Posted on 10/22/2006 11:15:21 PM PDT by Eurotwit
A Taliban commander has told Sky News that the militants are for the first time plotting to attack Westerners in Britain and the rest of Europe.
In a rare interview, the commander insisted the militants had stockpiles of weapons and would never give-up exacting revenge from what he called "the foreign invaders".
He confirmed that Taliban fighters are taking refuge within neighbouring Pakistan and were being helped by locals sympathetic to their cause.
Sky's Asia correspondent Alex Crawford and her cameraman Phil Hooper travelled to the dangerous Pakistani border region for an exclusive report.
The commander, Mullah Mohammed Amin, an official in the Taliban government at the time of the US-led Coalition invasion in 2001, claims to have been a fighter for about 15 years.
He said that the resurgent Taliban was inspired by tactics used by militants in Iraq - and wanted to export terror to the West. Sky's Alex Crawford Sky's Alex Crawford
He was speaking as controversy over Britain's involvement in the War on Terror increases.
A total of 41 UK troops have been killed since the invasion, many of them since redeploying to the dangerous southern Helmand province in May.
Leaked emails have also appeared to show increasing frustration among some British troops, many of whom are involved in some of the fiercest fighting the UK has been involved in for decades.
Referring to Tony Blair and George Bush, Mullah Amin said: "It's acceptable to kill ordinary people in Europe because these are the people who have voted in the Government.
"They came to our home and attacked our women and children.
"The ordinary people of these countries are behind this - so we will not spare them. We will kill them and laugh over them like they are killing us and laughing at us."
He said Taliban fighters were learning from the Iraq insurgency in their use of remote-controlled bombs, landmines and suicide bombers. He said: "They are our best tactic."
Good. Let's see how long France and Germany stick by their "we love the Talis and al Queda" foreign policy when *they're* getting attacked.
Kill these Islamutherphuckers where they sleep with extreme prejudice.
Bail
Fight
Bail
Fight
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If they wish to come here, I can only echo what my POTUS said, "Bring it on!"
It becomes quite simple. Muslims start eating pork and wearing crosses or they are in my crosshair.
I have a right to survival!
The Taliban, when they decide to make their move, are likely to find western Europe to be an easy ride. Sad, but it seems everyone can see it coming but them.
Sometimes, simplicity is a thing of beauty.
It's time the West declare Islam a political party as it is stated in the Koran or we will loose.
Can you tell me what a "ally" like you is worth if you find it "good" if a few hundred or more of those you have an alliance with are killed?
There are reasons why Europe is going its own ways.
Although I was always in favor of more engagement of "old" Europe in Afghanistan and Iraq* due to my conviction that America still represents the "good side", I have to say that it was a wise decision to keep out of this circus and let America pay the price for this war that is not ours alone, if this is really the opinion of you guys.
* I have hope and faith in people -no matter where they come from- to build a better world. Therefore it was indeed a heroic sacrifice of those GIs who paid with their live and health to free Iraq from such a a**hole like Saddam Hussein. Even if things seem to work out bad I have deep respect of their intention. This is the reason why I think that we "old" Europeans also have carry our proportion of the effort that it takes to provide freedom there. Nevertheless - everything we did so far we did because of America and not because of our interests in that area. Our politicians and populace did not see the dictator in Iraq as a real threat. On the other hand we helped you in Afghanistan as good as possible since there we saw a real danger and we understood your fierce reaction after 9/11. There are large European contigents there just because we wanted to help America as a friend and stand by its side. We have for sure no other interests in this godforsaken place.
What part of the European Union has backed the United States in Iraq? Some nation, England and Poland, have but the EU?
You sound painfully indecisive.
When the "god forsaken place" becomes your own backyard, perhaps then you will find an interest.
I hope so. I genuinely like Europe, it is afterall where most of us came from and its a place we have strived to protect through two hot world wars and a cold one. I suspect we will through this long mess to come also.
I think you miss a key point, my friend. Whatever your nation's original intentions, whatever your nation's impressions of Saddam or the Taliban or Al Quaeda......they hate you every bit as much as they hate us. They wish you dead.
In a psychological sense, if I were you.....I'd get with the program, and quickly.
There would have been other reasons to side up with the US, but for sure not the membership of NATO or EU.
Nevertheless all this NATO-junk is ridicolous anyway if you Americans want the Taliban to kill our people to force us to take part in your wars. People who think in such primitive and barbarian ways can be no allies of us.
This is great NEWS, Europe by and large has coddled these scumbags, lets see if Spain gets their just desserts.
This more than likely will wake them up and we can then step on all the little cockroaches.
Where did I say that? Don't be ridiculous!!!
England and Poland are part of the EU. Furthermore this discussion has absolutely nothing to do with the EU, since the US are not allied with the EU, but they are officially allied with Germany and France over NATO.
Poland only entered recently, after the war started. Or
What you are saying is that since the only alliance we have with the EU (which I believe we have more than one alliance) is through NATO and under NATO rules the EU doesn't have to support the U.S. then why do you get testy when we take offense to the fact that the EU is abandoning the U.S. in Iraq?
Hello, Atlantic Bridge, Iraq's Saddam Hussein was a threat to the world. So said the United Nations many times. It's in Europe's interest to be fighting Islamic terrorism at its roots.
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