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| Dueling Eid messages in Afghanistan |
| 2007-12-19 |
| President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday asked God to forgive Afghan Taliban killed in the fighting in their homeland, but called on international forces to hit the insurgents at their training bases outside the country. "Today ... is a day we should remember those families who have lost loved ones in different terrorist acts like bombs and suicide attacks," Karzai said after prayers to mark the Eid al-Adha Muslim festival. "Today I also ask forgiveness from God for those Afghans who have been killed in the fight against the homeland if they are Taliban or otherwise," he said. Karzai has repeatedly called on Afghan Taliban to make peace with the government and has offered talks with moderate insurgents to try to bring an end to the conflict. Afghanistan, he said, "is not a stronghold of terrorism, Afghanistan is a victim of terrorism. The strongholds are outside Afghanistan, they get trained and equipped abroad." International forces, Karzai said, "should fight against terrorism together with the Afghan people. They should go to the bases, the hideouts and to places that terrorists get training." Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, in his Eid message, called on foreign forces to withdraw from Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #9 Seems like ol Karzai has just staked out his position: Taliwackers good, furriners bad. I call for immediate pullout and carpet bombing of the entire place. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2007-12-19 13:50 |
| #8 Another T-shirt idea! "Whack a tali in celebration of Eid!" |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-12-19 11:58 |
| #7 Still, if we hadn't started with Afghanistan, it would have been a lot harder to get agreement to continue with Iraq. ("Shhh. Just say yes -- we don't want them looking too closely over here!") |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-12-19 11:50 |
| #6 "Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!" "Germans?" "Forget it, he's rolling" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-12-19 10:10 |
| #5 If Mullah O had felt that way in 2001 we never would have entered Iraq in the first place Iraq? Mullah O is Taliba... oh, never mind... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-12-19 09:39 |
| #4 Jeez, is it Eid again already!It just kinda sneaks up on ya every year, doesn't it? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-12-19 09:15 |
| #3 Another favorite t-shirt - "We should forgive our enemies - right after they are taken out back and shot!" |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2007-12-19 08:07 |
| #2 "called on foreign forces to withdraw from Afghanistan." If Mullah O had felt that way in 2001 we never would have entered Iraq in the first place, but he would not tell those foreigners bin Ladin and Zawahiri to leave. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-12-19 07:25 |
| #1 I agree with Karzai. Make sure all Taliban are dead and then forgive them. I think it is a brilliant idea. |
| Posted by: Spike Uniter 2007-12-19 06:35 |