Taliban resurgence worries US - Democratic Underground

Feanorcurufinwe

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Fri Oct-17-03 03:09 AM
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Taliban resurgence worries US

The Bush administration has expressed concern over the Taliban's resurgence but a senior official said he was optimistic that US forces would defeat any offensive.

In congressional testimony, senior defence and state department aides said that two years after United States-led forces ousted the Taliban from power in Kabul, Afghanistan remained beset by strife and poverty.

But they argued that US efforts to remake the country, including a $1.2 billion grant by President George W Bush, were forging a new future for Afghans, after an agonised generation of war, occupation and tyranny.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0FE7FB96-4F1F-49E4-9BEE-BE416D083C91.htm

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Hieronymus

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Fri Oct-17-03 04:18 AM
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1. I heard, ....

on talk radio, that the US is planning to leave Afghanistan, letting the Taliban govern there. :crazy:

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Francis

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Fri Oct-17-03 05:05 AM
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5. me too

heard they are pissed with their northern alliance friends
Now tell me again, I promise to practice and get it righr
The enemy of my enemy is ???

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nadinbrzezinski

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Fri Oct-17-03 05:19 AM
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6. Asia Times

has been runnign the stories on this for a while.

We are getting in bed with the taliban... I guess the boys
decided to let the pipeline in, huh?

(Yes call me cynical today)

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DUreader

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Fri Oct-17-03 06:01 AM
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7. Getting back in bed is more like it

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radfringe

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Fri Oct-17-03 04:30 AM
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2. poppy Bush was accused of leaving

the job half done with the Gulf-War 1

looks like the berry doesn't fall far from the bush

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0007

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Fri Oct-17-03 08:31 AM
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11. Hilarious!

What kind of berries are you talking about?

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ConcernedCanuk

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Fri Oct-17-03 04:34 AM
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3. Personally, I think that the USA's "war on terrorism" is a farce

, , and that it has only INTESIFIED groups around the world to hate the USA

. . so - in plain English,

I think that the USA's actions have made the world more dangerous, NOT safer - -

Just My Humble Canuck Opinion

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ConcernedCanuk

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Fri Oct-17-03 05:01 AM
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4. Here's the biggest terrorist in the world (IMHO)

. .

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ConcernedCanuk

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Fri Oct-17-03 07:27 AM
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8. : "Shaking Hands with Saddam Hussein," USA picks it's allies ??

. .

Yup - that be ur Mr. Rumsfeld - -

BAD guy to shake hands with !! (I mean Rummy)

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rocktivity

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Fri Oct-17-03 08:19 AM
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9. The only thing the Bush White House is "worried" about

is how their military FAILURE in Afghanistan will impact their future plans. But it isn't as though they weren't told in no uncertain terms that it was a stupid idea to begin with.

rocknation

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0007

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Fri Oct-17-03 08:27 AM
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10. Just Maybe Russia will aid the Taliban

this time as the US helped the Taliban against Russia.

We were told nothing could be won in Afghanistan if we went in, and now it appears like good advice.

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Mari333

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Fri Oct-17-03 08:42 AM
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12. what bullshite

BushCabal was meeting with them and exchanging gifts back in 99 in Texas...this is about oil pipelines and assholes...
wonder if any of the news media blackout will read Michael Moores book, or Greg Palast and if they do, will they ever report the liess of the Bushthugs? nope.

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