FROM IAN COBAIN IN THE SEIGE OF KONDUZ
(...) There was growing evidence that some foreign Taleban have already slipped the net, with increasing numbers of refugees claiming that Pakistani transport planes have been landing at the city’s airfield, bringing American dollars for the trapped Taleban commanders and evacuating young Pakistani and Punjabi fighters. It was unclear why the United States, which controls the airspace over Afghanistan, would have permitted such flights. There is also suspicion at General Dawood’s headquarters that General Dostum, an ethnic Uzbek, will have quietly extricated many of the fundamentalist fighters from Uzbekistan, the former Soviet republic, to the north. (...)
Where's the problem? There are still 220,000 people in Konduz. Don't see any lack of targets there for the US Atari warriors. The tanks and guns will survive the bloodshed and they're what the warlords are after. A solid arsenal will be a powerful bargaining chip in Bonn, we are told (BBC World news). But if "Kill 'em all" Rumsfeld _isn't_ kicking glass right now, _then_ I'd be suspicious - unless, of course, he's having those Talibs flown in to personally dispatch them to the land of the doe-eyed houris.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1672000/1672948.st m Palestinian killed after boys' funerals (...) Israeli Defence Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer expressed sorrow at the deaths and said officials were investigating the cause of the explosion. Earlier, Israeli security officials said a booby-trap intended for Palestinian snipers might have gone off. Israeli Transport Minister Ephraim Sneh said the army had to give an explanation. The deaths of the teenager and the schoolboys - brothers and cousins from the same family - threaten to undermine next week's United States peace mission, correspondents say. (...)
Oy vey, first they clamp down on Shin Beth, and now they're investigating collateral damage! You don't investigate collateral damage, you klutzes. You say: "No country on earth puts as much effort as we do to avoid harming civilians", in a hurt tone, and pass to the next question.
Hakki