Al-Qaida Figthing in Afghan Insurgency (coming from Iraq)

[sabra]

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/90-02022006-607144.html

Al-Qaida Figthing in Afghan Insurgency

The Associated Press


KABUL, Afghanistan - Al-Qaida militants are coming from Iraq to fight in the insurgency in Afghanistan, a provincial governor said Thursday after interrogating an Iraqi caught sneaking into the country illegally.

Meanwhile, police said a suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up at an army checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing five Afghans, including three soldiers.

"There is a big group coming from Iraq," Nimroz provincial Gov. Ghulam Dusthaqir Azad said. "They're linked to al-Qaida and fought against U.S. forces in Iraq. They have been ordered to come here. Many are suicide attackers."

It was not immediately possible to confirm the governor's comments with officials in Kabul. A spokesman for the U.S. military, Lt. Mike Cody, said, "We don't discuss detainees or intelligence matters."

[Tin Man]

1. Good thing we turned Iraq into the "flywheel" of global terrorism

Now Iraq is supplying Afghanistan with terrorists - how ironic is this?

[FloridaPat]

2. That must mean the insurgents are winning in Iraq if they can help

the Afghanistan insurgents.

[Toots]

3. Our Flypaper must be getting old or full up, one or the other

Either that or our "Flypaper Strategy" is like all Bush* strategy..

[soleft]

4. Crap

I have a friend going to Afghanistan for 6 months and actually felt relieved that it wasn't Iraq. So much for relief.

[maddezmom]

5. and in this article they blame the attacks on Taliban training in Pakistan

Afghan officials have repeatedly claimed that the Taliban and other militant groups have training bases in Pakistan and are receiving support from that side of the border — an accusation Islamabad denies.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2080724&mesg_id=2080724

[EuroObserver]

6. This insurgency will not cease to spread,

...and it's PNAC wot did it.

[enigma000]

7. from Iraq to Afghanistan?

I wonder how they get there......through Iran?