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TALIBAN SENDS THOUSANDS OF TROOPS TO UZBEK BORDER
AFP ^
| Oct 7, 2001
Posted on 10/07/2001 12:56:01 AM PDT by Kerensky
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7 (AFP) -
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia has sent thousands of troops to the border with Uzbekistan in response to a US buildup ahead of possible military strikes, a report said Sunday.
"We have deployed our forces in all important areas because this is a question of our honour and prestige. We will never bow down to American forces and will fight till the last breath," a defence ministry spokesman was quoted as telling the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press.
He said some 8,000 Taliban soldiers had been positioned along the northern border with Uzbekistan, including fresh reinforcements, following the deployment of some 1,000 crack US mountain troops in the country.
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posted on
10/07/2001 12:56:01 AM PDT
by
Kerensky
To: Kerensky
Hit 'em where they ain't...
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posted on
10/07/2001 12:59:59 AM PDT
by
dandelion
To: Kerensky
Must be those crack Taliban troops from Fantasyland. /sarcasm>
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posted on
10/07/2001 1:02:07 AM PDT
by
GVnana
To: Kerensky
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posted on
10/07/2001 1:02:31 AM PDT
by
Kerensky
To: dandelion
Kind of like Saddam sending his to stop an amphibious assault.
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posted on
10/07/2001 1:05:16 AM PDT
by
piasa
To: Kerensky
"EAT HOT DEATH" ,,,, (said PM Blair about osama.)
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posted on
10/07/2001 1:08:40 AM PDT
by
onyx
To: Kerensky
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posted on
10/07/2001 1:09:22 AM PDT
by
Kerensky
To: piasa
Kind of like Saddam sending his to stop an amphibious assault. Didn't Bush or Powell say "get them running" or something similar?
To: Kerensky
It is being sorted out by antiTaliban optics [15 ton KH-11] lofted by Titan IV
To: Kerensky
fresh reinforcements = children recently conscripted at gunpoint
To: Kerensky
To: Kerensky
No need to tell us...we can see them coming...ducks in a barrel. Semper Fi, Mike
To: HEFFERNAN2
Mass your troops for a real showdown with our air power.
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posted on
10/07/2001 2:46:31 AM PDT
by
meenie
To: HEFFERNAN2
No need to tell us...we can see them coming...ducks in a barrel. Semper Fi, MikeYou got that right Mike. I only hope the Talibanies are that stupid. Set'em up in the next alley.
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posted on
10/07/2001 5:14:40 AM PDT
by
Cautor
To: Kerensky
Thanks for the targeting info.
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posted on
10/07/2001 5:19:20 AM PDT
by
Wu
To: Wu
And thanks for getting them all in one place, so we don't waste any gasoline chasing them down before we shoot them
To: GVgirl
Must be those crack Taliban troops from Fantasyland. /sarcasm> Maybe it's those crack troops they've just conscripted.
To: Kerensky
Now that the Taliban has sent thousands of their troops out of the way, we hit from another direction? Hehehehhe Thanks.
To: Kerensky
We will never bow down to American forces and will fight till the last breath Then the last breath it will be...
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10/07/2001 8:04:27 AM PDT
by
R2
To: Kerensky
He said some 8,000 Taliban soldiers had been positioned along the northern border with Uzbekistan, including fresh reinforcements, following the deployment of some 1,000 crack US mountain troops in the country.Fresh reinforcements -- 12 and 13 year old kids taken at gunpoint from their fleeing families and forced to join...
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