Burqa’d Taliban Suicide Bombers Hit UN HQ in Afghanistan
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The Taliban launched a midday offensive assault on the United Nations headquarters in western Afghanistan Saturday. According to news reports, a car rigged with explosives crashed into the exterior gate, creating an opening through which four Taliban suicide bombers dressed as women and police officers attacked the main compound. Fortunately there were no casualties among UN staff.
Afghan forces and U.N. security guards at the compound repelled the insurgents. Two attackers, including a car bomber, blew themselves up at the entrance and another detonated his bomb just inside, while a fourth was shot and killed, police, government and U.N. officials said.
It was the highest profile attack on the United Nations since last year and will raise questions about security in a city that NATO officials believe could be among the first to see Afghan forces take responsibility for security from NATO troops.
“This was a complex attack with rockets, machine guns plus suicide bombers. The attack was repelled, they did not succeed,” U.N. envoy to Afghanistan Staffan de Mistura told Reuters. …
At least one of the attackers was dressed in all-encompassing burkas worn by many Afghan women and others were in local Afghan police uniforms.
Despite the presence of 150,000 foreign troops, violence from the Taliban is at its most intense since the war began in 2001.
Insurgents have stepped up attacks beyond their strongholds in the south and east of the country. More than 2,000 foreign troops have been killed since the war began, more than half of those in the past two years. Most were U.S. troops.
In southern Kandahar, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated explosives inside the city, killing one civilian and wounding two others, said Zelmay Ayoubi, a spokesman for the provincial governor.
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rappini
Posted on October 26, 2010 at 9:15amIf we ever leave Afganistan or Pak you all better get some range time because you’re going to need it.
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on October 25, 2010 at 11:31amWe could, if we were brave enough..end this business rather promptly…At least for a few thousand years.
Report Post »Vunks
Posted on October 25, 2010 at 2:04amHow many more lives are we willing to lose in a failed operation. Our goal was to capture Bin Laden, we failed it’s time to come home.
No more dead soldiers fighting for no reason.
Report Post »JohnDoe
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 11:59pmOur great country was founded by and for the citizens of the thirteen colonies. It was designed to insure that a central government was controlled and limited by representatives of those citizens. It was given a limited amount of power, with many checks and balances, to secure the rights and freedoms for its citizens. They were making sure that an American Government would and could not become as Britian had. England enacted laws and taxes on their American subjects, but without allowing the colonies a say in their government. Ignoring the will of the people of America, they bullied and took away what limited rights they had and tried to force them to comply. Sound familiar? Yes, we don’t have to look far across the Atlantic at a despotic leader, we have only to look at the Oval Office in Washington, D. C. and to those whom we had entrusted the liberties of the people and the country. Our representatives, Senate and the House, are there to represent the will of the people. Instead, they have consistently lied to their constituents, both during campaigns and when in office. They have consistently robbed the American people, not only of their money, but also by stealing their liberties, little by little. The incumbent office holders allow themselves to be above the law, they allow themselves to steal by back-room corrupt deals and the like. They ignore the very people who put them in office, they even resort to passing laws, under cover of darkness. They hide laws and corrupt deals in the midst of thousand of pages of laws. This has always been a trick of unethical lawyers. Their mindset is to bog down any opposition by inudating them with mountains of paperwork. Then, they laugh and call the people stupid and ignorant, or worse! No doubt, I could go on and on. Their lack of character, morals and ethics makes them unfit to be employed anywhere, let alone entrusted with the security, freedom, and economic growth of this great country. They have taken your freedom to worship, especially targeting Christianity. They have tried to rewrite the American history, to further their agendas, just like the Moslems continue to do with Israel.
Soon after deciding what sort of Government America was to become, that very question was asked of Benjamin Franklin. In reply Franklin said, “A Republic….if we can keep it”. This is a question that should be upon the lips of all true American patriots. If we can’t or more correctly, if we won’t, then we don’t deserve it. The choice is up to us, the American people, and the answer should be and must be yes we will!
