six years on,Taliban still a force to be reckoned with.BUSH,STOP TERRORISM!!! - Political Forum

eagle · 01-01-2008, 08:33 AM

After six years of war,thousands of casualties and billions of dollars spent,the Taliban remains a too bold force to be reckoned with,and seems far from being eliminated.The year 2007 was the most violent since a US counter-terrorism operation ousted the Taliban government for sponsoring Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden,who masterminded the 9/11 attacks on US cities.More than 6000 people- mostly insurgents,but including hundreds of Afgan and international forces and at least 1000 civilians-have died in the operation.This year's death toll was 50% more than in 2006,and was also the bloodiest year for US forces,with more than 100 soldiers killed.More than 120 suicide attacks occured during the year,a tactic that was unknown in Afganistan before 2003.The deadliest one came in the relatively peaceful northern Baghlan province in November,which killed more than 80 people,including six members of the country's parliament.Rebels also killed several hundred Afgan and foreign anti-terrorism troops in roadside attacks,using tactics believed to be copied from Iraqi terrorists.The taliban forces ,described as weak by the afgan and US officials in the first years following their ouster,are now expanding their presence into previously peaceful provinces such as Herat,Badghis and Wardak,which lies near the western gate of the capital city.The terrorists forces also sustained heavy losses,including about 80 key field commanders,and an unknown number of cadres that has been estimated in the thousands.In may,senior commander Mullah Dadullah was killed in a US-led operation in the turbulent southern province of Helmand.But there has been no sign of any weakend capacity to fight an inflict losses on the government and internatonal coalition.The terrorists forces are widely thought to consolidate their ranks with fresh recruits from Afgan refugee camps in the restive tribal areas in Pakistan and the Pashtun areas near the border.Afgan opium poppy production also reached alarming levels this year,and is estimated to finance much of the Taliban warfare expences.Taliban recruiting among unemployed and increasingly nationalyst Afgains is also on the rise southern and eastern regions as the conflict intenifies.BUSH,STOP TERRORISTS IN AFGANISTAN,IRAQ,IRAN AND ALL IN THE WORLD!OSAMA BIN LADEN AND ALL AL-QAEDA,WE ARE YOUR DEATH AND WE ARE GOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sebelius for VP, not Hillary · 01-01-2008, 08:54 AM

Eagle,

When you copy an article you need to separate the article from your own comments and provide the source for your article. This is how your opening post would look appropriately:

Six years on, Taliban still a force to be reckoned with - Arrahmah News

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After six years of war, thousands of casualties and billions of dollars spent, the Taliban remains a bold force to be reckoned with, and seems far from being eliminated.

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The year 2007 was the most violent since a US-led invasion ousted the Taliban government for sponsoring Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, who masterminded the 9/11 attacks on US cities.

More than 6,000 people - mostly insurgents, but including hundreds of Afghan and international forces and at least 1,000 civilians - have died in the violence. This year's death toll was 50% more than in 2006, and was also the bloodiest year for US forces, with more than 100 soldiers killed.

More than 120 suicide attacks occurred during the year, a tactic that was unknown in Afghanistan before 2003. The deadliest one came in the relatively peaceful northern Baghlan province in November, which killed more than 80 people, including six members of the country's fledgling parliament.

Rebels also killed several hundred Afghan and foreign occupation troops in roadside attacks, using tactics believed to be copied from Iraqi insurgents.

The Taliban forces, described as weak by the Afghan and US officials in the first years following their ouster, are now expanding their presence into previously peaceful provinces such as Herat, Badghis and Wardak, which lies near the western gate of the capital city.

The rebels also sustained heavy losses, including about 80 key field commanders, and an unknown number of cadres that has been estimated in the thousands. In May, senior military commander Mullah Dadullah was killed in a US-led operation in the turbulent southern province of Helmand.

But there has been no sign of any weakened capacity to fight and inflict losses on the government and international coalition.

The rebels are widely thought to consolidate their ranks with fresh recruits from Afghan refugee camps in the restive tribal areas in Pakistan and the Pashtun areas near the border. Afghan opium poppy production also reached "alarming" levels this year, and is estimated to finance much of the Taliban warfare expenses.

Taliban recruiting among unemployed and increasingly nationalist Afghanis is also on the rise southern and eastern regions as the conflict intensifies.

BUSH,STOP TERRORISTS IN AFGANISTAN,IRAQ,IRAN AND ALL IN THE WORLD!OSAMA BIN LADEN AND ALL AL-QAEDA,WE ARE YOUR DEATH AND WE ARE GOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So you MUST:

* Provide your own comment on the article you post
* Separate the article you are quoting from your comment
* Provide the link to your article

Thank you.

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Charleston Patriot · 01-01-2008, 10:05 AM

I think it should be noted that since 9-11, our enemies have not been able to repeat an attack on our (US) soil. I truely believe homeland security should be the #1 concern for our next president.

oldscutlas · 01-01-2008, 05:41 PM

The real problem is the admin's ignoring of afghanistan to attack a peaceful nation: namely IRAQ!!

Iraq had not caused a lick of trouble since the war in the 90's. To top it all off that was a justified invasion by Iraq to stop angle drilling into their territory by the kuwaiti merchant princes!!!!! The US has never had a justified reason to invade Iraq!!!!!!!

Shiva_TD · 01-01-2008, 09:29 PM

You cannot invade a country and deny a significant percentage of the population from involvement in the future government and expect any of your plans to work out. The Taliban represents a very significant percentage of the Afghanistan population and is supported by even more people.

smallpox · 01-02-2008, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Charleston Patriot

I think it should be noted that since 9-11, our enemies have not been able to repeat an attack on our (US) soil. I truely believe homeland security should be the #1 concern for our next president.

I think it should be noted that there are other countries in the world than the US and terrorism on a global scale has gone up since the war. London, Madrid?
Plus, if you take away your limiting variable of "US soil", attacks against Americans has also gone up.

rob_anderson · 01-02-2008, 07:03 PM

No foreigners have ever held Afganistan for long. It always drives out invaders going back thousands of years. Even I thought it would be different this time, but true to form they just keep on fighting. Eventually we (and the other foreign forces) will get tired of it and leave. That seems as how it should be. Let Afgans do what they want in their own country.

rob_anderson · 01-02-2008, 07:05 PM

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The Taliban represents a very significant percentage of the Afghanistan population and is supported by even more people.

And can you provide links, sources, etc...

I have never seen this cited in the national or international news media.

Obviously there must be a reasonably significant base of support or there wouldn't be a support network to sustain them. They would have withered away already without some level of support among the public there.

VoiceofReason · 01-02-2008, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by rob_anderson

Obviously there must be a reasonably significant base of support or there wouldn't be a support network to sustain them. They would have withered away already without some level of support among the public there.

Then why haven't they taken back the country?