Archives for the 'Afghanistan' Category
Canadian Honors
Published on 27 Apr 2007 at 10:17 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Afghanistan, Canada.
Valor under fire recognized. Report of action here.
In other Canadian news:
Canadian Commons rejects exit.
Welcome to our world. Hey, didn’t this guy get the memo?
Where in the World is Mullah Dadullah?
Published on 26 Apr 2007 at 9:53 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Afghanistan.
Taliban admits a bunch of its guys are surrounded and sweating in Uruzgon, but insists the one-legged hostage-slayer is not among them. Al-Jazeera has updated its Dadullah report but still isn’t saying when it spoke to him.
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Dadullah in Troubullah
Published on 23 Apr 2007 at 11:54 pm.
4 Comments.
Filed under Afghanistan.
UPDATE: Dadullah’s PR guy says Dadullah chilling in Helmand, not in Uruzgon.
Up to 200 Taliban, including wildly popular one-legged mujahid-chic cult figure/murdering terrorist Mullah Dadullah and a bunch of regional commanders, reportedly surrounded in a village in Uruzgon where they went for a meeting. Bummer for them. Afghan forces holding off on leveling the place, as they are hiding in […]
AQCLU
Published on 13 Apr 2007 at 9:08 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, media, military, Afghanistan.
ACLU expresses concern about the human cost of war, but neglects to mention nearly 3,000 American civilians whose civil rights were denied them in a purposeful war crime. The perpetrators of this crime have made no effort to make compensation. It quickly becomes clear ACLU is less concerned with protecting civilians than it is with bashing the troops. […]
War Czar
Published on 11 Apr 2007 at 9:41 am.
10 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, military, Afghanistan.
Finding the right general isn’t easy. Just ask Lincoln. I’d suggest retired Marine Gen. John J. “Jack” Sheehan, a former top NATO commander, is not the guy, seeing he can’t keep his mouth shut about a White House initiative that hasn’t been announced yet, and also doesn’t get it:
“The very fundamental issue is, they don’t […]
Stuff in That Place Next to India
Published on 30 Mar 2007 at 4:04 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under Afghanistan, Pakistan, UN.
OK, I think I’m starting to get the hang of it. Afghan armed freedom fighter-style horseplay in … damn … look I didn’t name the place … OK, OK, we’ll do it your way … in the capital of Pakistan. There. Are you happy?
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Krauthammer’s Martian
Published on 30 Mar 2007 at 8:28 am.
8 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, pols, Afghanistan.
…on a question of Democratic war strategy, which petulantly insists that Iraq distracts from the real war in Afghanistan.
Windasskickers
Published on 12 Mar 2007 at 12:00 am.
8 Comments.
Filed under al qaeda, military, Afghanistan.
… no sorry, that’s Shadow Wolves. US recruits Navajo, Souix and Apache trackers to hunt down al-Qaeda and Taliban crossing between the ‘Stans. They normally hunt the drug and human smugglers on the Mexican border, but this seems like a cause worthy of diverting them for.
Spec. Mozart
Published on 11 Mar 2007 at 10:31 pm.
No Comments.
Filed under military, Afghanistan.
GI in the ‘Stan composes “dark” piano sonata to honor the dead.
Inside and Out
Published on 8 Mar 2007 at 12:03 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Islam, Afghanistan.
A former Afghan bride’s view of the Afghan version of Islam and Islamic culture:
Long before the rise of the Taleban, I learnt not to romanticise Third World countries or to confuse their hideous tyrants with liberators.
Secret Spy Stuff
Published on 6 Mar 2007 at 12:24 am.
8 Comments.
Filed under al qaeda, Afghanistan.
A couple of the more intriguing items of the past few days are from ABC’s Blotter, as yet unconfirmed or run widely in the major media. Al-Qaeda compound with potential high value targets to include Osama bin Laden under attack in eastern Afghanistan.
Shahidapalooza
Published on 4 Mar 2007 at 9:59 am.
6 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, blogs, Afghanistan.
So many martyrs! So many reasons for Osama to celebrate in his cave! North Shore Journal tallies the Iraq-Afghanistan martyrdom since Jan. 1, 2006: 3016. Ace wonders why this number doesn’t make headlines. KTCat suggests Centcom needs to work on its PR operation.
Early Birthday Present for Osama!
Published on 4 Mar 2007 at 9:41 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under al qaeda, Afghanistan.
Special delivery: Heavy US assault on remote part of eastern Afghanistan where OBL may be hiding. If that was the remote part of eastern Afghanistan that’s called “Pakistan” they might be on to something. Below, Fisk gets wistful on his misunderstood cavedwelling pal’s pending 50th. ABC first:
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Bagram Rodeo
Published on 2 Mar 2007 at 9:46 am.
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Filed under Afghanistan.
Major John’s weekly roundup in the ‘Stan, with art.
Mullah Dadullah Rocks!
Published on 1 Mar 2007 at 8:12 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Afghanistan.
He’s got the latest, flashiest pajamas. Double barrelled disco tiger-stripe RPG. MTV pimped his technical. No way Rule No. 19 applies to Mullah Dadullah … you know he’s gotta have mobs of beardless boys swooning over him … he’s like a Taliban rock star!
Self-Loathing Libs
Published on 27 Feb 2007 at 10:32 pm.
5 Comments.
Filed under blogs, Afghanistan, Cheney.
Huffpo hatefest expunged, after up to 400 commenters spew vile about Taliban bomb outside Cheney’s gate at Bagram. Comments like this one:
Taliban Targets Cheney
Published on 27 Feb 2007 at 10:15 am.
7 Comments.
Filed under Afghanistan, Pakistan.
“At 10 a.m., I heard a loud boom.”
Soon after the blast, Cheney — who officials say was never in danger from the blast at the sprawling base — went ahead with talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the capital.
Asked if he had ever considered changing his plans to go to Kabul, Cheney said that […]
Bad Deal
Published on 3 Feb 2007 at 12:56 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under Islam, Afghanistan.
The Elders of Musa Qala cut a deal with the Brits, after the Brits fought hard to drive the Taliban out of their town. Stay out of our town, said the elders, and we’ll keep the Taliban out. Guess what. It didn’t work. Elders now in Taliban custody.
Meanwhile, same ‘Stan, different subject: Afghan Lord takes […]