You’re probably asking how do we insure that we will keep this nation a free Republic. Oh, we voted for only those who promised no more taxes, no more spending, etc., etc. Of course they all were proven to be liars again (or should I have said they were just not quite forthcoming or perhaps they were a little disingenuious?). Then we did the “best of the two evils” choice. This was no different than the “Magician’s Choice” trick! We now know that there is no difference between Republicans and the Democrats when it comes to which is telling the truth. Neither has the best interest of America at heart, probably not even in mind! Their goal is simply to acquire power, money, more power and more money while doing and saying anything to remain in office.
So what is the answer? They don’t listen when the people, overwhelmingly, protest and tries to voice their opposition. So the American people need to get their UNDIVIDED attention. How? WE THE PEOPLE, must vote any and all incumbents out of office. It doesn’t matter if they are better than most. If they haven’t been part of the solution, then they are part of the problem. THEY MUST KNOW AND WE MUST LET THEM KNOW THAT GOVERNMENT WILL NO LONGER BE RUN BY ROUGUE LAWYERS AND OPPORTUNISTS, PROGRESSIVES (AKA SOCIALISTS), ETC. THEY ARE NOTHING MORE THAN MODERN-DAY CARPETBAGGERS OR WANNA-BE DICTATORS. THEY MUST BE EDUCATED TO THE FACT THAT THEY WILL BE VOTED OUT AGAIN AND AGAIN, UNTIL THEY LEARN THAT OUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO RUN THEIR OWN VERISON OF CRIME, INC.
AND THOSE THAT ARE ELECTED TO OFFICE, BUT CONTINUE TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT WILL SOON LEARN THEY WILL HAVE ONLY ONE TERM IN OFFICE.
We, the people, need to lobby our newly elected representatives to enact new laws to insure ALL our freedoms, our security, etc. Enact laws that ethical or criminal behavior of representatives will be prosecuted swiftly and severly, with no possibility of any pardon…not by a state Governor nor by a President! Enact laws or amendments to limit a President to one term only, ensuring that any damage to our country will not be as damaging as is obvious with this Government. Further limit the terms of our Representatives, both in the Senate and the House. Imperative to limit the term of all Supreme Court Justices to no more than an eight year term and make an amendment that the justices can no longer re-interpret the Constitution, but uphold the laws as it was written and intended by the original framers.
So, the bottom line is this: unless the American people get the undivided attention of those in government…when you and your family members are homeless and hungry or at the very least jobless…remember, you have only yourselves to blame.
THE ONLY WAY TO INSURE THAT YOUR FUTURE REPRESENTATIVES WILL LISTEN TO ITS CONSTITUENTS IS VOTE OUT ALL INCUMBENTS!!! FROM THAT POINT ON, EACH REPRESENTATIVE MUST KNOW WE WILL VOTE THEM OUT AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL WE HAVE RESPONSIBLE REPRESENTATIVES THAT UNDERSTAND THEY ARE THERE FOR THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 11:17pmHuh, one anti-American terrorist group attacking another anti-American terrorist group. If the Muslim terrorist and the UN managed to kill each other off the world would be a better place.
Report Post »hiramsmaxim
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 9:56pmAdd your comments
Report Post »hiramsmaxim
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 9:56pmThe decision is not Afghanistan it is Pakistan, that is where our current and future problems exist. Pakistan has nukes, and is currently very unstable.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 9:10pmDo you think they could have been Muslim, or JUST terrorists?
Report Post »traderdan
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 8:55pmIt is a war against us therefore the Taliban and ANY person, entity, country or religion that supports and condones their behavior and tactics should be declared the enemy and COMPLETELY ANNIHILATED off the face of the planet. If we are not prepared to do this we will NOT WIN THE WAR. Simple enough?
By the way if we play passive and pull out hoping the problem will go away they will kill and rule over us using gradualism anyway. This is difficult for people to grasp since understandably they want to express tolerance to other cultures and religions but you CANNOT do that with these people!
Report Post »hiramsmaxim
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 9:58pm+1 ditto
Report Post »fathers_thought
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 8:10pmAfghanistan is not Iraq.
Report Post »Society in Afghanistan has not changed since before the time of Alexander the Great’s conquest.
There is no real reason for a presence there as long as we have bases in Iraq.
Pull out of Afghanistan.
Go back in only when they threaten us but go in hard. The only modern technology they have is weapons. Remove their ability to fight by destroying their infrastructure. Turn the whole pace into a series of small, fueding tribal groups AND PULL OUT.
