Afghanistan Villages Threatened By US Military Over Kidnapped Soldier

[Orwellian_Ghost]

In the aftermath of a US soldier's abduction by Afghan Taliban forces, the US military is disbursing leaflets in two towns near particularly dangerous areas, which threaten villagers with the prospect of being "targeted" or "hunted" if they do not return the soldier safe and sound, CBS News reports. The leaflet has a picture of a languid looking US soldier hanging his head on one side, and reads "If you do not free the American soldier, then..."; when the card is flipped over, there is a picture of soldiers breaking down the door of small stone hut and a caption that reads, "...then you will be targeted."

The leaflet is one of two kinds that were scattered about the villages. The other is reported to be far less threatening and simply asks for any information anyone may have on the soldier's whereabouts, according to the CBS report.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/16/afghanistan-villages-thre_n_235717.html

[pokercat999]

1. That will work........not. How can we keep repeating others

mistakes Vietnam/Afghanistan. Our corporate owned military doesn't give a shit about anything but profit. To maximum profit you need a war and it doesn't matter where or whom, just so we're using up equipment and munitions. Continuous supply of people? Don't worry American mothers will provide, and if they don't, they'll use any mother's child.

[Flaneur]

2. Hearts and minds...This ought to win them over.

[EFerrari]

3. Shameful. n/t

[Rick Myers]

4. Actually, I think the military has been lucky this doesn'thappen all the time

[maryf]

5. Incredible

fucking incredible, and despicable...can you imagine if some body was kidnapped, purportedly by an underground faction, and the military came into your town in this country and demanded you turn in someone...under threat of ???

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. That 'collective punishment' crap just angers the population, makes them hate us

[maryf]

7. Righteously so

and probably intentionally so, stirring that pot both here and abroad...