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Afghanistan
Troop increase for Afghanistan: Taliban tell NATO to 'bring it on'
2006-12-01
A Taliban commander on Thursday welcomed NATO’s plans to send more soldiers to Afghanistan, saying it would provide the insurgents with more targets. “Increasing or expanding NATO troops in Afghanistan is not a worry for the Taliban, instead it will make targets for the Taliban mujahideen much easier,” Commander Mullah Obaidullah told Reuters, adding that the hardline Islamists could fight for 20 years. “After five years of continuous fighting against foreign troops, the Taliban have become a strong military power and the Taliban are able to fight and defeat the strongest army.”
"Well be able to fight on as long as there's a Pakistan, by Gum!"
Obaidullah also repeated Taliban threats to step up suicide attacks, a tactic which killed several foreign soldiers before and during this weekÂ’s NATO summit in the Latvian capital of Riga.
Posted by:Fred

#6  [the Black Knight continues to threaten Arthur despite getting both his arms and one of his legs cut off]
Black Knight: Right, I'll do you for that!
King Arthur: You'll what?
Black Knight: Come here!
King Arthur: What are you gonna do, bleed on me?
Black Knight: I'm invincible!
King Arthur: ...You're a loony.
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Posted by: Procopius2k   2006-12-01 16:41  

#5  As long as the Taliban have sanctuary in pakiwackiland, they'll be able to fight against the Kabul government. Since the two sides of Pashtunistan lie in Afghanistan and Pakistan, we have two choices: do away with Pakistan, or surrender. I do not choose to surrender. Destroy the NWFP and the problem will be 95% solved. Destroy all of Pakistan, and the problem (and quite a few others) will be 100% resolved.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-12-01 13:04  

#4  By all means, let us bring it.
Posted by: Excalibur   2006-12-01 09:29  

#3  Let's see. 100 plus Talibs killed in November, 311 plus in October, 561 in September...

Yeah, I say "Bring it on", too.
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2006-12-01 08:45  

#2  What NATO is up to is to continue operations at full steam during the winter, when traditionally everything comes to a halt there. This means both that NATO will police and integrate hundreds of small villages in the South; and also that it will seriously improve border defenses for next spring.

When spring does come, the Taliban will have a much harder time re-infiltrating.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2006-12-01 08:30  

#1  Stop the UN cash flow to phony Afghan refugees in Pakistan, and terror will end. In fact, stop all cash flow to the UN.
Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550   2006-12-01 01:01  

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