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2011-02-27 Afghanistan

Taliban Repeating Pattern of Zarqawi's Al Q in Iraq?

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Posted by Glenmore 2011-02-27 17:59|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Fox News is coming at the same point from a different angle (Taliban Scrambles to Stem Bad Publicity After Civilian 'Massacres'), echoing an article in the Wall Street Journal that unfortunately is behind the subscription wall.

From Fox:
Taliban leadership is scrambling to stem the public-relations fallout from recent suicide attacks that killed dozens of Afghan civilians, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

The insurgent movement has launched an internal investigation, and some commanders now blame an autonomous faction for the "massacres" of civilians.

But they used to be able to blame all the killings on the infidels, and now they can't. They've poisoned their own well, just like Zarqawi did in Iraq. I suspect at least part of the reason for the Newsweek article is to prepare the ground for pulling out our troops as the president promised, but even so.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-02-27 20:27|| 2011-02-27 20:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, has been held for the past year by Pakistani security forces

Probably over "contract issues".

Posted by Pappy 2011-02-27 21:34|| 2011-02-27 21:34|| Front Page Top

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