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Taliban leader cites help by China
Washington Times ^
| Wednesday, October 31, 2001
| By Bill Gertz
Posted on 10/30/2001 10:32:22 PM PST by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:48:25 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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A Taliban military commander said in a published interview that China is secretly assisting the ruling militia in Afghanistan.
Taliban commander Maulvi Jalaluddin Haqqani told an Urdu-language newspaper in Pakistan that the ruling militia's strategy is to conduct a long war aimed at entrapping U.S. forces on the ground.
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To: JohnHuang2
Let's see, I wonder in which embassy the Taliban leadership may be sleeping at night?
I am mulling over a theory that WWIII may be a proxy waged through elements who have a bottomless hatred of the United States on behalf of Russia and China.
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posted on
10/30/2001 10:37:34 PM PST
by
Fulbright
To: JohnHuang2
Why aren't these propaganda spewages accompanied by more balanced journalistic disclaimers like "Mr. Idiot claimed that blah blah blah....", or at least standard responses of "hogwash" from U.S. officials? When quoting U.S. officials, they always have to insert the word "alleged" or "claimed" but when quoting the enemy, they let the statements stand on their own.
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posted on
10/30/2001 10:55:53 PM PST
by
bluefish
To: JohnHuang2
It would not surprise me at all If China were helping the Taliban. Weren't they the ones who held a US plane and hostages earlier this year?????
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posted on
10/31/2001 6:30:36 AM PST
by
Mixer
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