They will then be happy and we will have a decade of peace until we have to do it again.
They will eventually get the idea and this baloney will stop.
BurntHills
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 8:00pmbombers with burgas on? finally, a good reason for PROOF what we always knew is under THOSE sheets.
Report Post »Silat
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 5:43pmWe all know that the musl-hams are cross dressing ****. Kabul is the San Fransisco of the Middle East. Islam is known for man-boy love. It is part of their culture.
Report Post »southernpatriot
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 5:19pmWow—isn’t it amazing—people dressed in muslim garb a danger? If the politicians have their way the same scenarios you are seeing in afghanistan, iraq, and europe will soon be coming to our own backyard. Who will protect us then? Our government? LOCK AND LOAD BABY!!!!!
Report Post »hkyfan36
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 4:44pmReally the UN? Could be time to just unfund NPR and the UN.
Report Post »BRAVEHEART
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 3:44pmSeveral times in this report it was mentioned that the violence has increased over the last two years. Do these terrorist believe that they have nothing to fear from the White House? Is it possible the increase in violence is directly proportional to the lack of political and moral ressolution being displayed by the current administration?
Report Post »USAVET
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 3:00pmAnd these are the same non-violent people who we as Americans are to be tolerant of, because they will never come to the United Staes and do this to us. Wake up America, the muslim religion defines death very well to all of us infedels.
Report Post »alcarfl
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 2:59pmNuke ‘em. Let the world get its poppies somewhere else.
Report Post »Jimmers46
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 2:24pmAL Queda and the Taliban ,as much as I detest them, have the balls to kill people. Obama and the liberals do not! The result is we can not win against them in their own countries. We can a d should throw the bastards out of America and stop kissing up the Muslims. Read what Thomas Jefferson had to say about them in 1805!
Report Post »People who don’t believe in God will fall for anything else!
StuckInTheDesert
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 3:48pmI agree, so let’s stop throwing trillions of dollars down a rat hole and bring our troops home and put them on a border we can and should defend.
Report Post »skiyryder77
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 8:07pmSentence should read “murder”. These guys are cowards. Working with the ANA and ANP several years ago and it was always easy to tell who the Taliban and Al Quida guys were. They were the ones running away from us to our front. The guys running behind us were the ANA and ANP. It doesn’t take balls to do what they do, only a lack of respect for life.
Report Post »The_Truth
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 2:01pmAfghanistan, the quietest war ever. Where is Code Pink protesting? Where are the anti war protesters? Where is the intense media coverage? The moronic Rules of Engagement and strategic operations of this war indicate that this is about reducing the morale of the military. Being a former Marine I feel for these guys and girls in uniform who can’t even protect themselves from fire without PID [positive ID] while mortar rounds rain down. They cannot fire into schools or mosques where the Taliban set up intentionally knowing our military cannot fire back. We cannot go into Pakistan to follow the Taliban or Al Quaeda yet we continue to give funds to Pakistan. IE extortion. When we withdraw from Afghanistan, watch out for Pakistan going into India and stirring the pot there.
Our administration has zero intention of succeeding, they never did.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 2:24pmWarriors need the ways cleared to do what they’ve been sent to do. Politicians need to shut up and sit down, the warriors will let you know when it’s over. If politicians want to get into the war, suit up, grab a weapon and get on the plane.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 10:37pmI agree if they would unleash the military alot more of our men and women would make it home.
Report Post »Contrarianthinker
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 1:53pmIMO, Ron Paul had the Constitution way. Issue letters of marque which sets up private enterpirse teams to get every terrorist where they live or run. That way the military rules of engagement are nullified. It were the ships that were given letters of marque that attacked British supply ships gaining much wepons and ammunition to help the Patriots. They keept any private bounty for themselves.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 1:48pmIt is very fortunate that the IQ level of the suicide bombers continues to fall. Perhaps someday they will be reduced to slackers who are too lazy to get out of bed and make it to the target on time.
Report Post »NOV2HURRY
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 1:37pmThe Burqa should be regarded as another terrorist weapon. That is why France is looking to ban it. And I don’t give a s**t if you think this is politcally correct. We are at war and its time to take off the kid gloves.
