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2010-01-18 Afghanistan

Taliban militants attack Afghan capital Kabul

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Posted by tipper 2010-01-18 04:36|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Its complicated so I suspect ISI planning help..

Posted by 3dc 2010-01-18 07:56|| 2010-01-18 07:56|| Front Page Top

#2 sometimes suicide bombers get cold feet - this is more true when you are sending them in mass

sending 20 boomers and getting 7 booms is to be expected

Posted by lord garth 2010-01-18 10:08|| 2010-01-18 10:08|| Front Page Top

#3 I saw a little of this on Fox. After one of the booms, an ambulance rushed to the scene and it boomed. It was a hijacked ambulance. Only one person, other than whoever was in it, died.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2010-01-18 10:11|| 2010-01-18 10:11|| Front Page Top

#4 But Marica said there were no terrorists in Afghanistan?!

Posted by KBK 2010-01-18 15:39|| 2010-01-18 15:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Its complicated so I suspect ISI planning help..

Or Pak army, or former Soviet-trained troops from Chechnya, the various 'stans, various Arab countries, or Iran and its various subsidiaries.

But likely you're right.

Posted by Pappy 2010-01-18 18:58|| 2010-01-18 18:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Isn't that a bit unusual? I thought suicide bombers preferred to kill as many innocent bystanders as possible. Or is that only in Israel and Iraq?

Indicating this was a professionally-run operation with the intent of both taking out A'stan government and Western personnel, and giving Karzai's government a black eye (thus boosting the Taliban's stock with the populace).

Posted by Pappy 2010-01-18 19:01|| 2010-01-18 19:01|| Front Page Top

#7 But Marica said there were no terrorists in Afghanistan?!

They weren't Taliban. Probably Bush/Cheney jackbooted thugs. Or Scott Brown voters.

Posted by tu3031 2010-01-18 20:24|| 2010-01-18 20:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Yankee fans

Posted by Frank G 2010-01-18 20:25|| 2010-01-18 20:25|| Front Page Top

#9 What's the difference? They all "march in lockstep"...

Posted by tu3031 2010-01-18 20:26|| 2010-01-18 20:26|| Front Page Top

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