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TEEN BOY HANGED IN AFGHANISTAN FOR HAVING U.S. CURRENCY
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10012007/news/worldnews/teen_boy_hanged_in_afghanistan.htm ^
Posted on 10/01/2007 8:59:28 AM PDT by traumer
October 1, 2007 -- KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Taliban militants hanged a teenager in southern Afghanistan because he had U.S. money in his pocket, and they stuffed five $1 bills in his mouth as a warning to others not to use dollars, police said Monday. Taliban militants elsewhere killed eight police.
The 15-year-old boy was hanged from a tree on Sunday in Helmand, the most violent province in the country and the world's No. 1 poppy-growing region.
"The Taliban warned villagers that they would face the same punishment if they were caught with dollars," said Wali Mohammad, the district police chief in Sangin.
Dollars are commonly used in Afghanistan alongside the afghani, the local currency, although the U.S. currency is more commonly seen in larger cities where international organizations are found.
Militants often justify their attacks and executions as a response to U.S. meddling in Afghan affairs.
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posted on
10/01/2007 8:59:30 AM PDT
by
traumer
To: traumer
2
posted on
10/01/2007 9:03:24 AM PDT
by
Marie2
(I used to be disgusted. . .now I try to be amused.)
To: traumer
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posted on
10/01/2007 9:03:40 AM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
To: traumer
Bet they kept the 10s and 20s.
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posted on
10/01/2007 9:05:13 AM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
To: traumer
USD to EUR
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posted on
10/01/2007 9:06:33 AM PDT
by
traumer
To: Thrownatbirth
Bet they kept the 10s and 20s.You know they did. Such a backwards people.
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posted on
10/01/2007 9:08:34 AM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: traumer
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posted on
10/01/2007 9:09:27 AM PDT
by
clippedwing
(When the bomb drops, the BS stops.)
To: traumer
8
posted on
10/01/2007 9:09:36 AM PDT
by
clippedwing
(When the bomb drops, the BS stops.)
To: traumer
The only negotiations with these bastards should be done from the end of a barrel!
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posted on
10/01/2007 9:10:23 AM PDT
by
Moose47
To: Marie2
Did the parents concur?
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posted on
10/01/2007 9:11:49 AM PDT
by
Tolkien
(There are things more important than Peace. Freedom being one of those.)
To: mtbopfuyn
Such a backwards peopleSuch evil people.
To: traumer
To: traumer
Is this from the Religion Of Peace?
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posted on
10/01/2007 9:18:00 AM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(Were those magic grits?)
To: traumer
Sooner or later these kind of abominations will boomerang on these Islamic monsters. There are some things that no people, no matter how debased, will put up with for long.
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posted on
10/01/2007 9:22:37 AM PDT
by
Thudd
(That which is crooked cannot be made straight: that which is wanting cannot be numbered. Eccl 1:15)
To: traumer
Remember how the whiny left wing wussies cried about a US Marine General saying it was fun to kill the bastards who have no humanity? What good did their "concern" do for this teen?
Bastards, dirty rotten bastards. The people who did this and the American traitors who defend them.
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posted on
10/01/2007 9:25:46 AM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(Columbia = Ayatollah U.)
To: traumer
Wow. The only way these guys can claim any kind of victory is slaughtering innocent civilians - children, no less. Hey Taliban - you guys are real heros, arnt you?
To: traumer
This seems so barbaric to us because it is still un-natural for civilized people to understand that these animals do not value human life.
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posted on
10/01/2007 9:27:25 AM PDT
by
RDTF
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; traumer
President Hamid Karzai said he would be willing to meet personally with Taliban leader Mullah Omar and factional warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-i-Islami, in exchange for peace.
To: Doctor Raoul
Bastards, dirty rotten bastards. The people who did this and the American traitors who defend them.
I agree, they are bastards. I say hang 10 or more Taliban for every time they do an evil act like this.
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posted on
10/01/2007 9:32:53 AM PDT
by
pandoraou812
( zero tolerance to the will of Allah ...... dilligaf? with an efg.....)
To: traumer
The reference to poppies implies that the kid got the US currency as a result of drug trade. If that’s the case, then it could be that the Taliban is rejecting the US currency because of its link to the drug trade.
It’s worth noting that the Constitution Party of the US also advocates execution for drug offenders.
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posted on
10/01/2007 10:15:22 AM PDT
by
T.Smith
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