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2007-10-23 Afghanistan

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-10-23 09:42|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 the Taliban is turning into a purely criminal organization, with less emphasis on the original goals

This sort of journalistic twaddle gives undue credit and misallocated prestige to the Taliban. What sort of organization were they before realigning on criminal activity? The implication is one of Religious Resistance as opposed to purely terrorist operations that have now diversified into other equally criminal activities.

The only difference is an ostensible shift from committing crimes against humanity over to those of a more pedestrian and financially lucrative sort.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-23 16:46|| 2007-10-23 16:46|| Front Page Top

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