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Taliban Strike Afghan Capital and Provinces
NY Times ^

Posted on 04/15/2012 4:24:16 AM PDT by nuconvert

The Taliban staged multiple and sustained attacks across Kabul and eastern Afghanistan on Sunday hitting the heavily secured diplomatic neighborhood of Kabul and the Parliament area as well as Afghan government installations in at least two provinces.

A NATO spokesman confirmed multiple attacks had occurred across Kabul, potentially in as many as seven locations.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghan; afghanistan; capital; kabul; provinces; strike; taliban; talibanattack
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1 posted on 04/15/2012 4:24:19 AM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

When WW III is over all that’ll be left are the cockroaches and the taliban....not that there’s much difference.


2 posted on 04/15/2012 4:26:21 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Unlike Mrs Obama,I've Been Proud Of This Country My *Entire* Life!)
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Attacks include multiple suicide bombers, small arms fire & rocket attacks


3 posted on 04/15/2012 4:26:57 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

Oooooh...those ever-fun-loving moozlums. Their urge to kill is insatiable. Remember...all cultures are equal...who are we to judge?


4 posted on 04/15/2012 4:32:02 AM PDT by hal ogen (1st Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: nuconvert
"Attacks include multiple suicide bombers, small arms fire & rocket attacks."

It is time to turn the place into rubble and let them glow in the dark. We haven't tested a lot of our new weapons on live targets. This would be a good time.
I favor that over just leaving. . . . . .

5 posted on 04/15/2012 4:34:32 AM PDT by DeaconRed (Cold War Veteran. . . . US Army Security Agency 1964-1968)
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To: nuconvert
Reuters, from last December.....

After 10 months of secret dialogue with Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents, senior U.S. officials say the talks have reached a critical juncture and they will soon know whether a breakthrough is possible, leading to peace talks whose ultimate goal is to end the Afghan war.

So, how's that dialogue working out for ya, Barack?

6 posted on 04/15/2012 4:37:09 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2012)
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To: Voter#537

Yup. Get our people out and then roast the whole place. Otherwise it’s a Taliban launchpad forever.

Too bad for their women though. Too bad for our fallen brave ones & their families.

A total waste.


7 posted on 04/15/2012 5:19:43 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("Deport all Muslims. Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind.")
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To: elcid1970

The surge in Afghanistan wasn’t effective, and now the Taliban is in a counter-surge? Undoubtedly the worst case scenario resulting.


8 posted on 04/15/2012 5:24:41 AM PDT by Son House (The Economic Boom Heard Around The World => TEA Party 2012)
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To: Son House

Why are we there at all? At this point, what is our national interest there? What is our mission objective?


9 posted on 04/15/2012 5:36:41 AM PDT by Scutter
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To: Scutter

We’re there to tie up troops, demoralize our fighting men and women, and provide occasional political distractions.
In Obumoville it’s “Bush’s War” don’t ya know.


10 posted on 04/15/2012 5:50:31 AM PDT by bossmechanic (If all else fails, hit it with a hammer)
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11 posted on 04/15/2012 6:16:43 AM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons)
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To: hal ogen

The thing is that the perception is plaid here. The Talebans are a rogue dictatorial government which in its mind is quelling an antiTaleban insurection. If we let them have their authority, then we are submitting to their government. It’s how ludicrous they are.

The language is wrong, they are not independent insurgents, they try to run things. Their attacks use the old herding methods and instincts of the Bedouin practices.


12 posted on 04/15/2012 6:17:39 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: Scutter

We were supposed to herd the muslims and get the wolf Taleban out, but our PC psyops is a complete failure. Our language of “Islam is peace”,”insurgent”, and “war of contingency” have degraded the mission against terrorists and serious violent herders.

Their attacks are shaped into herding us instead of us herding them as per our failed fundamentals of our psy op. As a result we are not sure what we are doing now aside from providing like slaves arms to people we do not even know.


13 posted on 04/15/2012 6:21:42 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: nuconvert
Obama's strategy...make a surge in Afhanistan and then gut it before you do it, then have sustained talks with the Taliban that Obama was convinced would lead to "peace in out time."

How's that hope and change working out for you Barry?

The Man Who Despises America
http://www.jeffhead.com/obama-time.htm

14 posted on 04/15/2012 6:31:44 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free, never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Scutter

We’re nation building...you know, because 7th century Islamic filth want to be just like the good old USA!


15 posted on 04/15/2012 6:32:28 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Scutter

For soetoro to have as many American troops killed as possible. That’s the mission.


16 posted on 04/15/2012 6:35:08 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: nuconvert

We’re in the end phase now.

This is Barry’s Tet.

The sheer incompetence and corruption of this idiot administration is astounding. The only problem is that our wonderful brave young people over there are paying for it.


17 posted on 04/15/2012 6:41:14 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Liberalism: Carrying adolescent values and behavior into adult life.)
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To: Scutter
"Why are we there at all? At this point, what is our national interest there? What is our mission objective?"

Opium fields guarded by U.S. troops in Afghanistan

18 posted on 04/15/2012 6:46:21 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: nuconvert

Our admirals and generals have failed us.


19 posted on 04/15/2012 6:48:00 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Scutter; Son House
Why are we there at all? At this point, what is our national interest there? What is our mission objective?

Don't you know if we don't fight them over there we'll have the fight them here?

I live overseas and I know that line of thought is pure bullshit.

20 posted on 04/15/2012 6:50:54 AM PDT by Doofer (Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
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