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2010-02-13 Afghanistan

Taliban Rape Tapes: A 'Muslim Abu Ghraib'

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Posted by gorb 2010-02-13 03:17|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I find this story unlikely for several reasons:

We have to believe that the men in ultra-conservative rural Afghanistan would allow their women to be alone with an unrelated man, in the form of a male doctor who simply appears out of the blue one day. Women in these areas generally don't walk around without a male relative or husband, so what are the men doing while their women are being forced to appear porn movies? When they discovered this outrage against their honor, wouldn't they have killed the women and the doctor too?

If, as the article claims, Siraj killed everyone involved including the rapist doctor (something that sets my BS meter ringing) how do we know such specific details of what they got up to? And the explanation of how this footage was leaked: "The only thing left to do was to visit the Haqqani home theater and destroy all the evidence. With that task complete, Siraj Haqqani could sit back and relax. There was just one problem. He didnt get all of the tapes. My contact managed to rescue some." is pretty weak.

If I had to guess, i'd say this involves footage from a standard sex ring in either Afghanistan or Pakistan that has had the Haqqani name grafted onto it. Which is fine if those people in the bazaars believe it, it's good to have propaganda running the other way for a change.

Posted by Grolutle Squank6928 2010-02-13 03:54|| 2010-02-13 03:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Skepticism is fine, BUT, if that video has recognisable faces.........

Also, the women are dead now and that Dr. As far as men "letting" their women go I'd be surprised if these scum didn't have the entire area totally cowed. Think of the type of control that the drug gangs in LA have over neighborhoods.

Posted by AlanC 2010-02-13 08:51|| 2010-02-13 08:51|| Front Page Top

#3 I've enjoyed Brad Thor's well researched novels, including The Apostle , and think he is very credible. The hero and his friends are loosely disguised Blackwater contractors, complete with an Asian cook/concubine, as real as the headlines lately. This is a break that could help turn the Taliban on themselves, breaking the terror network from the inside out.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-02-13 11:15|| 2010-02-13 11:15|| Front Page Top

#4 The Haqqanis are on the CIA's target list. All it takes is one disgruntled/ambitious insider and the Reaper is on it's way.

Posted by ed 2010-02-13 11:37|| 2010-02-13 11:37|| Front Page Top

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