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2007-04-14 Afghanistan

No Taliban spring offensive: German defence minister

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Posted by Fred 2007-04-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So, the Brutal Afghan Winter did them in?

Posted by GORT 2007-04-14 00:40|| 2007-04-14 00:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Taliban fighters have shown no signs that they have launched a dreaded spring offensive against US and NATO peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan, German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said this week...

Ironic, considering that the German troops in Afghanistan have never seen a Talibani.

Posted by Pappy 2007-04-14 01:10|| 2007-04-14 01:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Plural of Taliban is Talib.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-04-14 09:35|| 2007-04-14 09:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Isn't it the other way round, JFM? Singular: Talib, Plural: Taliban

Posted by trailing wife 2007-04-14 10:38|| 2007-04-14 10:38|| Front Page Top

#5 You are right TW, I had a moment of distraction.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-04-14 16:16|| 2007-04-14 16:16|| Front Page Top

#6 The Taliwhackers are prolly busy combing the junior high schools for new recruits as we speak.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-04-14 18:51|| 2007-04-14 18:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Ditto the spring German offensive in Russia, 1943...however they did re-take Kharkov...

Posted by borgboy2001 2007-04-14 22:40|| 2007-04-14 22:40|| Front Page Top

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