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Afghanistan
Taliban bombs with British-made parts supplied by UK Muslims
2009-02-22
Some roadside bombs used by the Taliban in Afghanistan include electronic parts that originally came from Britain and were supplied by British Muslims, the Daily Telegraph reported on Saturday.

According to the newspaper, which did not cite its source, the devices, which were used to activate bombs via remote control, were either sent to sympathisers or carried in by volunteers who flew to Pakistan and crossed the border into Afghanistan. It reported that an explosives officer told British Foreign Secretary David Miliband of the findings while the minister was in Afghanistan on a two-day visit this past week. The officer told Miliband that the devices had either been sent there or had been physically carried into the country by Britons.
Posted by:Fred

#8  Led Zep did it better
Posted by: Frank G   2009-02-22 19:49  

#7  Ahhhhh, doggerel! But very good doggerel indeed.
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-02-22 19:28  

#6  Back off thar!
On the occasion of deh hanging....
good times, good times.
Here we go, here we go!

ThereÂ’s just a few more hours, thatÂ’s all the time IÂ’ve got,
A few more hours until they ties the knot.

Ima meet the hangman ‘n the mornin,
Drugged up and feeling just like slime,
Kofi come and kiss me!
Tell ‘em how you’ll miss me!
But for gawds sakes get me loose in time!

I don’t want to be there ‘n the morning,
Hell no itÂ’s just not my time!
Call out the Army,
I know IÂ’m sounding smary,
But for gawds sake let me loose in time.


/Circles the Rantburg in his Triumph with IH 6.
Posted by: Shipman   2009-02-22 11:05  

#5  .5MT, that's just righteous, brother.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper   2009-02-22 11:02  

#4  My fren the Yorkshireman Rueful Red sez:

“I have often stood on these floor before. But the trapdoor always stayed beneath my feet before. All at once am I just a bit too high And I hope that that rope’s got some give.

Are there lilac trees in the heart of town? Though itÂ’s less than likely IÂ’ll be in that part of town Once I take that drop, thereÂ’s nothing to stopÂ… Oh I hope that that ropeÂ’s got some give.

But oh, that wonderful feeling, to know that my deathly hush Will be broken by WaPo revealing That, as a martyr, IÂ’m still smarter than George Bush.

Are there funny jokes for this kind of fix? Or are Sunni folks now fated just to take their licks? There’s the camera! Hi! I’ll just wave good-bye! Oh I hope that that rope’s got some give!”


Man Ima all over Google with Mall Fair Lady.
Posted by: .5MT   2009-02-22 10:30  

#3  I'd rather hear a choir singing flat.
Posted by: Seafarious   2009-02-22 08:48  

#2  Coulda been worse, coulda been a Cornishman.
Posted by: .5MT   2009-02-22 07:17  

#1  And last year, it was revealed that RAF Nimrod surveillance planes monitoring Taliban radio signals in Afghanistan had heard militants speaking with Yorkshire and Midlands accents From Saturday's Telegraph
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2009-02-22 02:17  

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