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2006-08-09 Afghanistan

US forces kill 12 Taliban in Afghanistan battle

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Posted by Steve 2006-08-09 09:03|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hope for quick and complete recovery for the soldiers. Hope they have the chance to kill many more terrorists.

Hope for grief and suffering for the families of the Talibanies.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-08-09 10:40|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-08-09 10:40|| Front Page Top

#2 "Nuristan" sounds like a vitamin supplement laxative.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-08-09 11:12|| 2006-08-09 11:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Best way to win "hearts and minds"

Posted by Captain America 2006-08-09 13:34|| 2006-08-09 13:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Let's just say you don't want to be stuck on a trans-Atlantic flight when your Nuristan kicks in.

Posted by Dar">Dar 2006-08-09 13:55|| 2006-08-09 13:55|| Front Page Top

#5 "Nuristan" sounds like a vitamin supplement laxative
That's because it's Natisrun spelled backwards.

Posted by L Welk Snoozin 2006-08-09 17:48|| 2006-08-09 17:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Interestingly, Nuristan was once called KAFIRistan. It was kafir because the locals refused to convert to islam in spite of centuries of jihad against them. In 1895, the brave lions of islam finally forcibly converted the kafirs. The name was changed to nuristan because that mean land of light or something. Like all recent converts, the nuristanis are especially fanatical and were the ones who fought the Russians most ferociously. So, I suppose that when the rest of us are forced to convert to islam because we won't fight it in a united manner (and in its practitioners fashion), we will be ferocious too. I feel ferocious already!

Posted by Claviling Sholuth9192 2006-08-09 22:48|| 2006-08-09 22:48|| Front Page Top

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