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From: kangarooistan <khan.gu…@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:11:47 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri, Sep 5 2008 4:11 am
Subject: Taliban fighter is clad in the bulletproof vest of a dead
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Taliban bring the war home to France
By Katrin Bennhold
Published: September 4, 2008
PARIS: One Taliban fighter is clad in the bulletproof vest of a dead
French soldier. Another proudly shows off a French walkie-talkie. Yet
another wears a camouflaged French Army helmet.
A glossy six-page photo spread published Thursday and featuring a
group of insurgents who say they killed 10 French soldiers in
Afghanistan on Aug. 18 has reinforced uneasiness about France’s
military presence there.
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OMG go look at every afghan in all history and see where they got the
weapons in every picture they are wearing and carrying weapons taken
off the last invaders , see national geographics magazine coverage of
Russian weapons captured in the 1980s
wiki
Of the 16,000 people that left Kabul only one regiment, the 44th was
actually British. Another 4000 were Indian troops and the remaining
10,000 their families and other camp followers. During the withdrawal
they were attacked by Ghilzai tribesmen and in running battles through
the snowbound passes nearly all were massacred. Of the British only
one, Dr Brydon, reached Jalalabad,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kabul_during_the_First_Anglo-Afgha…
—————————————————————————————-
Afghans are still using the weapons they took off dead brits in the
1800s
almost every weapon in Afghanistan was paid for by western taxpayers
and stolen from dead western or Russian soldiers and has been like
for thousands of years since Alexander tried to occupy Afghanistan
and collapsed ancient Greece trying
go look in old pictures going back hundreds of years , almost every
afghan gun was taken off a dead occupation army , and you can still
buy rifles captured from Brits in 1878 that are still in use in Kabul
markets
national geographic has hundreds of full page colour pics of afghans
all carring weapons taken from dead Russians
guess who always wins in the end see pics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Afghan_wars
War in Afghanistan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Anglo-Afghan wars)
Jump to: navigation, search
The terms Afghan War or War in Afghanistan may refer to:
* Islamic conquest of Afghanistan (637-709)
* Anglo-Afghan Wars:
o First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842)
o Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1881)
o Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)
* Panjdeh Incident (1885)
* Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war, 1929 civil war when
Afghan rebel Bacha-i-Saqao briefly overthrew the government and became
emir.
* Afghan Civil War (1978-present):
o Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979-1989) – Soviet involvement
o Afghan Civil War (1989-1992) – Government collapse
o Afghan Civil War (1992-1996) – Anarchy
o Afghan Civil War (1996-2001) – Taliban period
o War in Afghanistan (2001–present) – NATO involvement
+ Timeline of the War in Afghanistan (2001-present)
On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:33:41 -0700 (PDT)
kangarooistan <khan.gu…@gmail.com> wrote:
> almost every weapon in Afghanistan was paid for by western taxpayers
> and stolen from dead western or Russian soldiers and has been like
> for thousands of years since Alexander tried to occupy Afghanistan
> and collapsed ancient Greece trying
Hardly. He conquered the place by marching up every mountain valley
and killing every mother’s son. In his wake Afghanistan became a
center of Bhuddist teaching for the next five hundred years.
Dhu
On 4 Sep, 20:55, Duncan Patton <campb…@neotext.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:33:41 -0700 (PDT)
> kangarooistan <khan.gu…@gmail.com> wrote:
> > almost every weapon in Afghanistan was paid for by western taxpayers
> > and stolen from dead western or Russian soldiers and has been like
> > for thousands of years since Alexander tried to occupy Afghanistan
> > and collapsed ancient Greece trying
> Hardly. He conquered the place by marching up every mountain valley
> and killing every mother’s son. In his wake Afghanistan became a
> center of Bhuddist teaching for the next five hundred years.
> Dhu
Pity it didn’t stay that way.
But I like kangaroo’s claim that they still
have British 19c weapons.
On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:00:50 -0700 (PDT)
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Ariadne <ariadne….@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4 Sep, 20:55, Duncan Patton <campb…@neotext.ca> wrote:
> > On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:33:41 -0700 (PDT)
> > kangarooistan <khan.gu…@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > almost every weapon in Afghanistan was paid for by western taxpayers
> > > and stolen from dead western or Russian soldiers and has been like
> > > for thousands of years since Alexander tried to occupy Afghanistan
> > > and collapsed ancient Greece trying
> > Hardly. He conquered the place by marching up every mountain valley
> > and killing every mother’s son. In his wake Afghanistan became a
> > center of Bhuddist teaching for the next five hundred years.
> > Dhu
> Pity it didn’t stay that way.
> But I like kangaroo’s claim that they still
> have British 19c weapons.
They do. Over the fireplace.
