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demdave

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Mon Sep-15-03 10:09 AM
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Taliban chief killed

US forces in Afghanistan have killed 15 Taliban fighters including a senior commander, according the US military.

The fighting happened in the south of the country.

Afghan Foreign Ministry official Khalid Khan Achakzai, said: "Fifteen Taliban were killed, including Mullah Abdur Rahim, in Maruf district."

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12778033,00.html

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Rebel_with_a_cause

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Mon Sep-15-03 10:11 AM
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1. I'm sure there will be no one to replace him.

Yeah, right.

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demdave

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Mon Sep-15-03 10:23 AM
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2. Kill them as we find them. There is no redeeming feature of the Taliban.

Being cooerced into religious observence by brute force should be crushed. I believe in religious freedom, but the religion that says you believe in my religion or we mutilate or kill you has got to go. The Catholics tried it, didn't work, and now the world should not allow it ever again.

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rjbcar27

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Mon Sep-15-03 10:25 AM
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3. Absolutely.

I totally agree.

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mac56

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Mon Sep-15-03 10:34 AM
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4. delete

Edited on Mon Sep-15-03 10:35 AM by mac56

oops - delete.

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pretzel4gore

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Mon Sep-15-03 10:36 AM
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5. waited too long...

this muslim extremism was being encouraged/funded in algeria, afghanistan etc by Reagan/Bush 20 years ago....
the idea that WE define standards of human decency....haha! that's funny....

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Rebel_with_a_cause

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Mon Sep-15-03 02:12 PM
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9. What do THEY look like, anyway?

Is our military trained to know a terrorist when they see one? When you read in the news that our military has killed so and so many "taliban," how does an American military know one "rag head" from the next?

All I know is, the US is in favor of killing indiscriminately. Look at all the civilians killed in Iraq. Look at all the "trained" Iraqi police accidentally killed. That's all the news will be about, forever more: killing the "bad guys."

Think we'll ever get them all? Or do the "bad guys" reside among us?

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frylock

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Mon Sep-15-03 11:31 AM
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6. thank gawd, the war on terra is over.. right?

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NNN0LHI

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Mon Sep-15-03 11:37 AM
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7. But, but, but, Chimpy said we eviscerated the Taliban two years ago

That damn liberal media must be making things up again or something?

Don

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Dr Fate

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Mon Sep-15-03 01:18 PM
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8. I thought that Bush/media said we "won" or "finished" that war...

...as well as Iraq too. Weird huh?

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