[txrangerette]

When Rumsfeld and Gen. Franks briefed today, they both said they believed these forces numbered 2 or 3 thousand--it is the media claiming 20 or 30 thousand...

[MistyCA]

My understanding of the people who are in Kunduz is that they are trying to negotiate a free-passage out of the country. They want to give up but the NA is ready to go in there and kill them all. Somehow this does not sound like a big threat to me, regardless of how many of them there are.

[Gracey]

When Rumsfeld and Gen. Franks briefed today, they both said they believed these forces numbered 2 or 3 thousand--it is the media claiming 20 or 30 thousand

Thanks for giving us the straight scoop.