Karzai warns heavy-handed US troops as riots spread

[NNN0LHI]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/story.jsp?story=638633

President Hamid Karzai insisted the Kabul government will veto US military operations after a week of hugely destructive anti-American rioting left Afghan cities and towns in flames and hospitals overflowing with casualties.

The Afghan leader, installed with Washington's support in 2001 and often derided as an American puppet, seemed to be bowing to a growing mood of popular anger with American military tactics and uneasiness over how long bases will remain on Afghan soil. He promised to correct "mistakes" made by US forces, especially intrusive searches of village homes by American troops in areas where the Taliban insurgency continues.

Searching homes for weapons is a highly contentious issue in the southern and eastern Pushtun tribal areas, especially when soldiers barge into womens' quarters, a deeply insulting act in tribal culture. The military has tried to soothe anger, training female soldiers to search.

Afghans also complain that innocent villagers are frequently arrested and taken to Guantanamo Bay or the interrogation centre north of Kabul at Bagram if they are unlucky enough to be in the vicinity of attacks on US soldiers or if they are the victim of faulty intelligence. Last year, Mr Karzai appealed to the US military to rethink their tactics. But he is now demanding control of military activities. He said: "We will allow or not allow operations to be conducted."

[aquart]

1. Well, that war is going well, too.

[0007]

4. SHIT meet fan -

[xray s]

2. yeah right, Hamid

as if you have anything at all to say about what BushCo does to your country.

[marmar]

3. Exactly...

He better be quiet or his master won't put his food dish out tonight!

[Journeyman]

5. Don't worry. When they get tomorrow's Newsweek with its apology. . .

for running a "bogus" story on desecration of the Q'uran, everything will be okey-dokey peachy fine.

[BiggJawn]

6. Hamid's stupider than I thought.

How long does that yokel think he'll stay amongst the living once his Protectors pull out and go to back-up the tar-baby in Bagdhad?

[still_one]

7. funny how we don't hear anything in this country about Afghanistan

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[barb162]

11. hmmm???? Where are you getting this?

If most Afghans are devout Moslems obeying Sharia, I really doubt this is going on. Whether we are there or not.

[sundancekid]

9. recommended ... let's keep this story kicked for the monday crowd,

especially because of our CSM (corporate slut media) blackout on this story too ... as if the only rational bin Laden focus were of any interest any more ...
:banghead:

[chlamor]

10. Cops of the World

Phil Ochs

We've rammed in your harbor and tied to your port
And our pistols are hungry and our tempers are short
So bring your daughters around to the port
'Cause we're the Cops of the World, boys
We're the Cops of the World

Best get down on your knees
We're hairy and horny and ready to shack
And we don't care if you're yellow or black
Just take off your clothes and lay down on your back
'Cause we're the Cops of the World, boys
We're the Cops of the World
Our boots are needing a shine, boys
Boots are needing a shine
But our Coca-Cola is fine, boys
Coca-Cola is fine
We've got to protect all our citizens fair
So we'll send a battalion for everyone there
And maybe we'll leave in a couple of years
'Cause we're the Cops of the World, boys

We'll spit through the streets of the cities we wreck
And we'll find you a leader that you can't elect


We've got too much money we're looking for toys
And guns will be guns and boys will be boys
But we'll gladly pay for all we destroy
'Cause we're the Cops of the World, boys
We're the Cops of the World

We own half the world, oh say can you see
And the name for our profits is democracy
So, like it or not, you will have to be free
'Cause we're the Cops of the World, boys
We're the Cops of the World

[daleo]

12. Putin is probably having a laugh

I am not implying he is involved, just that he is probably getting a chuckle out of the U.S. being bogged down in Afghanistan, as it begins to turn.

[ngGale]

13. Putin has always said we would get bogged...

down in Afghanistan - he for one should know. I'm sure he's chuckling!

[IndianaGreen]

14. So... the Mayor of Kabul is worried about losing his head

Considering how Karzai has put the women of Afghanistan back under sharia rule, I won't shed a tear when this fraud bites the dust.

As to our troops in Afghanistan, and don't forget the NATO contingent, the sooner they pack their gear and return to their respective countries, the better off they are going to be.

[PennyLane]

15. I'm Still Laughing.........

.......about that Bush-puppet running over here when he found out
Bush completely neglected to budget anything substantial for Afghanistan in 2003! And Bush just HAD to pull most troops out of there to start his fiasco in Iraq. If it all goes to hell in a hand basket will anybody be surprised?:hi: