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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussian intelligence officials offered the money to Taliban to kill US and UK
troops in Afghanistan. European intelligence official. 29155 unit of GRU also involved in poisoning of father and daughter in UK a few years ago. Taliban says nobody tells them what to do. (CNN)
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Russian intelligence officials offered the money to Taliban to kill US and UK (Original Post)
applegrove
Jun 2020
OP
Huh? Putin didnt tell them what to do, he just said if you do DO this I will pay you...
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2020
#1
The Taliban don't want to be seen as mercenaries. They believe they have integrity
applegrove
Jun 2020
#3
And when I was 6 foot tall and weighed 225 lbs I didnt want to be seen as overweight
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2020
#4
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)1. Huh? Putin didnt tell them what to do, he just said if you do DO this I will pay you...
applegrove
(118,778 posts)2. The report said nothing about Putin. He is responsible for anything the GRU
would do and i'm sure he knows all the international actions they take.
applegrove
(118,778 posts)3. The Taliban don't want to be seen as mercenaries. They believe they have integrity
in who and when they kill.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)4. And when I was 6 foot tall and weighed 225 lbs I didnt want to be seen as overweight
too but I was.
I get it though. Thanks for the story.
Grins
(7,228 posts)5. And Trump will side with Putin.
"Every time he sees me he says, 'I didn't do that,' and I believe, I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it.