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Afghan Protesters Riot at U.S. Base
Yahoo! News ^ | July 26, 2005 | AMIR SHAH

Posted on 07/26/2005 12:28:58 PM PDT by bookworm100

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Hundreds of protesters chanting "Die America!" and throwing stones tried to batter down a gate at the U.S. military's main Afghan base Tuesday, adding to anxieties in a country worried that fighting with insurgents could disrupt elections.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; military; oef; protesters; stones
Amazing how the photographer can stand in the mob with a camera and be ignored.
1 posted on 07/26/2005 12:29:02 PM PDT by bookworm100
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To: bookworm100

"More than 800 people have died in a surge of insurgent attacks and government offensives since March..."

Where are the daisy cutters when you need em?


2 posted on 07/26/2005 12:31:46 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: bookworm100

Let me guess they were all trucked in just like the Syrian backed protestors in Lebanon.

Free chicken dinner after bus trip to a protest.


3 posted on 07/26/2005 12:33:02 PM PDT by Sax
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To: bookworm100

BBC said it was 1000 protesters... why do I suspect the number was closer to 100...


4 posted on 07/26/2005 12:33:22 PM PDT by Paradox (I just neutered my cat, now he's a Liberal.)
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To: bookworm100

If they say "die America" they are our mortal enemy. Daisy cutter time.


5 posted on 07/26/2005 12:42:05 PM PDT by Soliton (Alone with everyone else.)
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To: bookworm100
"We have supported the Americans for years. We should be treated with dignity,"

oh really ?.........

when people act in a dignified manner perhaps they will get treated with dignity . when people riot and yell "Death to America!" at the drop of a hat , then not....
I think the majority of these people are so treacherous , so duplicitous , so cunning and calculating ,they need to either discover some real honest humanity within themselves , or submit to being dominated for the foreseeable future.
6 posted on 07/26/2005 12:49:45 PM PDT by injin
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To: bookworm100
Don't the rock-throwers have any successful leaders they can follow, similar to M.L. King, M. Gandhi, or L. Walesa?
7 posted on 07/26/2005 12:54:43 PM PDT by syriacus (Muslims who really want peace should unite behind a non-violent leader like Gandhi, King, or Walesa.)
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tried to batter down a gate at the U.S. military's main Afghan base

Should have let the gate bust, then open up with about 10-15 minutes of .50 Cal fire or until they left(15 seconds) which ever one had the most effect.

I didn't read the story but come on let them get in every now and then and defend the base ehen they get in.


8 posted on 07/26/2005 1:27:10 PM PDT by BookaT (My cat's breath smells like cat food!)
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To: BookaT
have the right idea.

No need to wait for them to knock down the gates.

When they come up there and start shouting death threats that is enough to make a sane man take action.

9 posted on 07/26/2005 1:39:35 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: injin

As the British said, you don't buy an Afghan's loyalty, you only rent it. Don't you remember all those "great" Northern Alliance victories? Most of the Taliban forces just switched sides, they weren't exactly defeated.


10 posted on 07/26/2005 1:44:04 PM PDT by jb6 ( Free Haghai Sophia! Crusade!)
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To: bookworm100

bttt


11 posted on 07/26/2005 2:19:37 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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To: Brilliant

"More than 800 people have died in a surge of insurgent attacks and government offensives since March..."

Since Reuters does not want to discriminate 650 of the 800 were terrorists


12 posted on 07/26/2005 2:21:08 PM PDT by slowhand520
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To: Soliton

Dream on. There's no way that daisy cutters would be used on them.....for much the same reason daisy cutters aren't use to slaughter demonstrators wholesale in Iraq.


13 posted on 07/26/2005 2:22:02 PM PDT by Austin Willard Wright
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To: bookworm100

Time for lock down with extreme prejudice.


14 posted on 07/26/2005 2:23:14 PM PDT by reelfoot
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To: slowhand520

In Reuterville, there are no terrorists.

Only freedom-fighters and "so-called terrorists."


15 posted on 07/26/2005 2:23:17 PM PDT by Dolphan (It's the 99% of Mohammedans that make the other 1% look bad.)
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