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2008-07-11 Afghanistan

Village People Kill Taliban Leader in Northwestern Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred 2008-07-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 wOOT! GO Village People! I hope you are prepared for revenge attacks! I'm proud some locals standing up to these bullies!

Posted by Pliny Sleash8027 2008-07-11 01:04|| 2008-07-11 01:04|| Front Page Top

#2 I hope you are prepared for revenge attacks!

I hope we are prepared too: if the villagers get out of this unharmed and lots of Taliban are killed instead it will send a message to other people who are in fear of them.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-07-11 09:26|| 2008-07-11 09:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Well it sounds like they got guns and they know how to use them. And aren't afraid to.

Posted by tu3031 2008-07-11 09:30|| 2008-07-11 09:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Handy thing, that Second Amendment. Glad to see it exported to Afghanistan.

Posted by Mike 2008-07-11 11:06|| 2008-07-11 11:06|| Front Page Top

#5 dont think they used handguns to do the job though ;)

But yeah, this is an extension of the kind of thing happening in Iraq, locals turning on the AQ. Note also in this case by abducting the aid workers, the Taliban were violating sacred principles of hospitality - again the traditional culture works AGAINST the taliban.

Posted by Albemarle Thravitle4170 2008-07-11 12:06|| 2008-07-11 12:06|| Front Page Top

#6 But one neg - this is from a northwestern Province, IIUC, NOT a mainly Pashtun province. Will it work in Helmand and Kandahar?

Posted by Albemarle Thravitle4170 2008-07-11 12:07|| 2008-07-11 12:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Will it work in Helmand and Kandahar?

If we give them something worth losing (i.e. schools, jobs, hospitals) if the Taliban take over, yes. Give them a stake in their own future, and they will fight for it.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-07-11 12:17|| 2008-07-11 12:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Now they'd scare the shit outta the Taliban...

Posted by tu3031 2008-07-11 12:28|| 2008-07-11 12:28|| Front Page Top

#9 Village People missing the Happy Mullah.

Posted by .5MT 2008-07-11 19:23|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-07-11 19:23|| Front Page Top

#10 You sure it wasn't the Police?

Posted by Ricky Martin3765 2008-07-11 19:37|| 2008-07-11 19:37|| Front Page Top

#11 Good on ya.
Repeat if necessary.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-07-11 22:27|| 2008-07-11 22:27|| Front Page Top

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