"We Didn't Really MEAN We'd Hurt, Maim and Kill Voters"
My two favourite quotes from folks alleging to be Taliban commanders, speaking to the Globe & Mail about how they essentially "won" the election in
"He said his fighters never intended to follow through on threats outlined in “night letters” – leaflets warning death and dismemberment to would-be voters."
Uh, I guess that memo didn't make it to all the branch offices, right?
“We are not targeting Afghan civilians. We are targeting foreign fighters.”
Lots of “foreign fighters” hit in Kandahar last week, then? Oh, wait, the Taliban didn't do it.....
A bit more here.
posted by milnews.ca at 8:09 a.m.
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The way the Globeites treated this story just adds weight to Babbler's post, "Real propaganda". It's their top front page headline and goes as follows:
'Taliban claim victory over vote
Fraud allegations and a poor turnout are undermining Western claims of fair Afghan elections. The insurgents say their threats of violence kept people home – and drained the process of credibility
It may take weeks to determine the ultimate winner of Afghanistan's presidential election, but one camp has already staked an increasingly credible claim to victory: the Taliban.
Taliban fighters say they successfully sabotaged the vote without sending in a single suicide bomber. The mere threat of violence suppressed turnout enough to cast doubt on the credibility of the vote, which is being increasingly undermined by allegations of fraud.
“It's like the election didn't happen at all,” said one senior Taliban commander...'
Now ain't that just peachy keen, eh?
And why isn't this paragraph from the middle of the story right after the Taliban claims at the start?
"At least 30 people died on election day, including two people who were hanged from a tree near the Arghandab River. At least two others had their right index fingers cut off after they voted. Dozens of rockets fell on Kandahar and Helmand province."
My view: "Globe and Mail touts warm and fuzzy Taliban victory".
Mark
Ottawa
Also, as far as I can see the Globeites have not yet covered this about NATO airstrikes now killing far fewer Afghan civilians.
Doesn't fit their stinkin' agenda, I guess. But they did carry this :
'Helicopter opens fire on Afghan medical clinic
U.S. and Afghan forces attack site in eastern Afghanistan after wounded Taliban commander seeks treatment'
Now that suits the party line. And note that the headlines give no indication that no/no civilians appear to have been hurt. No wonder our public opinion is what it is.
Mark
Ottawa
Hey, if it's any comfort, I haven't seen too much MSM coverage of this one anywhere, either:
"Taliban Shoot at Medical Evacuation Helicopter"
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