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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-04 06:05 AM
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U.S. Trained Afghan Troops Behead Four Suspected Taliban, Official Says
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBRCJBBTVD.html

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A senior Afghan militia commander alleged Wednesday that troops from Afghanistan's U.S.-trained national army beheaded four Taliban fighters to avenge the similar slaying of an Afghan soldier and a military interpreter.


The killings occurred Monday in southeastern Zabul province, said Naimatullah Khan, the commander of government militias in the region. U.S. troops were not present at the time, Khan said.

Afghan National Army troops sent to look for an interpreter and soldier who became separated from a combined Afghan-U.S. force found their corpses and severed heads on a mountainside, Khan said. Four Taliban fighters were later caught in a search of the area, he said.

"The ANA soldiers did the same thing. They cut off their heads," Khan said. He said the corpses of the suspected Taliban were left where they lay, but had no further details.

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pinniped Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-04 06:10 AM
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1. Is stupid POS * going to call these people barbarians too?
n/t
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-04 10:14 PM
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9. Think the freepers will denounce it?
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-04 06:47 AM
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2. "Unconfirmed"...
according to the article, but the scary part is that this behading business seems to be the latest thing.

It gets more press than just shooting someone, or even suicide and car bombings now. Looks like we're gonna see more of it.

Thanks, George, for making the world a safer place.



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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-04 07:37 AM
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4. Heard the idiot Imus this morning asking how do we stop this beheading?
Edited on Wed Jun-23-04 07:50 AM by NNN0LHI
Like maybe if we start a "war on beheading" that will fix everything all up or something?

Don

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drdtroit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-04 10:24 PM
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10. Maybe get Nancy Reagan
to head (excuse the pun) the "Just Say NO" - to beheading campaign. :shrug:
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-04 07:48 AM
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5. If you do a little research on the Soviet-Afghan War, you'll find that...
...the anti-Soviet Afghans operated in the same manner with Soviet prisoners. They also filmed the beheadings as they took place while the prisoner was still alive and sent the film to the nearest senior Soviet commander.

And yes, a few of these films ended up on the internet.

Prisoners were rarely taken by either side, unless specific information was being sought. Prisoners taken rarely survived for very long.

And yes, that's exactly the direction I see our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq heading.
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-04 07:33 AM
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3. The problem with an eye for an eye is pretty soon everybody is blind
B-) B-) B-)
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-04 07:48 AM
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6. anyone see
"Eight Heads in a Dufflebag"?

Well, this time it's no comedy. :(

Look Out! A Head!

Wouldn't want anyone to get a Head of us!

(scraping the bottom of my humor barrel this morning)
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IthinkThereforeIAM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-04 08:24 AM
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7. Watch for...
Edited on Wed Jun-23-04 08:25 AM by IthinkThereforeIAM
...the new fall program on Fox, "The Talking Heads".





edit: typo
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kwyjibo Donating Member (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-04 08:27 AM
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8. There is a point in every man's life when he must ask himself,
Is decapitation really necessary?



(i don't think so. god, these people are insane)
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