CNN just reported the pentagon says TALIBAN shot down helicopter.

[spanone]

Hell, I thought we eliminated the taliban....they're baaaaaaaaaaaaaack.

[H2O Man]

1. Yep.

This was announced yesterday. Perhaps the mission wasn't accomplished in Afghanistan, either. I think that the war in that area is going to heat up soon.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

17. It's been slowly heating back up...

UK will be sending 5,000 troops over there in the next few weeks to help control things....

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=11481

ISN SECURITY WATCH (14/06/05) - The British government will send as many as 5,000 additional troops to war-torn Afghanistan, news agencies reported on Monday.

The deployment would significantly increase Britain’s military presence in Afghanistan, where some 900 British troops currently serve as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

The British government’s decision was reportedly made during last week’s NATO meeting in Brussels.

The troop increase is aimed at helping the US-led forces stabilize Afghanistan, which has seen a recent increase in attacks on civilians and foreign troops in the ongoing war against remnants of the Taliban and al-Qaida.

more at link

[Patty Diana]

24. if it wasn't for the internet, we wouldn't be hearing any of this shit

after it breaks on the internet the US FASCIST MEDIA is forced to cover it

[burythehatchet]

2. The Afghans will never be defeated by any invader

wars don't last for weeks they last for decades

[Patty Diana]

25. the Afghanis have NEVER been defeated_not permanently anyhow

[Horse with no Name]

29. Actually I think centuries is more appropriate.

:shrug:

[mopaul]

3. i thought we had them on the run!

[Tesla]

4. Didn't he say the OBL word last night???

Taliban is right behind!!

[dogday]

7. Yes he quoted OBL

[mopaul]

21. yes, he quoted the man who he can't capture after 4 fucking years

[dogday]

28. He is still rolling his dialysis machine

over the mountains.

[Jeanette in FL]

5. Relax, I am sure.....

they are in their last throes. Sarcasm off.

[QuettaKid]

6. there is claim of a video as well

supposedly Taliban videographers were on hand, captured the shootdown and they say that some survivors were taken from the wreckage and executed on tape as well....

[gristy]

10. Do you have a link to this assertion?

Or are you repeating an unsubstantiated rumour?

[QuettaKid]

30. no link...heard it on NBC news last night. nt.

.

[tallahasseedem]

8. Well they certainly would have been eliminated

if Bush and co. would have let our troops do their job their instead of shipping them to Iraq.

[Hugin]

9. Who? Well, we don't worry about them too much anymore.

:sarcasm:

Yup... Fooled us into Iraq he did.

[Ganja Ninja]

11. It happened yesterday.

I'll bet they don't say how many died all at once just like when those women GI's that were blown to bits. It'll be two or three today then two or three tomorrow. These assholes make me sick!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. "Bring it on!", he said. They seem to be complying with his wish.

The whipped Taliban, the remnants of al-Queda, the "failed" insurgency, just a long string of glorious victories.

Future historians will be rolling their eyes at the incredible stupidity of the American government and people who bought this.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Nope. Can't Be

Afghanistan is completely changed place now. Part of the modern world. No bad guys. No heroin traffic. No crimes. Nothing.

That's why we were able to go to Iraq. Nothing left to do after the rousing succes in Afghanistan.

I know this for sure, because Silverspoon said so.
The Professor

[KharmaTrain]

14. Was That One Of Our Stingers That Did The Job?

Be assured none of our bright military genius' in the Pentagon ever bothered to study the Afghan-Soviet war. Also that arms bazaar that operated across the Afghan-Pakistan border in the Peshwar area is busier than ever.

The Taliban even called the AP to confirm the shoot down yesterday. They didn't go away...we just pretended they were gone.

[H2O Man]

16. Out of sight .....

and the administration is out of their minds. Afghanistan has a history that will not be denied.

[KharmaTrain]

23. This Is Our Cambodia

This is the ignored war...the one that we're losing but isn't reported. It's the one that's more brutal as we've stepped into centuries of tribal and sectarian rivalries and fighting. We're totally clueless to the cultures in yet another country created on a drawing table in 18th Century Europe.

[iconoclastic cat]

15. The Taliban? I thought those guys broke up.

[Freedomfried]

22. Its their big comeback concert

[justinsb]

18. According to CBC the Taliban was saying this yesterday

They even claim to have video. The Taliban just did what any smart army would do when faced with overwhelming force, they hid and waited for opportunities. They now control overtly or covertly most of the countryside (outside Kabul).

[spanone]

27. They will wait 10, 20 yrs. Their vengence knows no end.

[oasis]

19. Stupid ass Gen. Tommy Franks should have deployed his troops to get Osama

back when he had a chance in Tora Bora.

He then obliges Chimpy by assuring him that we could invade Iraq "No problem, Sir". We then concentrate our efforts on another front with bogus evidence on WMD.

That's why the Taliban is still around.

[Spazito]

20. If the troops on the chopper survived...

will the bush cabal insist that they be treated per the 'quaint' Geneva Conventions? Will they insist the International Red Cross and other groups have access to the prisoners?

Sadly, by the bush cabal's own actions, they have lost the right to demand anything with regard to the treatment of those captured. I can only hope if there are captured survivors, they will be treated better than Afghan prisoners have been treated by the US.

[SammyWinstonJack]

26. He'll demand that they be given bibles and exercise time.

Just like he did when the Chinese captured our spy plane and it's crew.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

31. Somebody should inform the Taliban that they've been destroyed.

And, that the survivors are vacationing in Cuba.

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. I volunteer george to take that memo over

what about it George?

[Solly Mack]

32. Bush' definition of winning is lying about failure

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. Did they use one of our stingers?

We are still missing a fair number of them... ooops we found one boss..