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2006-10-03 Afghanistan
StrategyPage: Afghan Drug Lords Bring in Professional Trainers
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Posted by ed 2006-10-03 07:39|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 "forts, with satellite dishes"

Can we override their satellite signal with around-the-clock transmissions of The Partridge Family?
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2006-10-03 08:39||   2006-10-03 08:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Effient troops need a leadership cadre that's bought into the concept as well, surely? What odds the kind of people who'd work for a drug lord are going to be able to grasp the key points being taught?

Separately, any chance these mercenary instructors have been sprinkled with nano-particle pixie dust for tracking purposes?
Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-03 09:07||   2006-10-03 09:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Or efficient troops. This new computer seems to have a bit of a spelling problem, which is what happens when one buys the loss leader of the week, apparently.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-03 09:09||   2006-10-03 09:09|| Front Page Top

#4 At least Europe finally did find some extra troops for Afghanistan.
Posted by ed 2006-10-03 09:12||   2006-10-03 09:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Guided bombs tracking in on the uplink signal.
Posted by Grunter 2006-10-03 13:01||   2006-10-03 13:01|| Front Page Top

#6 This story is number 113,328 in the series, "Failures in the War on Drugs."
Posted by Perfesser 2006-10-03 14:26||   2006-10-03 14:26|| Front Page Top

#7 I googled War on drugs and found this:

Over 100 Years of National Drug Related Headlines
Posted by SwissTex 2006-10-03 15:33||   2006-10-03 15:33|| Front Page Top

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