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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:46 PM Original message |
8 Americans Killed in Afghan Bomb Attack |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Tragic. |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. . |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. What kind of 'civilians' are in Afghanistan? |
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robo50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Civilians, code word for hired mercenaries. N/t |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. Bullshit - they were CIA Officers - public servants doing the bidding |
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Shanti Mama (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
68. This is so not true. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Yep, merc's. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. Really. That is pretty shitty. |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 05:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
63. CNN just reported they "worked for the CIA" |
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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. could it also mean State Dept? not sure... |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Or contractors? |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Defense contractors like Raytheon currently have lots of openings for |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
38. Support personnel. The vast majority of contractors ARE NOT mercenaries. |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. geezus - and more of this on the way |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. We're fighting terrorism. We should be fighting fascism. |
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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. My sig line says it all (nt) |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Terrorism is just as bad as Fascism. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I think that's debatable, especially since the latter fosters the former. |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
57. yes, Fascism uses terror to gain power.... |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. We should not be invading other countries... |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Um, we didn't invade Afghanistan until after we were attacked. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. There was not a single Afghan among the 9/11 hijackers and Afghanistan as a nation never attacked us |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. They were an Al Queda operation supported by the ... |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. That is still not a reason to attack a whole country, whose citizens have done nothing to us |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
58. Didnt the BBC just announce there is no such thing as Al Queda? |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
54. If the KKK murdered a bunch of Mexican citizens... |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
56. Those that attacked us used Afghanistan as a Base? |
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Socal31 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. It is time. |
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robo50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Evidently 99% of American leadership doesn't learn from history. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Thank you for using "some religion" instead of "Islam" |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. How many people would die if we just left these nutters in Afghanistan and the Middle East alone to |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. You already know the answer, so why are you asking. |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. And most of it being an after effect of foreign invasion/meddling. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. Bring them home. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. Americans dying to keep Karzai and his brother rich and prosperous. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. Would I be a bad person if I were a little less sad.... |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Feelings don't make a person good or bad. |
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pjt7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I'm still upset that Obama |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yup. We are tapped out. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. They were CIA. n/t |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. We really do not belong there anymore, if we ever did. |
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blueberrypickn (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. you'd almost think |
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girl_interrupted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Afghans shout ‘death to Obama’ over killings |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
29. "Graveyard of Empires" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Feel bad for their kids, though. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. We shouldn't be too quick to assume they were mercenaries. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
34. Very sad! |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
40. Sad.... |
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KewlKat (867 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
41. The Army Corp of Engineers |
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RedRubberBall (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
43. Twice the number of Americans & allies have been killed |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. It supposed to be more secure by now with the deployment of more troops n/t |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
44. UPDATE: All 8 were CIA Agents |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. and they were specifically targeted by Taliban |
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Artie Bucco (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. No doubt |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. That is a HUGE blow to our forces. Training those guys is NOT cheap. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Suicide bomber walked into the gym. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
45. There were also 4 Canadians killed |
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NewLIfeArea (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 04:55 AM Response to Original message |
59. Attacks kill 8 purported CIA employees, 5 Canadians in Afghanistan December 30, 2009 9:43 p.m. EST |
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placton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 04:55 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. CNN doesn't mention the reports of |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 04:55 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Too close to Christmas before the loved ones call their own kids. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 04:55 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. This is absolutely tragic for our intelligence operations as well as |
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bonniebee (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
64. This war has finally touched our family personally. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Please accept my condolences. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
66. 4 Canadian soldiers, 1 reporter, killed in Afghanistan |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
67. CIA workers killed by 'Afghan soldier' |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-01-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. New Year's Day news reports are that the Afghan was CIA informant |
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