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| Newsweak: Talibs Need A Timeout |
| 2010-11-27 |
| Hudna time for the Dread Afghan Winter™. You KNOW it had to hurt the NW asshats to write this or months, NEWSWEEK has reported emphatic denials by senior Afghan Taliban officials that they were engaged in secret peace talks with the government in Kabul. Those denials received further weight last week when The New York Times exposed a purported top-level Taliban negotiator as an impostor who made off with large sums of U.S. cash. Embarrassing Even so, Taliban forces—the real ones—are definitely feeling the impact of stepped-up U.S. action in southern Afghanistan. A group of 17 ground commanders recently traveled to the Pakistani frontier city of Quetta to meet with one of their top military chiefs, Abdul Qayum Zakir, say four Taliban officials who didn’t want to be named for safety reasons. but who are probably NYT and Newsweak subscribers The commanders informed Zakir that they and their men were temporarily suspending combat operations and asked that he either transfer them to less hotly contested areas or let them recover in Pakistan until the spring thaw. “We have lost many friends and commanders "It's a strategic...repositioning.... to the rear. A little poolside time with Omar in Quetta and we'll be right back, winning the war against the infidel, and blowing up Girl's schools! Yarrr!" |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #2 "A group of 17 ground commanders recently traveled to the Pakistani frontier city of Quetta to meet with one of their top military chiefs, Abdul Qayum Zakir" No sat shots/no intel of those caravans for the predators? Nobody planning a thanksgiving party? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2010-11-27 23:39 |
| #1 "We are tired and want to take a rest." Hide the goats and sheep, Mahoud!! |
| Posted by: anymouse 2010-11-27 17:51 |