warrior societies

Chris Beggy news at kippona.com
Wed Sep 26 08:17:26 PDT 2001



>From ABC news:

"Almost immediately after the 1979 Soviet invasion, the Afghan population, bearing all sorts of weapons, began a relentless guerrilla campaign, attacking and sabotaging the superior force's personnel, installations and vehicles, gradually bleeding a mostly improperly trained and motivated Soviet force.

"You're talking about a warrior society," says Gray. "In the same way the Irish like to drink and engage in bare-knuckle fistfights, fighting is what Afghans do.""

The rest is here:

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/abc/20010923/ts/wtc_forces_010921_1.html

Some background on Colin Gray:

http://www.nipp.org/Professionals/Gray.htm

Chris



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