Cheers, Ken Hanly
----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Burford <cburford at gn.apc.org> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>; <pen-l at galaxy.csuchico.edu> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 6:46 PM Subject: Re: And now the attacks on Kabul
> At 11/09/01 18:40 -0400, you wrote:
> >According to Bush, this isn't the handiwork of the US.
> >
> >-- Luke
>
> The Guardian has this interesting report
>
> >US 'not attacking Afghanistan'
> >
> >Special report: terrorism in the US
> >
> >Staff and agencies Wednesday September 12, 2001
> >
> >A US official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said in Washington
> >that the United States is not attacking Afghanistan as of 6pm (22.00 GMT)
> >Tuesday.
> >
> >He said the fighting in Kabul appears to be rocket attacks by Afghan
> >rebels opposing the ruling Taliban in response to the attack on a rebel
> >general over the weekend.
>
>
> Why anonymous? Perhaps it is true that they are restraining themselves at
> the moment. Perhaps they are embarrassed that the Afghan opposition is
> confusing the picture. Most likely they are indeed planning as spectacular
> a counter-strike as they can, and trying to control the media with a web
of
> secrecy. Interesting isn't it that there has been no confirmation of the
> report from Germany that the plane that crashed near Camp David, was shot
down.
>
> Meantime Blair and the other Europeans are striving to set an
international
> agenda in which it is the "World against Terrorism". Blair will be good
at
> emphasising the unity of the west, but the British foreign office, like
the
> other European governments, will above all be thinking at this moment how
> to limit and manage the US and take advantage of the punishment it has
> received for its arrogant isolationism.
>
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> Chris Burford
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> London
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