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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (88068)	7/24/2010 10:30:44 AM
From: FJB	Respond to of 224759

Have not heard much about Afghanistan since last November. ---------------------------------------------------------- Bombs kill five U.S. troops in Afghanistan By the CNN Wire StaffJuly 24, 2010 9:18 a.m. EDT Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Bombings killed five U.S. troops in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said. The military did not say precisely where the incidents occurred, but the statement said the troops died in "improvised explosive device attacks." Four service members died in one attack and one was killed in the other. The incidents come during a bloody stretch in the country this summer. June was the deadliest month for international troops since the war began: 60 Americans were among 102 international troops slain, according to a CNN count of military figures. This month, more than 70 international troops have died. That total includes more than 50 U.S. service members. Taliban militants have regularly attacked troops with improvised explosive devices -- the homemade bombs popularly known by the acronym IEDs. They are considered the weapon of choice for insurgents during the Afghan conflict, and the military regularly conducts raids targeting people who have staged such attacks against troops. On Friday night, Afghan and coalition soldiers pursuing a militant who plans IED attacks against coalition troops killed two armed men and detained others in the country's east, ISAF said on Saturday. The incident occurred in Khost province. The troops were hunting down a militant from the Haqqani network, which has links to the Taliban. "IEDs not only harm Afghan and coalition forces, but approximately a third of the IED attacks wound and kill innocent civilians," said Col. Rafael Torres, an ISAF spokesman.

To: lorne who wrote (88068)	7/24/2010 11:29:13 AM
From: MJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224759

This is a women's issue------occassionally we get a woman from Afganistan or similar in America who has given up on the canvas prisons. Each time I hear a woman have the courage to speak speak without these canvas garbs, I am touched with how oppressed women are in those societies. The lone figure who stood on the island of Route 7 near to Tysons Corner Virginia immediately after 9/11/2001 was one of the black masked people------was the figure a woman? Very likely. There was no mention in the media-----however we (or at least some of us ) witnessed this figure, standing still for hours in that middle island. Remember that one of the terrorist was just maybe no more than a mile from the heart of Tysons Corner------living in Falls Church, Virginia. Was this figure like the mosque being built in New York near Ground Zero ? Was it a message of triumph or was it a message of grief or a message of celebration for the dastardly deed in New York, the Pentagon and Pensylvania? I don't know I can only surmise. mj