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| Taliban sez attacks will continue | |
| 2004-08-31 | |
The Taliban warned yesterday of more deadly attacks in the run-up to Afghanistan's first presidential election as the death toll from a weekend car bomb reached at least 10 persons. Three Americans were among those killed in the blast targeting the offices of international security company Dyncorp, which provides bodyguards for Afghan President Hamid Karzai and helps train the national police force. Another blast on Saturday killed nine children and one adult at a religious school in Paktia province, south of Kabul.
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| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #12 Don't forget the "grief conselors", Ship. Can't we all just get along...INFIDEL! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-08-31 8:58:48 PM |
| #11 When I heard the Matt Lauer interview with President Bush, Matt asked the "but can we *win* it?!" question a number of times. In his response, the President put the emphasis on the word "It", which I inferred as a way of saying "We aren't going to be able to 'win' this war in the same traditional way we've won the old style of wars." As soon as I heard it, I figured the quote could be used by itself in print to be taken out of context for negative purposes. I think his original point is really right on the money ... As for the Taliban ... remember the old Hill Street Blues end-of-meeting phrase? "Let's do it to them before they do it to us ..." |
| Posted by: ExtremeModerate 2004-08-31 1:13:44 PM |
| #10 Terrorism is the tool, not the enemy. Talibandies need to be exterminated. There is no peace to be had with them. It is Islamic Jihad that is the political platform that we are fighting. Unless that is faced down then, yes, no victory to be had. And all their bases are not ours. That will need to be Iranian, paki, and SA bases. To bad muslims can't cut this thing out. Our German friends fell for the evil thing too, a political philosophy at war with the world. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-08-31 12:15:22 PM |
| #9 UFOman is right terrorism is a social problem. Money is needed to hire experts to study it in depth. And since terrorism can't be beaten we should learn to cope with it. Money will be needed to train the sociologists and psychologists in helping people cope when bad things happen. We should all learn to appreciate the dynamic role Islam and Islamism will be playing in our country. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-31 11:34:36 AM |
| #8 The Taliban warned yesterday of more deadly attacks in the run-up to Afghanistan's first presidential election as the death toll from a weekend car bomb reached at least 10 persons. Taliban Spokeaman : "We will be continuing holy sniper attacks on kite-flyers, chess-players, and those listening to music. Allah Akhbar! Allah Akhbar! Allah Akhbar!Allah Akhbar! Allah Akhbar! Allah Akhbar! Allah Akhbar!" (At this point the spokesman's breathing beacme heavy, then he groaned and collapsed.) |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-08-31 10:51:30 AM |
| #7 "The Taliban warned..." Why in the blazes are they even able to? |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-08-31 9:28:14 AM |
| #6 Deep. Sublimely free of thought and supremely Pollyanna-ish, but really deep. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-31 9:11:47 AM |
| #5 Israel's never-ending war on terrorism and Waco corroborate Bush's point, and to think otherwise one would have to be naive or just plain foolish. We can not violate the sovereignties of countries or the ideologies of individuals with expectations of blind compliance. |
| Posted by: UFO 2004-08-31 9:04:51 AM |
| #4 Hell, the nutjobs in the streets of NYC are proving Bush's point. We may be able to beat the Islamofascists, but the fascists in our own streets will just pick up the slack. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-08-31 8:21:03 AM |
| #3 âBush says war will never be wonâ I think the left further diminishes its credibility when it takes honest, no-brainer statements like this one, or likeâyes, Iâve made mistakesâ and turns them into negative sound bites intended to make Bush look bad. Itâs a total insult to the intended audience to think they would be fooled. I suppose they could be targeting the under 70IQ crowd, but if not, getting all jubilant over comments like these just makes the left look shrill and petty. |
| Posted by: B 2004-08-31 7:28:17 AM |
| #2 Bush: War on terror may never be 'won' |
| Posted by: UFO 2004-08-31 4:17:17 AM |
| #1 Radical 'protesters' say attacks will continue against GOP while in Manhattan. Same sick mindset. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-08-31 4:01:33 AM |