"Son of Bush," they shouted.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0609040143sep04,1,736944.story

Afghanistan success story loses luster

Taliban unnerves formerly secure sector

By Kim Barker
Tribune foreign correspondent
Published September 4, 2006


MUQOR, Afghanistan -- This town was once a success story, where girls attended school and the Taliban had no sway. But on a recent night, enemy fighters surrounded the district headquarters, fired rockets and bullets at the few men guarding the place and kidnapped seven people. "Son of Bush," they shouted.

Three days later, U.S. Army Capt. Erik Schiemann looked at the damage, the smoke-blackened rooms, the bullet-pocked walls, the caved-in roof. He told the new police chief, away during the attack, that the government and the military had failed Muqor. The Taliban had won this battle.

"This is terrible," Schiemann told the police chief, Raz Mohammad. "They totally ruined the governor's quarters. They destroyed the old district center. If nothing else, they have a huge opportunity to brag."

Such victories are common in southern Afghanistan, a stronghold for the Taliban, anti-government insurgents and drug runners, where suicide bombings have become a daily event.

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1. Mr Wonderful , Are you more loved than you were 6yrs ago?

[az chela]

2. Here let me say it

SON OF A BITCH!!!!!

[Rageneau]

3. HOO-AH, let's invade Iran now and some more kick ass!

We can do AT LEAST as good a job in Iran as we already have in Iraq and Afghanistan, so let's get started. In today's America, we only know one way to approach the world -- violently. So let's start going Hoo-Ah and start paying recruits $100,000 apiece (vs $40,000) to buff up our army to go spread democracy to Iran whether they want it or not.

Hoo-Ah! I'm an American!

Hoo-Ah! I'm a big, strong, international butt-kicker!

Hoo-Ah! And Jesus like it that way!

Hoo-Ah!