The Boston Globe War Report
Slow Saturday Special: Third Time a Charm
Btw, whatever happened to that missing soldier?
"Suicide attackers strike Afghan city, sparking gun battles" by Jason Straziuso and Rahim Faiez, Associated Press | July 26, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan - For the second time in a week, Taliban fighters armed with suicide vests and automatic weapons attacked a provincial capital in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, triggering hourslong gun battles that left seven militants dead, officials said.
Also see: Stealthy MSM Censorship From Afghanistan
The latest militant attack occurred less than a month before Afghanistan’s Aug. 20 presidential election. US and NATO forces have stepped up operations in hopes of ensuring enough security for a strong voter turnout.
The assault in Khost began when at least six Taliban fighters carrying AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades stormed the area around the main police station and a nearby government-run bank. All were shot and killed before they could detonate their suicide vests, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
I gotta tell you, readers, I'm not buying a word. Not buying the suicide vest bit, not buying any of it.
It's over. The Muslim-hating, war-promoting, agenda-pushing, enemy-creating, Zionist War Daily is simply not believed by me anymore.
Now, I don't really know what happened, but whatever did, I'm not believing a lie or distortion anymore simply because it is in the jewspaper.
A seventh attacker detonated a car rigged with explosives near a police rapid-reaction force, wounding two policemen, the ministry said. Zemeri Bashary, Interior Ministry spokesman, said all the attackers were killed, but the Defense Ministry later said an eighth attacker may have escaped. The ministry said no government forces were killed, but 14 people were wounded - 11 civilians and three police.
So how many people did we obliterate with air bombs yesterday, stink press?
The attack occurred five days after Taliban militants launched near-simultaneous assaults in Gardez, about 50 miles northwest of Khost, and in the eastern city of Jalalabad. Six Afghan police and intelligence officers and eight militants died in the two attacks. Though the three attacks did not kill large numbers of Afghan or US security forces, they showed the tenuous security situation in Afghanistan’s countryside. Such attacks grab headlines in Afghanistan and raise the question of whether voters can safely go to polls.
And who is in charge of the headlines, 'eh, jewpress of AmeriKa?
The US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, alluded to those concerns, saying yesterday it was “extraordinary’’ to hold an election in the middle of war. He said the vote faces “many complex challenges,’’ including security issues and access to polls for women. Authorities need a respectable turnout for the results to appear credible here and in countries supporting the government.
First of all, what is that stink Zionist globalist doing back there, and why did the MSM keep it so quiet?
Second thing: smells like a rigged election -- if any -- is going to occur.
Third thing: Taliban Want to Talk
Case closed on Dicky the Dogshitter!
Holbrooke said he was “concerned’’ over reports of state media bias.
AmeriKan chutzpah knows no bounds, does it?
Hypocritical Holbrooke!
Karzai’s campaign has denied that the president is using government tools to campaign.
You mean, LIKE OUR GUYS?
Karzai is believed to be the favorite to win the presidency, but he must win more than 50 percent on Aug. 20 to avoid a runoff. Analysts say it is likely Karzai will win unless the almost 40 challengers rally behind a single opposition candidate. Holbrooke and US Ambassador Karl Eikenberry toured the election commission and watched Afghans enter voter registrations into computers.
--more--"You know, I really don't give a flying f*** about bulls*** politics and rigged elections -- which probably explains why my war daily is full of the shit.
Oh, and here is a little goody the Globe censored for the printed page:
"Suicide attackers strike southeastern Afghan city" by Jason Straziuso and Rahim Faiez, Associated Press Writers | July 25, 2009
KABUL -- Holbrooke said the "whole world" will be watching the election.
Responding to a question at a news conference about whether there was enough security in the countryside to hold a vote, Holbrooke said: "Do you want the Afghanistan people to abandon the election in the face of a small band of Taliban?"
Also Saturday, a British soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Helmand province....
Yeah, NO NEED to TROUBLE the elitist, Sunday morning newspaper readers (not me) with a dead British soldier -- especially when they won't even bother with an !
