Any ttruth to this

[Longinius 1]

http://www.rense.com/general24/usw.htm

Has anyone heard anything at all about any of this? Some of it I am sure is completely bogus, but there are some things I am not sure about.

[theavonlady 2]

Wow! The sites you frequent!

[Longinius 1]

Actually, first time visitor Saw it linked from a post on a google newsgroup. Seemed a bit to much to be true but I wanted to check anyway.

[LauryThorn 0]

I haven't paid much attention to the war in Afghanistan,

but somehow, about a month ago, I got the feeling from

the media that the war there is pretty much over..

Can someone give me somekind of "overview", what's going

on there?

[Tovarish 0]

Riiiiight, I think we have seen that the first thing the Taleban provide to captured enemy troops is a bullet to the head .

I mean really:

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In March this year, during bloodiest battle at Shahi-e-Kot of Paktia Province, the Taliban forces claimed to have destroyed 13 military helicopters and killed 180 US soldiers.

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you find that even remotely believable? Seems to me these are the same people that write up the Russian casualty reports in Chechnya

[Longinius 1]

Like I said, I doubt much of it. Especially the body count. What I was mostly interested in was the captured soldiers, since I hadnt heard anything else about it.

[rpc007 0]

ya.......... im sure 13 helos would be shot down and 180 americans killed without the news knowing or the pentagon saying anything

[Longinius 1]

"ya..........  im sure 13 helos would be shot down and 180 americans killed without the news knowing or the pentagon saying anything"

Yeah, well, I could see the 180 troops dieing without the news being told by the Pentagon. But I doubt they have the ability to take down 13 helos in one battle.

[ralphwiggum 6]

180 soldiers dead = 180 families to know the truth = media's favorite dish.

[Longinius 1]

"180 soldiers dead = 180 families to know the truth = media's favorite dish."

Well, that depends what the families are told. They dont have to be told the truth and they dont have to know that 179 other families get the same message.

[theavonlady 2]

Maybe we should go back to discussing no plane hitting the Pentagon.

[Longinius 1]

Nah, we established it was a missile. No need to go there again.

J/K

[theavonlady 2]

I bet the article you started this thread with is a rip-off of today's news, involving US and Canadian troops:

Al Qaeda Afghan Graves Found but No Bin Laden Corpse

[theavonlady 2]

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I understood it boiled down to an overworked clerk who fell asleep while smoking.

[ralphwiggum 6]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Longinius @ May 07 2002,15:17)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">"180 soldiers dead = 180 families to know the truth = media's favorite dish."

Well, that depends what the families are told. They dont have to be told the truth and they dont have to know that 179 other families get the same message.<span id='postcolor'>

hmm...i should have said it in better way...

what i meant to say was that families of soldiers who were KIA are going to be notified upon their death. and when that word goes out, a whole community throws a condolences at the door of the family, which will catch eyes of news ppl.

[Wobble 1]

if that were true that little shitty news net over there "al-jizz-e-rah"

would be spamming with it constantly..

[LordZach 0]

true, it's not like they have had any problems getting tapes to them before and making false claims. "we shot down this chopper yeah see here's a wheel this proves it but we are too dumb to show bodies" sound familier?

[USSoldier11B 0]

Gwhahahahaha!

What B.S. The taliban couldn't catch a cold. 200 guys with a couple rusty AK's, an RPG, five worn out camels, and a helicopter that won't fly.

I'm 99.9% sure that the taliban has taken 0 NATO POW's to date.

[Longinius 1]

"I'm 99.9% sure that the taliban has taken 0 NATO POW's to date"

Well, they took one. Who they promptly shot.

[USSoldier11B 0]

That must be the .1% that I wasn't sure about.

I don't thing the poor soul was alive long enough to count as a POW.

[Longinius 1]

Probably not, which might just be his luck. I wouldnt want to be an American POW in the hands of Al Queda...

[USSoldier11B 0]

*shudder*

me neither. If I get deployed to Afghanistan I'm gonna get "Exit Only" tattooed on my ass.

[Longinius 1]

"me neither. If I get deployed to Afghanistan I'm gonna get "Exit Only" tattooed on my ass. "

Is that a promise?

[sn1per 0]

In case few things happen in life, I'm in Kabul with U.N. next year Maybe I'll start packing those mine detectors and flak vests...

"And the weather forecast for Kabul tonight is as follows: Rocket rain and occasional "stone the peacekeeper to death" incidents"