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To: Captain Jack who wrote (8822)	10/28/2001 12:28:31 AM
From: john	Respond to of 27666

Captain Jack Seems a great time to bomb the shit out of them would be during their religious holiday instead of even thinking of slowing down during the month long period coming next month You will not get an argument from me.

To: Captain Jack who wrote (8822)	10/28/2001 8:19:14 AM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27666

Since World War II it hasn't seemed as if fighting ceased on December 25th, so it seems you have a point. Take the Battle of the Bulge for example. campus.northpark.edu At midday on December 24, 16 German jet aircraft attacked a ball-bearing factory and tool-die warehouse in Ciege. They then proceeded to attack railway yards supplying the Allies. This was the first jet bomber attack in history. However, by evening, the German offensive had been halted. Their advance was less than sixty miles, at its furthest point. This was nowhere close to the seventy mile objective of the assault. The fighting grew more intense on Christmas Day, and for some weeks thereafter. The period of surprise was now gone, and the panzer armies were simply trying to blast their way through the front. Instead of beginning a retreat, more and more guns were sent forward to the Bulge. This was done in an attempt to hold what had been gained, and in order to expand the front, if possible. Not being a war strategist I do not know what may happen, but I tend to think the military isn't going to let up because of Ramadan<sp?>.

To: Captain Jack who wrote (8822)	10/28/2001 8:29:59 AM
From: Patrick Slevin	Respond to of 27666

I may be incorrect, but isn't November 18th during the holy season? If so, then the Taliban conducts war during Ramadan as well. In 1999, For weeks, the UN sought Taliban approval to transport food and other relief goods by road from Kabul to the Panjshir Valley, but the Taliban refused. On November 18, Taliban fighter planes bombed the Panjshir Valley. Among the places they bombed was a school sheltering 700 displaced persons and the marketplace in the town of Bazarak. According to news reports, 24 displaced persons were killed and dozens more injured in the school, and ten others were killed in the marketplace. refugees.org (Roughly six paragraphs from the bottom.) EDIT I am incorrect, sorry. I did not realize that Ramadan moves, and in 1999 it started on December 9th. Still, it would be interesting to find a contradiction.