Report Post »DJH
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 1:36pmAnd we wonder why Juan Williams has a visceral reaction to Muslims on a plane? And is fired because he voiced it! We wonder why Bill O’Reilly says Muslims attacked us on 9/11 and the Ladies(?) of the View walked out? Whoopi justifies her remarks by saying it was like saying “all Blacks like fried chicken.” But Bill didn’t say “all Muslims attacked us.” What a weak excuse on Whoopi’s part to justify bad behavior. And then we have news story after news story like this that show just how right Bill O’Reilly is and just how right Juan’s feeling are.
Report Post »TumbleBumble
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 4:12pmThat was my first thought. Anyone who said we shouldn’t worry about the muslims who wear the traditional garb is being very short-sighted. The most dangerous leopard would be the one who could change his spots.
Report Post »chai
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 9:36pmWonder if NPR will report on the burqua-clad murderers???
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 1:36pmHence the outlawing of burkas. The enemy combatants have no honor, they hide behind women and children. If they were not cowards they would identify themselves as combatants by wearing some sort of uniform so they could be known apart from civilians. Suicide bombers attacking civilians are honored by these scum, I hope we get these guys settled down into thier little spider holes before they hurt too many more innocents.
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 1:44pmShow me the spider holes and I’ll bring the bug spray. These bombers have no honor and no ideals other than ones of death and murder. Living to protect and save life is honorable, not murder and suicidal terror.
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Report Post »whitaker
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 10:14pmYour thinking like a westerner. In the middle east religion is more important then your life and anyone that is not of your religion either converts or dies,in any way possible. Even if it means you die in the process.
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 1:32pmSolution for Afghanistan is simple – Get us out of there Now!!!
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snowleopard3200
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 1:37pmWith the case of Bin Laden done gone stupid, we should definitly have gone after him and the idiots who dared to sponsor and protect him, after that then pull out completely.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 1:38pmSnow, do you think we should ignore the taliban and let them gather strength so they can kill us again?
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 1:42pm@Untamable Kate
No, what I should be clear on is that with the Taliban and Al Quada we should have gone in and utterly annhilated them first, foremost and absolute, and then gotten out.
Report Post »Contrarianthinker
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 1:49pmSnow, 100% agreed. Think folks. What would you do if you’re country had been invaded and now setting up a govt according to Western standards. This is an Islamic Republic. Never has been and never will be a Democratic Constitutional Republic. That is NOT in the Koran.
Report Post »whitaker
Posted on October 24, 2010 at 10:05pmVote Ron Paul 2012 and we will be out of there.
Report Post »QuietRiot
Posted on October 25, 2010 at 1:29amsnowleopard3200,
If we leave and our allies do as well …..
1. We strengthen the Taliban and Al Queda resolve that they have not only beat the USA, but also the NATO Alliance. ( Not a wise move)
2. War does have its collateral damage sadly but a sweeping year of ground pounding and bombing will upset the Afghanistan govt sure but what other choices do we have against these guerilla tactics.
3.We all want it over but until some one brings the pain and the rain we will be here for another 10 yrs.
4.This ties into Leadership that is unwavering in the policy that these factions need to be removed, not negotiated with but eliminated.
5.Like animals if you run, you only entice the animals to chase you ….
Get a clue ….
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on October 25, 2010 at 5:02amGuys, I don’t know why this is so hard to understand. We the People are being misinformed by the Obama admin and his state-controlled media. Afghanistan is NOT the problem. The problem is Pakistan. The fight is for Pakistan, and the Taliban-al-Qaeda are winning it. They are after the nukes, and they will use them against us and Israel.
Since Obama took power, the situation in Pakistan has deteriorated. Obama doesn’t want America to know this, but it is true. Now we’re in deep poop. D*mned if we leave, and d*mned if we don’t. Believe me, Obama has no intention of winning this war. Our troops are already in the initial stages of “transitioning” power to the locals — but it won‘t work because there’s a power vacuum in the region. Meanwhile, our brave troops are serving as fodder to keep those demented ragheads distracted. I am not crazy about McCain, but we needed someone like him to do this. What was America thinking when they voted for this hopey-changey bozo.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on October 25, 2010 at 10:49pmkriptonite is right!
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