Dhu
On 5 Sep, 09:14, Duncan Patton <campb…@neotext.ca> wrote:
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> On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:00:50 -0700 (PDT)
> Ariadne <ariadne….@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 4 Sep, 20:55, Duncan Patton <campb…@neotext.ca> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:33:41 -0700 (PDT)
> > > kangarooistan <khan.gu…@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > almost every weapon in Afghanistan was paid for by western taxpayers
> > > > and stolen from dead western or Russian soldiers and has been like
> > > > for thousands of years since Alexander tried to occupy Afghanistan
> > > > and collapsed ancient Greece trying
> > > Hardly. He conquered the place by marching up every mountain valley
> > > and killing every mother’s son. In his wake Afghanistan became a
> > > center of Bhuddist teaching for the next five hundred years.
> > > Dhu
> > Pity it didn’t stay that way.
> > But I like kangaroo’s claim that they still
> > have British 19c weapons.
> They do. Over the fireplace.
> Dhu- Hide quoted text –
> – Show quoted text –
Any photographs?
An Afghan fireplace might be very pretty.
Afghanistan soesn’t want to be ruled by the U.S.A., Canada, Britain, Russia
or Alexander the Great.
They want to be left alone but we keep insisting we know better. And they
keep resisting our efforts to "help" them.
"kangarooistan" <khan.gu…@gmail.com> wrote in message
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From: kangarooistan <khan.gu…@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:11:47 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri, Sep 5 2008 4:11 am
Subject: Taliban fighter is clad in the bulletproof vest of a dead
French soldier and his weapons
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Taliban bring the war home to France
By Katrin Bennhold
Published: September 4, 2008
PARIS: One Taliban fighter is clad in the bulletproof vest of a dead
French soldier. Another proudly shows off a French walkie-talkie. Yet
another wears a camouflaged French Army helmet.
A glossy six-page photo spread published Thursday and featuring a
group of insurgents who say they killed 10 French soldiers in
Afghanistan on Aug. 18 has reinforced uneasiness about France’s
military presence there.
—————————————————————————————
OMG go look at every afghan in all history and see where they got the
weapons in every picture they are wearing and carrying weapons taken
off the last invaders , see national geographics magazine coverage of
Russian weapons captured in the 1980s
wiki
Of the 16,000 people that left Kabul only one regiment, the 44th was
actually British. Another 4000 were Indian troops and the remaining
10,000 their families and other camp followers. During the withdrawal
they were attacked by Ghilzai tribesmen and in running battles through
the snowbound passes nearly all were massacred. Of the British only
one, Dr Brydon, reached Jalalabad,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kabul_during_the_First_Anglo-Afgha...
—————————————————————————————-
Afghans are still using the weapons they took off dead brits in the
1800s
almost every weapon in Afghanistan was paid for by western taxpayers
and stolen from dead western or Russian soldiers and has been like
for thousands of years since Alexander tried to occupy Afghanistan
and collapsed ancient Greece trying
go look in old pictures going back hundreds of years , almost every
afghan gun was taken off a dead occupation army , and you can still
buy rifles captured from Brits in 1878 that are still in use in Kabul
markets
national geographic has hundreds of full page colour pics of afghans
all carring weapons taken from dead Russians
guess who always wins in the end see pics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Afghan_wars
War in Afghanistan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Anglo-Afghan wars)
Jump to: navigation, search
The terms Afghan War or War in Afghanistan may refer to:
* Islamic conquest of Afghanistan (637-709)
* Anglo-Afghan Wars:
o First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842)
o Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1881)
o Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)
* Panjdeh Incident (1885)
* Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war, 1929 civil war when
Afghan rebel Bacha-i-Saqao briefly overthrew the government and became
emir.
* Afghan Civil War (1978-present):
o Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979-1989) – Soviet involvement
o Afghan Civil War (1989-1992) – Government collapse
o Afghan Civil War (1992-1996) – Anarchy
o Afghan Civil War (1996-2001) – Taliban period
o War in Afghanistan (2001–present) – NATO involvement
+ Timeline of the War in Afghanistan (2001-present)
On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 01:19:36 -0700 (PDT)
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Ariadne <ariadne….@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5 Sep, 09:14, Duncan Patton <campb…@neotext.ca> wrote:
> > On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:00:50 -0700 (PDT)
> > Ariadne <ariadne….@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 4 Sep, 20:55, Duncan Patton <campb…@neotext.ca> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:33:41 -0700 (PDT)
> > > > kangarooistan <khan.gu…@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > almost every weapon in Afghanistan was paid for by western taxpayers
> > > > > and stolen from dead western or Russian soldiers and has been like
> > > > > for thousands of years since Alexander tried to occupy Afghanistan
> > > > > and collapsed ancient Greece trying
> > > > Hardly. He conquered the place by marching up every mountain valley
> > > > and killing every mother’s son. In his wake Afghanistan became a
> > > > center of Bhuddist teaching for the next five hundred years.
