[lbo-talk] NATO first batch of peacekeepers to Western Afghanistan

Autoplectic autoplectic at gmail.com
Thu Mar 10 16:14:56 PST 2005


On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:16:40 +0500, uvj at vsnl.com <uvj at vsnl.com> wrote:
> HindustanTimes.com
>
> Wednesday, March 2, 2005
>
> NATO sends first batch of peacekeepers to Afghanistan
>
> Agence France-Presse
>
> Kabul, March 2
>
> NATO on Wednesday began a long-awaited expansion of its peacekeeping forces into western Afghanistan on Wednesday as part of efforts to rebuild the remote and rugged region, the commander of the force said.
>
> An initial deployment of Italian troops had started to arrive in the main western city of Herat, where they will later be joined by soldiers from Spain, Greece and Lithuania.

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The Italians have been there since October. My [former] college roomie is training them. Oh and the Army ain't gonna do doodoo about the heroin shipments; the Afghan farmers are running a classic scam on US AID and the Pentagon.

Ian



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