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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 09:57 AM
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Afghan Taliban spokesman: We will win the war
Source: CNN

(CNN) -- He won't look me in the eye, won't engage in any small talk, and looks more ill at ease than I feel.

The man in front of me is Zabiullah Mujahid -- one of two spokesmen for the Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

(snip)

I've never taken meetings with Taliban officials lightly, but the stakes are getting higher these days. They kidnap reporters and worse, and just before our interview they had announced a new offensive against U.S. and NATO troops.

(snip)

I'd been waiting for him for about 15 minutes. We'd agreed to meet at this safe house on the condition I did not report its location. As we approached I'd seen several men talking on mobile phones on street corners watching us very closely. It's clear the Taliban don't trust us not to have sold him out.



Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/robertson.interview.zabiullah.mujahid/?iref=mpstoryview



Read the whole article. It's extremely interesting.
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-05-09 03:33 PM
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1. Of course they will win. Everyone outside the lunatic rightwingnut fringe
has always known that.

Just as al Qaeda has already won more than they ever could possibly have dreamed of.
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