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2006-09-23 Afghanistan

Bomb, Taleban ambush kills 19 Afghan construction workers

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Posted by Steve White 2006-09-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I think my beer drinkin buddies and I could ambush a van load of unarmed construction workers and kill 19 at least. But that isn't really what real soldiers do is it, just Taliwhackers. The brave lions of islam, shooting construction workers. Whats next, gonna go to an all girls school and push them around some?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-09-23 08:08|| 2006-09-23 08:08|| Front Page Top

#2 It mystifies me that groups that implement campaigns of random massacre of civilians can have any popular support whatsoever. If you snatch a kid in middle America, the population is energized to see you captured.

Additionally, I can understand how assassination of police officers would soften up a location that you hope to eventually take-over. I don't understand how assassinating a road construction crew would lead to anything other than depopulating an area

Successful insurgents would hide within a population and assassinate collaboraters.

Posted by Super Hose 2006-09-23 17:15|| 2006-09-23 17:15|| Front Page Top

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