Who wouldn't want the greatest fighting force in the world on their side?
Posted on 01/11/2006 11:00:39 AM PST by J.Birch
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Huge majorities of Afghans reject Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, approve the US military role in their country and are grateful to international bodies like the United Nations.
The survey by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland also found strong support for President Hamid Karzai.
"Clearly this (poll) is a positive portent for the struggle against extreme fundamentalism," said Steven Kull, director of PIPA.
Eight-one percent Afghans polled think Al-Qaeda is a negative influence in the world, with only six percent saying Osama bin Laden's terror network has a positive impact.
Osama bin Laden himself, once sheltered by the Taliban militia ousted with the help of a US-led coalition in 2001, has even lower ratings, with 90 percent of those polled saying they had an unfavourable view of him.
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Hmmm...I seem to remember Zawahiri, boasting in his last "communique", that Mullah Omar and the Taliban, were again in control of most of Afghanistan, and the "infidels were in retreat".
I'm dying to see where the New York Times buries this stories. Classifieds, maybe?
"Good. Maybe this is the start of the Muslim world becoming rational."
It's Afghans hating Arabs, their former masters under the Taliban/AQ junta.
They don't hate us like the Russians because we step lightly.
Who wouldn't want the greatest fighting force in the world on their side?
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