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| Bridge blast cuts Nato supply to Afghanistan | |
| 2009-02-21 | |
NATO supplies to Afghanistan were temporarily suspended as militants blew up a bridge in the Khyber Agency in northwest Pakistan.
After the blast, security forces cordoned off the area and the Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were called to defuse the two other bombs. An FC personnel was injured while he was trying to defuse it. The destruction of the bridge temporarily suspended traffic including NATO supply vehicles. However, after three hours, the security forces made other arrangements and traffic was restored via another route. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 remote, word. now if some our key decision makers only had half the sense. and more than likely we would have to bomb ...and then we say "oh well dont say we didnt warn ya!" |
| Posted by: 200collegedegreesand still dumb 2009-02-21 22:52 |
| #11 A-stan is a waste of blood and treasure. It will never be anything but a shithole. Make some show of "peace", get out, but let them know in very clear terms that if anything happens that can be tied to that area (as if that is going to be difficult) then we will come in and flatten the place (from the air...maybe from space). |
| Posted by: remoteman 2009-02-21 22:40 |
| #10 well, if the last administration lacked the force of will to do what was necessary, there is no way this one does |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2009-02-21 17:20 |
| #9 How did that work last time? I don't recall we had a deal last time. Nor had we shown the Taliban what we could do to them. Nor did we fix P-stan. We may have to go back, but next time we should Shermanize the place. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-02-21 12:10 |
| #8 Let's trade Afghanistan to Cuba for a dozen good cigars. It's better than putting up with the Pashtun backstabbing for the next 50 years. Either that, or carve out a "Pashtunistan" from the Pashtun-occupied portions of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and let them kill each other. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-02-21 12:05 |
| #7 And now Obama's people are praising Pakistan's NWFP' sharia-for-peace plan, and holding it up to Afghans. Sharia means: jihad obligations will fall on people. I see dead people. |
| Posted by: Alistaire Greash5374 2009-02-21 11:17 |
| #6 Ima thinking a Putin ViceRoyship. Time for compare and contrast for the locals. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-02-21 10:48 |
| #5 I don'think this administration understands how to use the military, so I say get out until we get someone that has a plan and knows how to implement it. You can't "wing" a war. |
| Posted by: bman 2009-02-21 10:39 |
| #4 A deal with the Taliban to keep al-Q out of A-stan would be cheaper. How did that work last time? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-02-21 08:52 |
| #3 Get out. A deal with the Taliban to keep al-Q out of A-stan would be cheaper. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-02-21 07:36 |
| #2 Yep, I'm coming around to the idea that a running dawg Capitalist like Mr. Putin might not be a bad counselor for these simple (albeit damn well armed) people. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-02-21 07:10 |
| #1 Get out or make a deal with Putti---and it'll be expensive. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-02-21 07:04 |