Next step, TEN-HUT, ABOUT-FACE, HARCH!
"Italy denies paying Taliban to keep peace in Afghan area; Newspaper says Rome failed to inform allies" by Alessandra Rizzo, Associated Press | October 16, 2009
ROME - Italy and NATO yesterday denied a newspaper report that Italian intelligence secretly paid the Taliban thousands of dollars to keep the peace in an Afghan area under Italian control....
Related: Taliban I Told You So
In Kabul, a US spokesman for NATO forces in Afghanistan denied the allegations. “We don’t do bribes,’’ Colonel Wayne Shanks said. “We don’t pay the insurgents.’’
Yeah, UNLESS they decide to fight "Al-CIA-Duh" in IRAQ!!!!
It is a KNEE-JERK type of thing, this lying, isn't it?
“The article has unnamed sources, innuendo, and hyperbole,’’ Shanks said. “We see no evidence of any of the accusations.’’
He must be reading a Zionist AmeriKan *(rhymes with ay)eswpaper!!!!
The Times reported that Italy had paid “tens of thousands of dollars’’ to Taliban commanders and warlords in the Surobi district, east of the capital, Kabul. The newspaper cited Western military officials, including high-ranking officers at NATO, speaking on condition of anonymity.
U.S. pays warlords, just not "Taliban," right?
See: Slow Saturday Special: AmeriKa's Mass Grave in Afghanistan
Also related: Italy Intimidated Out Afghanistan
It accused Rome of failing to inform its allies about the payments and of misleading the French, who took over the Surobi district in mid-2008, thinking the area was quiet and safe. Shortly afterward, French troops were hit with an ambush that killed 10 soldiers and had significant political repercussions back in Paris.
Related: Fogging Up Friendly Fire in Afghanistan
Friendly Fire Killed French in Afghanistan
French Defense Ministry spokesman Christophe Prazuck said he had “no information to confirm what has been written in the Times’’ and stressed that allied troops in Afghanistan share information and have mutual trust.
Governments lie.
The Aug. 18, 2008, ambush of the French in a mountain pass was the biggest combat loss for international forces in Afghanistan in more than three years. The attack, which also injured 21 people, shocked the French public and French officials came under heavy pressure to explain how the troops got caught in such a well-planned and unusually bloody ambush....
Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s statement noted that the Italian contingent was praised at the time by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. It quoted the former US commander in Afghanistan, General David McKiernan, as saying the Italians had achieved results in the area, especially in the construction of wells, bridges, schools, and through aid to the agriculture.The statement also noted that in the first half of last year, the Italian contingent had several attacks, and one soldier was killed in Surobi in February 2008. The statement also denied the US ambassador to Italy made a formal complaint in June 2008 over alleged payments to the Taliban, as the Times reported.
Who really gives a fuck what lying governments and their MSM mouthpieces have to say?
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Btw, WHAT ABOUT the WAR, MSM?
I'm sure you will recognize the pattern, readers.
My PRINT EDITION:
"Britain's Brown pledges more Afghanistan troops" by Gregory Katz, Associated Press Writer | October 14, 2009
LONDON --British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged Wednesday to send more troops to Afghanistan but only if NATO and the Afghan government do more to help fight the Taliban.
Brown said his government would increase British troop levels to 9,500....
Military experts said Brown wants to show British support for the war as the U.S. debates an increase in its Afghan troop levels and he is unlikely to call off the deployment.
Yeah, EVEN THOSE HIS PEOPLE WANT the HELL OUT! What a FAT TURD!!!
Brown did not specify what contributions he is seeking from NATO nations, or exactly what the Afghans must do to get the extra forces, an indication that the conditions are largely designed to put political pressure on Karzai and NATO, they said.
So that is what the CALL WAS ABOUT, huh?
The increase in British troops is small and may be of mostly symbolic importance, but it will likely be welcomed by President Barack Obama....
The PEACE PRIZE WINNER?
Puke!
Brown has said he is responding to requests from senior military advisers. Langton said, however, that Brown will have to make sure the troops are properly equipped and trained, as promised, or face tremendous public anger at home.
SO WHAT? Public anger seems to amount to SQUAT these days!
The PUBLIC WANTS OUT and HE SENDS MORE TROOPS!!!
Yeah, OUR LEADERS are REALLY AFFECTED by PUBLIC ANGER, you PoS!!
The government has already been criticized for not providing enough body armor and heavy vehicles.
Oh, LIKE IN AMERICA, huh?
Yeah, SUPPORT the TROOPS -- send 'em into a WAR BASED ON LIES with BAD BODY ARMOR!!!!
And ANTIWAR is UNPATRIOTIC?!!!!
Brown has faced conflicting pressures at home as public opinion polls show drooping support for the war and former commanders say more troops are needed fast to avoid defeat at the hand of Taliban insurgents.
And LOOK WHO WINS OUT EVERY DAMN TIME!
Brown appeared to dismiss an argument put forward by some in the U.S. administration that Western forces should avoid raising troops levels and limit their goals to eliminating al-Qaida through precise strikes by aerial drones and special forces.
".... if we limit ourselves simply to targeting al-Qaida, without building the capacity of Afghanistan and Pakistan to deal with terrorism and violent extremism, the security gains will not endure, " he said.
Brown also said Britain will also send $16 million in aid to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
You HAVE THAT MUCH LOOT to PASS AROUND, British citizen?
He said the fight against the al-Qaida terrorist network cannot be confined to Afghanistan while the government of Pakistan is under threat....
Translation: GORDY is a BIG PROMOTER of the GLOBALIST OCCUPATION of the PLANET!
WEB VERSION:
"Britain offers to expand force in Afghanistan; Brown plans to send 500 more troops" by John F. Burns and Peter Baker, New York Times | October 15, 2009
You know what? WHO CARES?!!
WHO CARES what PROPAGANDA the NEW YORK TIMES is PUSHING TODAY!!
Temptation: --Britain offers to expand force in Afghanistan--"
