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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 10:05 PM
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Nato admits mistakenly supplying arms and food to Taliban
Nato forces mistakenly supplied food, water and arms to Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan, officials today admitted.

Containers destined for local police forces were dropped from a helicopter into a Taliban-controlled area of Zabul province.

The coalition helicopter had intended to deliver pallets of supplies to a police checkpoint in Ghazni, a remote section of Zabul late last month.

By mistake they were dropped some distance from the checkpoint where it was taken by the Taliban, the Internal Security Affairs Commission of the Wolesi Jirga — the Afghan parliament's lower house — was told.

Hamidullah Tukhi, a local politician from Zabul, told the parliamentary commission that the consignment had been taken by a local Taliban commander.

A Nato spokesman said the pallets were carrying rocket propelled grenades, ammunition, water and food.

Afghan politicians have said they do not believe the drop was an accident.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/18/nato.afghanistan
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 10:11 PM
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1. mmm. mistake.
GPS technology, and this was a 'mistake'. mmm hmmm.
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parasim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 10:11 PM
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2. oops! yea, uh huh...
suuuure...
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 10:13 PM
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3. "Afghan politicians have said they do not believe the drop was an accident."
Hmmm. How about that?
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judasdisney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-20-08 12:04 AM
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4. After Sibel Edmonds' story
I would not believe this is anything accidental
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-20-08 01:08 AM
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5. Of what relevance is her story to this?
Sorry I only know dribs and drabs..
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judasdisney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-20-08 03:09 AM
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6. Drug trafficking & terrorism shepherded by Joint Chiefs, Congress, NATO
Read "Sibel Edmonds' case and the Heroin Connection" here:

http://sibeledmonds.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html
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bush_equals_mladic Donating Member (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-20-08 04:33 AM
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7. Lies, more lies, mis-information & dis-information
If Bush can tell lies like WMD then rest of Americans can be excused for taking liberty and following 'the great satan'. After all NATO is only an American set up. Americans do not learn lessons.
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Cali_Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-20-08 04:39 AM
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8. Another incredible fuckup by the Bush Administration
nt
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