US Embassy Building in Kabul Torched

Reuters | 9/26/01

[kattracks]

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Gulf Arab Jazeera television network said on Wednesday Afghan demonstrators had set fire to the U.S. embassy building in Kabul.

The Qatar-based channel showed live pictures from the Afghan capital of smoke rising from what it said was a building that housed the U.S. embassy.

It said the fire had been started by demonstrators protesting against U.S. plans to launch an attack on the country in retaliation for the refusal of the ruling Taliban to hand over Osama bin Laden, top suspect in the September 11 attacks on targets in the United States.

[Ronin]

If you ever get to Japan I would be honored and pleased if you would drop by my place for a beer or sixty.

I am also an admirer of the Corps. But being an ex-squid, it is second nature to take pot-shots at the jarheads whenever opportunity permits.

[Hit & Run Poster]

"Two Taliban fighters"

1954 Piper Tri-Pacers, no doubt. We're quaking in our boots!

[Jack of Diamonds]

Where did this come from? Is JJ going to visit the enemy?

[Bogie]

Yeah, i'm sure that,as a realestate investment, it was worth a lot. Location, location ,location...

[RightOnline]

"All U.S. diplomats and staff left the embassy just before the Soviet Union abandoned its occupation of Afghanistan in 1989 and the United States has maintained only a skeleton local staff and has no diplomatic ties with the isolated purist Taliban rulers of Afghanistan."

Sheesh.............who would one have to pi$$ off to draw that duty???

"That does it, Bosley. ENOUGH. You've pushed me too far this time. Your next assignment just got decided. How do ya feel about Kabul????"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

[rewrite]

Well ya'll, what do you you expect from people who live in tents and eat dirt?

[jwa3]

Here is a solution...http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001330017-2001333354,00.html

[rewrite]

I believe I heard someone say on the news they had a maximum of 12 planes in their Air Force.

[Tunehead54]

Not for long.

[Tunehead54]

JW:

That deserves its own post!

At least a link: Alcohol is final insult for the condemned

[jwa3]

Pic....http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20010926/ts/mdf58509.html

[StopThePress]

Glad to see the Taliban performing at a productive level. While they're at it, maybe they'll start digging their own graves for us too.

[syriacus]

"We will support Islam and bin Laden," they chanted.

It easy to see that the Afghanis support Islam.
According to the 1997 World Almanac (p. 737)
105% of Afghanis claim to be Muslim.

90% of Afghanis are Sunni Muslims and 15% are Shi'a Muslims.

[Hillary 666]

90% of Afghanis are Sunni Muslims and 15% are Shi'a Muslims.

I guess they're having a problem with that new math.

[nevergore]

LOL, Semper Fi from a sailor to ya', T-jarhead.....

You guys always guarded my back when I set-up comm centers in the field......

NeverGore :^)

[VoodooEconomist]

Embassasies are sovereign territory. Therefore, this is yet another attack on American "soil" - i.e. another act of war.

[VoodooEconomist]

"Death to Bush," shouted tens of thousands of protesters, mostly government officials and students, who marched through the city ...

Are they sure this wasn't Berkeley, California?

[homegroan]

Maybe we did search it, found it occupied, locked the sub-humans in the building, torched it and said they did it. Makes more sense to me.

[Texas_Jarhead]

"Are they sure this wasn't Berkeley, California?"

LOL. Ain't that the truth.

[cake_crumb]

...and ignorance is bliss, so 105% of Afghanis must be happy, too.