CBS: Taliban 'Billy The Kid' Killed

[GRClarkesq]

KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 1, 2004

CBS) CBS News Correspondent Lara Logan has been traveling with U.S. Special Operations soldiers fighting in Afghanistan. Below is her eyewitness account of the death of a top Taliban commander.

Roze Khan. His name means nothing to most Americans who have never heard it mentioned. But thousands of miles away from the United States, in the dry south of Afghanistan, it is a name that resonated across dirty brown mountains and remote, dusty villages, sometimes in fear, sometimes in awe.

And when he was killed by U.S. Special Operations forces last week, it was news that spread like wildfire, across the mountains and arid plains and over the Afghan border into Pakistan where it was surely greeted with dismay among the communities of Taliban members and supporters who continue to base themselves in that country’s semi-autonomous tribal areas.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/01/world/main640130.shtml

[Malva Zebrina]

1. Taliban are the bad guys who attacked the

WTC.:eyes: They are extremist fundamentalists and that is all . We could kill hundreds of them--that does not mean Al Qaida has been defeated or Bin Laden has been smoked out.

[Tempest]

A hydra

Someone else will rise to replace him.

I'm sure this is a loss to the Taliban, but most likely a minor setback.

[DavidMS]

14. Its a start

Unfortunately during the initial invasion the we relied on unreliable locals so sucm like Khan weren't caught the first time.

Unfortunately, I don't see an easy way to pacifsy Afganistan (especialy after reading Imperal Hubris).

[Caution]

2. But i thought afghanistan was a paradise?

Havent they already rooted out all the terra in afghanistan? Isn't it already a shining beacon of democracy? Aren't there women going to school there now?

[UpInArms]

3. and children flying kites

/sarcasm

[obnoxiousdrunk]

4. Last night Chimpy

just said that 10 million registered to vote for the October elections but there are only 9.2 million eligible voters in Afghanisthan . Say What ??

[saigon68]

6. 10 Million Phantom Voters

To elect the current Mayor of Kabul, the Puppet leader of the amerikan colony

[amber dog democrat]

11. Maybe Katherine Harris is helping them

to get registered.

[Mika]

15. Choicepoint is handling the voter lists.

Not kidding.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. Who is this CIA operative anyway?

"But it is gratifying to know that back home in the U.S., thousands of miles and several world away, people remember an important war is still being fought. "

This was a bold little psyops piece! If it was written in Russian, it could have been penned for Pravda.

[thebigidea]

7. why do we never hear of these top aides & masterminds...

... until they're killed or captured?

[lapfog_1]

9. What's the best way to be promoted in Al Queda?

Get killed by the Americans.

[A_Possum]

8. Good

But I hate to tell the Special Forces guys that this:

"But it is gratifying to know that back home in the U.S., thousands of miles and several world away, people remember an important war is still being fought."

is completely false. Nobody here remembers. Nobody cares. It's a toss-off name, Afghanistan. It's what makes my blood boil about Iraq, that we've thrown Afghanistan on the dirt pile cause Bush just had to show up his daddy in Iraq.

[hatrack]

10. Yes, but have they killed the Taliban "Richard Speck"?

And after they kill the Taliban "Ed Too-Tall Jones", can they go back home?

[amber dog democrat]

12. Not until the kill the Taliban " Jabba the Hut "

the Taliban " Machine Gun Kelly{" too.

We have our work cut out for us.

[hatrack]

13. But what about the Taliban "Hector the Accountant"?

After all, he controls the flow of vital Roth IRA Account information so that dedicated terrorists can plan for their financial futures!

And don't even get me started on the Taliban "Marvin the Jacuzzi Salesman"!

[amber dog democrat]

16. Hey, then don't leave out The Taliban Soup Nazi

We need to remain vigillant against the Taliban Cisco Kid and the Taliban Red Rider n' his loyal pal the Taliban Lil' Beaver.

Where on god's earth would the Chimp be with out Osama ?

I think he'd be doomed to just one stolen term.