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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 09:40 PM
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U.S. commander: Taliban forces growing near Kabul - Numbskull is going to lose 2 wars
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WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - The Taliban has infiltrated an area of Afghanistan once seen by the United States and NATO as secure, boosting ranks and giving fighters strategic access to Kabul, a U.S. commander said on Thursday.

U.S. Army Col. Jonathan Ives, responsible for operations in five provinces in northeastern Afghanistan, said the Taliban had boosted recruiting in part of Kapisa, about 30 km (19 miles) north of the capital city.

"What we've seen is an escalation of force in there from about 50 to 200 -- about fourfold -- this year," Ives told reporters by videolink from Bagram Air Base near Kabul.

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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 09:53 PM
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1. Actually you mean three wars

"The War on Drugs"...
You see the Opium crops in Afghanastan are at an even higher production level than before we went into to Afghanastan.....

I mean we should give credit where credit is due.....
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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 10:01 PM
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2. but he is winning the war on
the middle class
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 10:05 PM
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4. And the war on desegregation.....
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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-28-07 10:02 PM
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3. oh, and he is a great leader in the
assault on reason
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