stated.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-04-18 08:19|| 2010-04-18 08:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Following the Russian withdrawel civil war began causing more casualties and the destruction of almost all the infrastructure. The same will happen again. Get out now.

Posted by bman 2010-04-18 11:38|| 2010-04-18 11:38|| Front Page Top

#4 The motivation for the shooting is unclear from the video and an official said it was possible police had mistaken Mr Maxwell, an African American, for a foreign terrorist.

Stern reported another theory was that the Afghan police officer wanted to steal his sophisticated assault rifle.

And perhaps a manifestation of bestial racism? Par for the course in Afghanistan IIUC.

Posted by Bulldog 2010-04-18 19:00|| 2010-04-18 19:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Many Saudi Arabs have black African slave ancestry. My guess is they thought he was an 'Arab'. Uzbecks and Tadjiks hate Arabs because of their leading role in Taliban atrocities.

Posted by phil_b 2010-04-18 20:23|| 2010-04-18 20:23|| Front Page Top

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