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madrchsod

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4. we went into Afghanistan to capture bin laden and his fellow travelers...

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 07:27 AM

Apr 2012

but they were not there...bin was in pakistan and the rest were in yemen. so we ended up fighting the people who were trained by our cia in the 80`s to defeat the soviet union and free afghanistan.

interesting how things are working out for the usa and the afghan people

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Series of Blasts, Rocket Fire Rock Kabul as Taliban Targets Diplomatic Area ('Spring Offensive') [View all] Hissyspit Apr 2012 OP

Discouraging orpupilofnature57 Apr 2012 #1

clusterfuck... Cooley Hurd Apr 2012 #2

Complete with the Goat Option! nt Bigmack Apr 2012 #16

Update on #Kabul attack: reports suggest three buildings across the #Afghan capital taken over Hissyspit Apr 2012 #3

we went into Afghanistan to capture bin laden and his fellow travelers... madrchsod Apr 2012 #4

Thank you, Hissy, for posting! noel711 Apr 2012 #5

light at the end of the tunnel... KG Apr 2012 #6

Spam deleted by William769 (MIR Team) 2012parts Apr 2012 #7

Here we are again, sulphurdunn Apr 2012 #8

taliban have broken into a prison freeing 400 prisoners: IcyPeas Apr 2012 #9

Golly Gee, who could have predicted.... bvar22 Apr 2012 #10

so would someone please give a lucid explanation azurnoir Apr 2012 #11

military industrial complex profits is a good starting point, imho nt steve2470 Apr 2012 #18

Imagine living in a place where the Spring offensive has been an annual event for generations independentpiney Apr 2012 #12

3 or 4? more like 1000s of years. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #13

I thought there were a few breaks in the wars in the late 19th- early 20th centuries independentpiney Apr 2012 #14

Yeah, but the general state of these folks is tribal raiding. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #15

Heavy fighting continues on Kabul streets steve2470 Apr 2012 #17