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To: Elsewhere who wrote (114706)	9/13/2003 3:33:13 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 281500

Taliban embarks on new strategy of small guerrilla attacks Press Trust of India New York, September 13 A resurgent Taliban led by the fugitive Mullah Mohammad Omar have embarked on a strategy of small guerrilla attacks intended to frustrate and steadily bleed American forces in Afghanistan and to force the US to spend billions in military costs, two Taliban officials said in an interview. Hajji Ibrahim, who identified himself as a Taliban commander, told the New York Times in an interview that the group's goal was to tie down the US in Afghanistan and force it to spend huge sums responding to limited attacks that draw American forces "here to there, here to there." He confidently predicted that the US, sapped by a slow, costly and grinding conflict, would abandon Afghanistan after two to three years, the Times said. "How is it possible that America will continue to do these things for many years?" he asked. Hajji Latif, who calls himself a Taliban spokesman, told the paper that the fugitive Mullah Omar was commanding the Taliban from his hideout in Afghanistan. He claimed that American troops were overstretched in Iraq and Afghanistan and called for volunteers around the world to aid the Taliban. Latif said he hoped the US would open new fronts in the campaign against terrorism. "We are offering prayers that they should start in one or two more places," he said. "When America goes to open one or two more places it will be good for Muslims." The two men were interviewed separately and on the condition that the country where they spoke not be identified, also asking that their real names not be disclosed, the Times said. hindustantimes.com

To: Elsewhere who wrote (114706)	9/13/2003 3:37:16 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<<I can only imagine the motivation of France to get Iraqi's in charge ASAP is good for France somehow. I hope the Iraqi's who end up in charge remember very well who voted to keep them under the reign of terror.>> While the French were kicking over the wood pile and hiding the matches, the US and a coalition of the willing has managed to get a good fire going, cleaned out the oven, bought all the ingredients and is cooking up a delicious smelling pie. Now the French want their share. Sig

To: Elsewhere who wrote (114706)	9/13/2003 6:12:37 PM
From: quehubo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

The Iraqi Liberation and Reconstruction Club is a membership only club. Membership requirements include the following: Member nations must being willing to stand up against the duplicitous nation of France and their obsequious partner nations of Germany and Russia. Yes, nations being bought with contracts and promises from a tyrant. Nation that were more than content to contain the brutal regime of Saddam with little regard to the victims of his regime. Yes these obsequious nations had a monopoly on contracts in Iraq., Member nations must be willing to risk the lives of their young to liberate the Iraqi's from the oppressive hold of Saddam and those who support him as well as to help establish a Iraqi government, Member nations must be willing to spend billions of dollars in Iraq. This expense has little chance of returning anything more to member nations than the satisfaction of allowing a nation a fair chance to determine its own destiny as well as to ensure a safe supply of oil for the world market. So if your country wants some business in Iraq perhaps you should give to the Iraqi's before asking to receive.