Article

2007-10-17 Afghanistan

StrategyPage Afghanistan: Follow The Money

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by ed 2007-10-17 06:30|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 his vest went off was he tried to take it off.

Do the bomb builders install 'chicken switches' in their bombs? Once you put it on, it is armed and will go off if you try to take it off?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-10-17 07:02|| 2007-10-17 07:02|| Front Page Top

#2 In Iraq we have seen controllers with remote control detonators in case the patsy changes his mind.

Posted by ed 2007-10-17 07:14|| 2007-10-17 07:14|| Front Page Top

#3 His mother and siblings disagreed, an argument ensued and, for reasons unclear (the neighbors could hear but not see the argument), the bomb went off.

Now I feel sympathy for the family.

Posted by Fred 2007-10-17 10:17|| 2007-10-17 10:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Ditto.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-10-17 11:09|| 2007-10-17 11:09|| Front Page Top

#5 OK...sympathy meter is registering something. The mother might have actually been a hero of sorts by preventing junior from carrying out his intended mission. But the moral of the story is DO NOT let your son attend school in Pakistan. I still think she should have known but in case she didn't this story needs to be made known throughout Afghanistan so the mistake will be repeated less often. Afghans need to understand that Pakistan is their enemy.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-10-17 12:42|| 2007-10-17 12:42|| Front Page Top

#6 PAkistan's very survival depend on Afghanistan being a failed state. Otherwise its Pashtuns will want reunification with Afghanistan.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-10-17 16:41|| 2007-10-17 16:41|| Front Page Top

23:32 Zenster
23:28 Zenster
23:20 Zenster
23:18 Unutle McGurque8861
23:06 Bright Pebbles
22:46 Unutle McGurque8861
22:46 JosephMendiola
22:40 JosephMendiola
22:37 JosephMendiola
22:30 Alaska Paul
22:24 Alaska Paul
22:22 trailing wife
22:17 Alaska Paul
22:15 Unutle McGurque8861
22:14 trailing wife
21:57 Redneck Jim
21:39 trailing wife
21:35 lotp
21:32 lotp
21:31 Unutle McGurque8861
21:30 whitecollar redneck
21:28 Broadhead6
21:27 Redneck Jim
21:24 Broadhead6