> > > > Dhu
> > > Pity it didn’t stay that way.
> > > But I like kangaroo’s claim that they still
> > > have British 19c weapons.
> > They do. Over the fireplace.
> > Dhu- Hide quoted text –
> > – Show quoted text –
> Any photographs?
> An Afghan fireplace might be very pretty.
Not to hand. I saw a doc where they were showed
Afghans with their guns and it described their
veneration for weapons and the fact was that they
could dredge up guns that "Great Grandad Omar" had
taken off the English, as well as functional
muzzle loaders from previous times. These were
not in service but serviceable nonetheless.
Dhu
On 5 Sep, 21:00, Duncan Patton <campb…@neotext.ca> wrote:
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> On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 01:19:36 -0700 (PDT)
> Ariadne <ariadne….@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5 Sep, 09:14, Duncan Patton <campb…@neotext.ca> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:00:50 -0700 (PDT)
> > > Ariadne <ariadne….@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 4 Sep, 20:55, Duncan Patton <campb…@neotext.ca> wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:33:41 -0700 (PDT)
> > > > > kangarooistan <khan.gu…@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > almost every weapon in Afghanistan was paid for by western taxpayers
> > > > > > and stolen from dead western or Russian soldiers and has been like
> > > > > > for thousands of years since Alexander tried to occupy Afghanistan
> > > > > > and collapsed ancient Greece trying
> > > > > Hardly. He conquered the place by marching up every mountain valley
> > > > > and killing every mother’s son. In his wake Afghanistan became a
> > > > > center of Bhuddist teaching for the next five hundred years.
> > > > > Dhu
> > > > Pity it didn’t stay that way.
> > > > But I like kangaroo’s claim that they still
> > > > have British 19c weapons.
> > > They do. Over the fireplace.
> > > Dhu- Hide quoted text –
> > > – Show quoted text –
> > Any photographs?
> > An Afghan fireplace might be very pretty.
> Not to hand. I saw a doc where they were showed
> Afghans with their guns and it described their
> veneration for weapons and the fact was that they
> could dredge up guns that "Great Grandad Omar" had
> taken off the English, as well as functional
> muzzle loaders from previous times. These were
> not in service but serviceable nonetheless.
> Dhu- Hide quoted text –
I’ve just been reading about the Pashtun King
who died in July. A friend of mine had a Pashtun
working for him years ago and he was very fond
of him.
The Pashtun are not the Taleban. I finally got that
straight.
On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:14:55 -0700 (PDT)
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Ariadne <ariadne….@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5 Sep, 21:00, Duncan Patton <campb…@neotext.ca> wrote:
> > On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 01:19:36 -0700 (PDT)
> > Ariadne <ariadne….@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 5 Sep, 09:14, Duncan Patton <campb…@neotext.ca> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:00:50 -0700 (PDT)
> > > > Ariadne <ariadne….@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > On 4 Sep, 20:55, Duncan Patton <campb…@neotext.ca> wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:33:41 -0700 (PDT)
> > > > > > kangarooistan <khan.gu…@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > almost every weapon in Afghanistan was paid for by western taxpayers
> > > > > > > and stolen from dead western or Russian soldiers and has been like
> > > > > > > for thousands of years since Alexander tried to occupy Afghanistan
> > > > > > > and collapsed ancient Greece trying
> > > > > > Hardly. He conquered the place by marching up every mountain valley
> > > > > > and killing every mother’s son. In his wake Afghanistan became a
> > > > > > center of Bhuddist teaching for the next five hundred years.
> > > > > > Dhu
> > > > > Pity it didn’t stay that way.
> > > > > But I like kangaroo’s claim that they still
> > > > > have British 19c weapons.
> > > > They do. Over the fireplace.
> > > > Dhu- Hide quoted text –
> > > > – Show quoted text –
> > > Any photographs?
> > > An Afghan fireplace might be very pretty.
> > Not to hand. I saw a doc where they were showed
> > Afghans with their guns and it described their
> > veneration for weapons and the fact was that they
> > could dredge up guns that "Great Grandad Omar" had
> > taken off the English, as well as functional
> > muzzle loaders from previous times. These were
> > not in service but serviceable nonetheless.
> > Dhu- Hide quoted text –
> I’ve just been reading about the Pashtun King
> who died in July. A friend of mine had a Pashtun
> working for him years ago and he was very fond
> of him.
> The Pashtun are not the Taleban. I finally got that
> straight.
The Taliban are a political faction primarily within the Pashtun.
Dhu