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2004-05-06 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Steve White 2004-05-06 1:14:10 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'm sure Mssr. Arnault's condemnation will make the difference and Nuristan Province will soon become a stable Afghan paradise.

Global Risk Strategies is the UK's largest private security firm, according some Googling. Al Guardian sez: "...Has more than 1,000 personnel, including 500 Gurkhas, in Iraq providing security for the coalition provisional authority, the US defence department, USAID and the UN. Its use of former Fijian soldiers to distribute the new Iraqi currency has been attacked as improper by human rights groups."

Since AlG doesn't much like them, I guess they're prolly doing some good work. Condolences to the familes of these three men.

Posted by .com 2004-05-06 7:03:29 AM|| 2004-05-06 7:03:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 KABUL, Afghanistan - Two British election workers killed in eastern Afghanistan in an attack claimed by the Taliban had refused an armed escort, a local police chief said Thursday.

Ghulam Ullah Nuristani said the Britons were gunned down Wednesday on their way back from a remote clinic with their Afghan translator. Security forces found their bodies in a deep, forested valley of Nuristan province, some 100 miles east of the capital, Kabul.

It's difficult to intervene when people are really determined to win a Darwin award.

Posted by Zenster 2004-05-06 2:12:31 PM|| 2004-05-06 2:12:31 PM|| Front Page Top