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2010-01-01 Afghanistan

Suicide Bombing Devastates Critical Hub for CIA Activities

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Posted by Steve White 2010-01-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I can't help thinking: maybe now "less-nuanced" (people who learned the truth of Churchill's observation) will take over the job.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-01-01 01:25|| 2010-01-01 01:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Haqqani/ISI Operation

Posted by john frum 2010-01-01 07:54|| 2010-01-01 07:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Haqqani/ISI Operation

If so, two can play that game, John, assuming Bambi has the stones.

Posted by PBMcL 2010-01-01 10:29|| 2010-01-01 10:29|| Front Page Top

#4 "Bambi has the stones"

Maybe Michelle will let him borrow hers....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-01 10:35|| 2010-01-01 10:35|| Front Page Top

#5 May be a pair of (somewhat singed) stones available on that plane in Detroit.

Posted by lex 2010-01-01 12:00|| 2010-01-01 12:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Pakistan is not on ally. They're on the other side.

Posted by lex 2010-01-01 12:03|| 2010-01-01 12:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Pakistan is not on ally. They're on the other side. True, lex. But as long as they insist they are, we can take advantage of the fact...all those dead on both sides of the border from Predator strikes, and the movement of Taliban leadership to the cities -- where they turn their ire on the local citizenry -- testifies to how well the CIA have taken advantage of the small openings they've been given.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-01-01 15:50|| 2010-01-01 15:50|| Front Page Top

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