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Coventina (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Nov-24-08 09:31 AM
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Top UN team assesses Afghanistan
Source: BBC

A top-level delegation from the UN Security Council has arrived in the Afghan capital, Kabul, to assess the security situation in the country.

Its visit comes amid an increasingly violent campaign by Taleban fighters.

The team of ambassadors and officials from 15 countries will discuss how to implement about $20bn (£13.2bn) pledged from a donors' conference this year.

US President-elect Barack Obama has told the Afghan leader that defeating the insurgency is a key objective.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7745631.stm

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   "This is FAIL personified: another massive republicon clusterf*ck." - UN  SpiralHawk   Nov-24-08 09:41 AM   #1 
   Delegation under severe handicap  gratuitous   Nov-24-08 09:52 AM   #2 
      Put it in a brighter light- "Clusterfun!"  stlsaxman   Nov-24-08 10:31 AM   #3 
         And dot all the i's with smiley faces  gratuitous   Nov-24-08 11:14 AM   #4 
 
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1. "This is FAIL personified: another massive republicon clusterf*ck." - UN
Edited on Mon Nov-24-08 09:44 AM by SpiralHawk
"As usual." - UN

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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Nov-24-08 09:52 AM
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2. Delegation under severe handicap
The Secretary General has told them that they can't use any combination of the words "cluster" and "fuck."

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3. Put it in a brighter light- "Clusterfun!"

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4. And dot all the i's with smiley faces
:)

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