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2007-06-06 Afghanistan

Second Taliban boat sinks in Afghanistan, 30 killed

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Posted by Fred 2007-06-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I found a picture of the Talinavy on maneuvers...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-06-06 02:20|| 2007-06-06 02:20|| Front Page Top

#2 And here is the website for the Waziristan Coast Guard and Ports Authority.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-06-06 02:25|| 2007-06-06 02:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Bad news: there were 2 empty seats.

Posted by McZoid 2007-06-06 05:17|| 2007-06-06 05:17|| Front Page Top

#4 What was the name of this boat, the Kursk?

Posted by Raj 2007-06-06 08:36|| 2007-06-06 08:36|| Front Page Top

#5 How deep of a river could there *be* in southern Afghanistan? One deep enough to sink a boat with sixty thugs onboard? The damned thing doesn't even flow to the sea - it apparently pulls a Great Salt Lake, and is used so extensively for irrigation that I can't imagine it ever gets all that wide or deep.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2007-06-06 10:13|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2007-06-06 10:13|| Front Page Top

#6 "Aaar! Swimmin' be un-Islamic! Pull me out, ifidel!... Yo! Infidel! I be talkin' atchoo!... Hey, infidel?... Glug!"

Posted by Fred 2007-06-06 10:31|| 2007-06-06 10:31|| Front Page Top

#7 I guess it's just ridiculous to ask if any of them could swim.

Posted by treo 2007-06-06 10:32|| 2007-06-06 10:32|| Front Page Top

#8 I sure am getting tired of that 404 screen.

Posted by Fred 2007-06-06 10:32|| 2007-06-06 10:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Carboard boat races - ah, pangs of nostalgia for good old Michigan Tech, where summer was on a Thursday last year.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-06-06 11:04|| 2007-06-06 11:04|| Front Page Top

#10 Well, at least they died cleaner than the average taleb, isn't that a comforting thought?

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-06-06 11:14|| 2007-06-06 11:14|| Front Page Top

#11 Too bad. I hear when those burqas get wet, they really weigh you down...

Posted by tu3031 2007-06-06 11:15|| 2007-06-06 11:15|| Front Page Top

#12 Now somebody's gotta scrub that ring from around the river.

Posted by Fred 2007-06-06 11:23|| 2007-06-06 11:23|| Front Page Top

#13 Don't they have something in Afghanistan like the Henley-on-Todd Yacht Regatta in Alice Springs? where everyone races around in a boat with holes in the bottom, more like a foot race?

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-06-06 11:25|| 2007-06-06 11:25|| Front Page Top

#14 I guess it's just ridiculous to ask if any of them could swim.

Yes, it is. Things like swimming are not highly valued in a lot of 3rd world countries. Sure, they can get into the water and splash around, but actually swimming in water to deep to touch bottom and most 3rd world peoples drown.

I have some Indian friends that like to go to the lake, but will not go near the water, or out in a boat. Terrified they is!

Posted by Natural Law 2007-06-06 12:49|| 2007-06-06 12:49|| Front Page Top

#15 I'm guessing a lot of these "drownings" were assisted. You got the idiots in a small boat, all packed together. You shoot the crap outta the boat. Lots of the guys jump overboard. You shoot them in the water. Fish in a barrel, even if the water was only 4 feet deep.

Posted by remoteman 2007-06-06 12:54|| 2007-06-06 12:54|| Front Page Top

#16

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Posted by RD">RD 2007-06-06 13:14|| 2007-06-06 13:14|| Front Page Top

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