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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban makes demands over captured US soldier |
| 2009-07-16 |
| KABUL — A spokesman for a Taliban commander says a captured U.S. soldier will be executed unless the U.S. military stops operations in two districts of southeastern Afghanistan. The Taliban said last week they were holding the soldier. The U.S. military earlier said he went missing and may be in enemy hands. Abdullah Jalali, spokesman for Taliban commander Mawlavi Sangin, told The Associated Press on Thursday the soldier was healthy but threatened to kill him unless the U.S. stops airstrikes in Ghazni province's Giro district and Paktika province's Khoshamand district. Jalali says Giro has been heavily bombed by international forces but did not otherwise explain why they chose those areas. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #8 I would be very surprised if the Rules of Engagement were strictly adhered to if the taliban actually carry through. I also expect that a few Marines will have a one-on-one with anyone they think is collaborating with the enemy. The statement "You let them in here, you suffer the same consequences" gets repeated a lot in the coming months. Also expect a few "journalists" to find themselves not welcome in the vacinity of Marines. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-07-16 19:29 |
| #7 Thank God we are not Europeans, yet. Giving in to these kinds of demands is conceding defeat. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-07-16 14:17 |
| #6 After hanging the Imam from their own Minaret. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-07-16 13:48 |
| #5 I'm with Hellfish. These guys want to play hardball, huh? Okay, a-holes, be careful what you wish for. If only the 0ne administration had the balls (I'm not holding my breath). Just as a matter of comparison, the USA does not take captured terrorists and threaten to kill them if our demands are not met. At the very worst, we waterboard them. Oh, the horror! I still contend that waterboarding is NOT torture. For several reasons, actually, but most important is that the definition of torture is dependent on intent. We didn't waterboard detainees to punish them or illicit false confessions (unlike our enemies or the thugs over in Iran) because that would be torture. THE INTENT WAS TO SAVE INNOCENT AMERICAN LIVES. So even if people still want to insist that it was torture, it was justifiable torture. It's no different than saying a homicide committed in an act of self-defense is a justifiable homicide. |
| Posted by: eltoroverde 2009-07-16 13:38 |
| #4 You forget who we have in the WH. We are so phucked! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-07-16 13:35 |
| #3 Me? If the soldier is not returned in 6 hours we level every mosque in Afganistan. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2009-07-16 13:08 |
| #2 No quarter to the beheaders |
| Posted by: Spike Gramp9390 2009-07-16 12:27 |
| #1 If history is any guide, beginning to kill American prisoners is the beginning of an understanding of the American phrase, "War is hell." |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2009-07-16 12:19 |