"Taliban vow to step up attacks in Afghanistan; Threat made as US troops to surge" by Heidi Vogt and Noor Khan, Associated Press | April 30, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban vowed yesterday to launch a wave of attacks in a spring offensive as a surge of American troops arrives in Afghanistan, a threat delivered on the same day that 42 militants were reported killed in clashes.
Taliban leaders regularly boast of impending attacks that never materialize - such as proclaiming that hundreds or thousands of suicide bombers were waiting to attack around the country - but the new threat from a top-tier commander could signal a more aggressive stance.
Then why are you headlining the piece with it?
A US military spokesman said the Taliban's warning showed the militants are worried by the rising number of troops....
Pffft! Yeah, they are in their last throes.
Colonel Greg Julian, spokesman for the US military, called Berader's threat a sign that the United States is making the right move by pouring troops into the militants' southern strongholds, where they fund their operations with profits from opium poppies and heroin.
Look, everyone knows it is the western occupiers that are behind the drug business. The Taliban nearly killed opium production in 2001 -- another reason they needed invading.
"This is a demonstration that this is the worst possible thing that could happen in their mind. They don't want to see an increase in troops because they know they will be forced away from their source of income and it could lead to their demise," Julian said.
You know he is really speaking about AmeriKa, right?
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