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2005-08-20 Afghanistan/South Asia

US bargained with the Taliban over Binny

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-08-20 02:46|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Clinton was obsessed with getting OBL, juz ask him.

Posted by Captain America 2005-08-20 02:49|| 2005-08-20 02:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Article: The newly declassified documents, posted Thursday on the National Archives Web site, provide a fascinating glimpse into U.S. diplomacy exerted on Afghanistan's ruling Taliban -- a regime officially unrecognized by Washington -- nearly three years before the September 11, 2001, al Qaeda attacks on the United States.

National Archives is a deceptively-named leftist website and has no affiliation with the federal government. You might as well rely on the Nation or Mother Jones as a source of official information.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-08-20 09:24|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-08-20 09:24|| Front Page Top

#3 So basically, the US tried to resolve the solution thru diplomacy before engaging in military action? Heh, so much for our reputation as irredeemable warmongers.

Posted by SteveS 2005-08-20 10:42|| 2005-08-20 10:42|| Front Page Top

#4 I think the deal broke down on whether the Kandahar Subway franchise would provide a halal version of the Chickan Terriyaki sub.

Posted by Super Hose 2005-08-20 13:53|| 2005-08-20 13:53|| Front Page Top

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