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2004-01-27 Afghanistan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-01-27 9:52:24 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Itâs difficult to tell if heâs an Afghan or not,"

Bet he wasn't, Afghan fighters tend to leave that sort of thing to the imported cannon fodder.

Posted by Steve 2004-1-27 10:14:24 AM|| 2004-1-27 10:14:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Channel News Asia quotes a Taliban flunky as saying that the bomber was a Chechen.

Posted by Dan Darling 2004-1-27 10:19:28 AM|| [http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2004-1-27 10:19:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I hope the Canadians don't take heavy casualties. Their soldiers are excellent, but their population strikes me a very risk adverse.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-27 11:10:41 AM|| 2004-1-27 11:10:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Given the size of the Canadian armed forces, the idiot who did the blue-on-blue incident a while back inflicted "heavy casualties".

They may be the Few and the Proud, but they definitely are few...

Posted by Ptah 2004-1-27 6:17:57 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2004-1-27 6:17:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#5
...Taliban flunky as saying that the bomber was a Chechen

The Chechens are fighting to get the foreigners out of Afganistan.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-1-28 12:02:43 AM|| 2004-1-28 12:02:43 AM|| Front Page Top

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