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2005-07-01 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by raptor 2005-07-01 10:11|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 someone linked this yesterday -and it is cool! I wish they had an easy to read index - so when you are listening to some smuckoid - you can easily look up to see if he's one of these guys.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-01 10:23|| 2005-07-01 10:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, I saw it yesterday too and loved it! The format does make it hard to read (at least at work), but this gives me hope for the guys we're still looking for over there. I've read the Hunt for bin Laden, and it completely blew my mind how we basically took over Afghanistan with 10-12 teams (of about 8-10 men each), with the help of the N. Alliance, and, yet, the mighty Russkies couldn't do it in YEARS w/ everything they had.

Posted by BA">BA 2005-07-01 11:12|| 2005-07-01 11:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Mind-boggling! This *really* gives you pause about news sources credibility. I thought usurping military (among others) credentials was difficult and illegal - apparently I'm completly wrong.
Btw, you might want to give a little backround on this, the site itself isn't very clear on that, except the words by Jack; I suspected this was about this US contractor arrested in Afghanistan (missed the article yesterday) and had to search for "Jack Idema" in previous articles.

Posted by anonymous5089 2005-07-01 11:15|| 2005-07-01 11:15|| Front Page Top

#4 WHy did our SOF teams do so well in Afghanistan, looking back at the British, the Soviets, etc?

Its easier to liberate than it is to conquer.

That and they are the best that has ever existed.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-07-01 11:27|| 2005-07-01 11:27|| Front Page Top

#5 I gave what I had,5089.That is why I just posted the link.Certainly says alot about MSM criedability,though.I can't think of a better reason to get most of my news from blogs.

Posted by raptor 2005-07-01 11:54|| 2005-07-01 11:54|| Front Page Top

#6 I find it fascinating. I wondered back when this all broke, about what was really going on. Wish it was on page one so more folks could see it, allowing the word to get out.

Posted by legolas 2005-07-01 13:02|| 2005-07-01 13:02|| Front Page Top

#7 The articles are interesting but be carefull with this Jack guy. He is still very juestionable and his public cruisade against Ed Artis is bullshit. Judging from his article on Ed and my knowledge of Ed he is only 10% correct, the rest is slander.

Posted by 49 pan 2005-07-01 13:56|| 2005-07-01 13:56|| Front Page Top

#8 go to stuporpatriot.blogspot.com and find out about jack the sourse of this website. Then concider your sourse on this guy.

Posted by 49 pan 2005-07-01 14:10|| 2005-07-01 14:10|| Front Page Top

#9 The correct web is stuporpatriots.blogspot.com

Posted by 49 pan 2005-07-01 14:11|| 2005-07-01 14:11|| Front Page Top

#10 Yeah, this is Jonathan "Jack" Idema, the guy who got caught running his own jail in Afghanistan. He's a legend in his own mind. There was a story linking him to a money transfer conviction the other day:
A Hayward pizzeria owner has pleaded guilty to charges that he illegally transferred nearly $1 million to people in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Some of the money went to a bounty hunter and former U.S. Army special forces member named Jonathan "Jack" Idema, who is serving five years in prison for torturing Afghan detainees, Virginia Kice, regional spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Sunday.
Idema, a former Green Beret, claimed to Afghan officials that he was working with the American government to hunt down al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. U.S. military authorities have denied any involvement with Idema, who is being held by Afghan authorities at Pul-e Charkhi prison near Kabul.

I wouldn't put too much stock in anything connected to him.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-07-01 15:05|| 2005-07-01 15:05|| Front Page Top

#11 I guess time will tell, I'll wait to study both sides of the story before I jump to a conclusion.

Posted by legolas 2005-07-01 15:14|| 2005-07-01 15:14|| Front Page Top

#12 but be carefull with this Jack guy

noted. But the bottom line is, is the information in this blog correct or isn't it? If it is correct, then I don't care if Barney the Purple Dinosaur posted it.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-01 20:01|| 2005-07-01 20:01|| Front Page Top

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