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30 Taliban Reported Drowned As NATO Sinks Boat (Again)
NY Times ^ | June 6, 2007 | ABDUL WAHEED WAFA

Posted on 06/06/2007 5:50:35 AM PDT by RDTF

KABUL, Afghanistan, June 5 — The Afghan Defense Ministry said Tuesday that a boat full of fleeing Taliban fighters had been fired upon by NATO helicopters and sunk in the Helmand River, in southern Afghanistan. All on board, between 20 and 30 guerrillas, drowned, said Gen. Zaher Azimi, a ministry spokesman.

It was the second sinking on the river reported in recent days. Another boat, carrying about 60 people, sank Saturday in the same area, although there were conflicting reports as to whether those aboard had been civilians or Taliban fighters.

General Azimi said that in Tuesday’s episode, NATO helicopters had fired on the boat after receiving fire from gunmen on the vessel.

He also reported heavy fighting elsewhere. Afghan troops were ambushed in Kandahar Province, also in southern Afghanistan. The soldiers called in airstrikes that killed an estimated 20 to 40 of the Taliban, General Azimi said. Two Afghan soldiers were killed and three others wounded over 24 hours, he added.

A member of the Taliban said one of five Afghan health workers kidnapped two months ago had been beheaded because Afghan officials refused to hand over the body of the Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah, who was killed last month. His body was shown to journalists in Kandahar and he was then buried in a secret location in the city, said Asadullah Khaled, the provincial governor.

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To: Red Badger

This was the first and last bath they’ll ever have. *Sniff*


41 posted on 06/06/2007 6:37:35 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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To: NavyCanDo

A Navy?...these were ferries.....but you knew that (heh heh)..........


42 posted on 06/06/2007 6:38:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (Bite your tongue. It tastes a lot better than crow................)
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To: piasa

Well, at least they’ll be clean for their 72 mermaids......


43 posted on 06/06/2007 6:39:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (Bite your tongue. It tastes a lot better than crow................)
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To: U S Army EOD

LOL...not lately! ;0)


44 posted on 06/06/2007 6:42:42 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (The greatest danger to our troops is the Congress of the United States.)
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To: subterfuge
So the Times is interviewing Taliban "members"? I wonder if he is on staff with them?

NY Times ^ | June 6, 2007 | by ABDUL WAHEED WAFA

I report, you decide...

45 posted on 06/06/2007 6:44:36 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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To: RDTF
It was the second sinking on the river reported in recent days. Another boat, carrying about 60 people, sank Saturday in the same area, although there were conflicting reports as to whether those aboard had been civilians or Taliban fighters

Ah, the money shot. You knew the NYT couldn't report any good news so they had to throw the old, "Well they weren't in uniform so they may have been civilians." Even after 4 years they still try to screw us over.

46 posted on 06/06/2007 6:49:31 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: finnigan2
the ACLU will be screaming for NATO’s hide.

Of course. It's waterboarding without the board.
47 posted on 06/06/2007 6:49:59 AM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
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To: RDTF

Good start.


48 posted on 06/06/2007 6:50:38 AM PDT by Suzy Quzy (Hillary '08...Her Phoniness is Genuine!!!)
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To: Thrownatbirth

with all the good lines on this thread that one was the best!


49 posted on 06/06/2007 6:53:11 AM PDT by RDTF (www.imwithfred.com)
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To: piasa

Nice. He probably just picks up the phone and calls the friggin’ Taliban. Has them on speed dial for convenience.


50 posted on 06/06/2007 6:54:14 AM PDT by subterfuge (Today, Tolerance =greatest virtue;Hypocrisy=worst character defect; Discrimination =worst atrocity)
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To: oh8eleven

BAHAHAHAHA I saw some of that video.

I don’t care what anybody says, I was laughing my arse off.


51 posted on 06/06/2007 6:55:22 AM PDT by wastedyears (Check my profile for links to anti-illegal immigration T-shirts.)
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To: RDTF

How many snail darters were killed by stray bullets?
We must quit shooting lead into the rivers without an environmental impact study. And what about the impact on the ecoology of the boat debris and organic pollution.- You know some LWL ( left wing loon) is going to bring this up in congress.


52 posted on 06/06/2007 6:55:33 AM PDT by Waverunner ( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
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To: RDTF

“He also reported heavy fighting elsewhere. Afghan troops were ambushed in Kandahar Province, also in southern Afghanistan. The soldiers called in airstrikes that killed an estimated 20 to 40 of the Taliban, General Azimi said.”

The ones on land do not appear safe either.
Their “spring offensive” has been baghdad bobbed.


53 posted on 06/06/2007 6:56:56 AM PDT by No Blue States
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To: RDTF

A boat load of passengers headed to paradise!


54 posted on 06/06/2007 6:57:55 AM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: Holicheese

55 posted on 06/06/2007 6:59:03 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (A living insult to islam since 1959.)
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To: RDTF

Thanks. It was a late inning pinch hit.


56 posted on 06/06/2007 7:00:32 AM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
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To: SlowBoat407

Thanks! Its perfect!


57 posted on 06/06/2007 7:06:34 AM PDT by Holicheese (I love shrimp and grits.)
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To: C210N

They were trying to deploy to Okinawa....


58 posted on 06/06/2007 7:13:29 AM PDT by expatpat
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To: subterfuge

A sub-editor, I believe.


59 posted on 06/06/2007 7:14:28 AM PDT by expatpat
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To: C210N

“But, my thinks the NYT is trying to drum up some sympathy, as if they were shot in the back. No, they weren’t fleeing, they were merely regrouping, so as to plan and execute their next attack on civilization.”

Exactly. The reason Grant was able to beat Lee was because he relentlessly followed Lee’s retreating forces. Had Meade chosen to aggressively pursue Lee’s fleeing army at Gettysburg, the war might have been over a year earlier.


60 posted on 06/06/2007 7:16:59 AM PDT by neocon1984
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