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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (74719)	7/3/2008 7:33:52 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 543396

The rest of them are all claims of fact, you can try to argue that the claims are false, or make the lesser statement that they are unsupported, but that doesn't make them opinion statements. Do you seriously doubt all of the 1st 5 statements? If its just a few of them you doubt I'd rather not have to spend the time researching sources for all of them. #1 shows up in official stats, or you could look for reports from people who live in or have visited Kabul. #2 is something I've seen many signs of, but not something for which its as easy to find stats about, but it would be expected in the context of #1. #3 Again and again when we the Taliban attack a village and try to take over rather than just raid, they get kicked out, often with heavy losses. #4 I've seen polls, OTOH I don't think they where done in the last few months, so I suppose you could try to argue that the recent increase in violence may have changed things (of course it could change things in either direction) #5 Is in current news reports #6 you agreed with