This is all I think of the Taliban.
Posted on 09/22/2008 3:05:27 AM PDT by HAL9000
TALIBAN ABDUCT MORE THAN 140 CIVILIAN LABOURERS OF A CONSTRUCTION FIRM IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN -GOVERNOR
This deserves to be put in the ‘breaking news’ sidebar, IMO.
Prayers for those abducted and their families.
Not enough information yet, but it’s shaping up to be a busy news day.
yes, indeed. Thanks so much for your good posts, as always.
A Religion of Love and Peace.
“We demand a return to the 7th century! No to evil modern infrastructure!”
Taliban kidnap more than 150 Afghan workers: army colonel
46 minutes ago
Suspected Taliban militants have kidnapped more than 150 civilian labourers who were travelling in three buses in southwestern Afghanistan, Afghan authorities said Monday.
They were captured on Sunday in the southwestern province of Farah, they said.
“About 156 workers who were travelling in three buses were captured by Taliban and are still being held by them,” an army colonel in Farah province, Farooq Na’emi, told AFP.
“They were working for a construction company which is contracted to build facilities for the ANA (Afghan National Army),” he said.
The provincial governor, Roh-Ul Ameen, confirmed the mass abduction.
“One hundred and fifty workers and three drivers have been taken hostage by Taliban since yesterday. They were driving in three buses to Herat,” he said.
How does one kidnap 150 people? That’s quite a fair crowd to keep under control...
One man with a gun can control a thousand with out one.
Once the buses are stopped one or two on each buss.
I predicted this would be moved to breaking around 6 this morning. If anyone wants some stocks tips for the week, just send a FReepmail. /sarcasm :O)
These are still dangerous times we’re living in. Let’s see:
McCain or Obama? A very easy choice.
Too bad they weren’t armed.
‘Too bad they weren’t armed’ is right! But why aren’t there security forces at these places? This is exactly the kind of thing these thugs do to scare the populace into not cooperating with the government.
Why? Sheep herders do it all the time! Same principle and it works for exactly the same reasons.
Then they wouldn't be sheep, they'd be SHEEPDOGS and the wolves would be in very deep trouble.
Wait a minute. A busload of 150 civilian contractors moving about in a war-torn contry of extremists without a protective escort, and themselves unarmed???
Someone should answer for this, not to mention the poor souls that agreed to being transported as such.
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