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U.N. sanctions dropped against 5 senior Taliban
Reuters ^ | July 30, 2010 | Louis Charbonneau

Posted on 07/31/2010 4:39:28 PM PDT by Mounds Bar

Five Taliban have been struck off a U.N. Security Council list of militants subject to sanctions -- a move sought by Kabul to ease reconciliation talks with insurgents, the United Nations said on Friday. Their removal from the U.N. blacklist followed a review of the list of Taliban and al Qaeda members maintained by a Security Council committee. Two of the five were delisted because they were dead, the committee said in a statement issued by the U.N. Department of Public Information.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; terrorism
dealing with the devil?
1 posted on 07/31/2010 4:39:30 PM PDT by Mounds Bar
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Blacklisting the dead?

"But I'm not dead yet."

2 posted on 07/31/2010 4:46:16 PM PDT by savedbygrace (Rev 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord)
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To: Mounds Bar

The Taliban worried about a UN Sanction? ROTFLMAO!!!! Yeah, the Taliban shiver in their pants with fright over UN bureaucracy.


3 posted on 07/31/2010 4:52:11 PM PDT by avacado
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To: Mounds Bar

Gee, I wonder if ossama bin obama had his nose in this decision. He has proved in the past that he doesn’t want to piss off his brother muslims.


4 posted on 07/31/2010 5:41:33 PM PDT by taillightchaser (When a democrat says "The American people" you know the next words out of his mouth will be lies.)
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