TALIBAN PROPAGANDA WATCH (RC South) – 262330UTC Nov 09
NOTE: This material is from web pages and forums carrying statements attributed to the Taliban, Taliban spokespersons or supporters of the Taliban, or analysis thereof. Posting of this material neither confirms nor endorses any of its content – it is shared for information only. When material translated into English is not available, Google Translate is used to translate the original – this is only a machine translation, NOT an official one.
Landmine blast bows British tank apart in Qilla Mossa (Musa Qala) (Original in Arabic) – Google English translation – Official English
(Official English) HELMOND, Nov. 26 – A British military tank got blown off as result of a landmine explosion in a reginal area of Matkanzo in Qilla Mossa district of Helmand on November 26. According to the locals of the area, the enemy’s tank was moving out of its post as an explosion occurred, killing all the British soldiers inside.
“Raid on the status of apostates in Zabul province” (YouTube)
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TALIBAN PROPAGANDA WATCH: Negotiations? No. Loya Jirga? Maybe, IF…
Some interesting material to be gleaned from a brief Q&A between Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and former Taliban representative to the U.N. Abdul Hakim Mujahid.
The biggest key message from the interview: can’t even consider a Loya Jirga of all the players before you remove some of the bad guys off the black list maintained by the United Nations Security Council’s Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee:
The first important thing is to lift the sanctions on the leaders of the armed opposition. They are blacklisted and multimillion-dollar rewards are offered for some leaders of the opposition. They have not been recognized as a legitimate part of the political process. But no such step has been taken place so far. So it is not logical to invite a person who has a bounty of millions of dollars [on him for his capture and] ask him to give up his sanctuary and attend this Loya Jirga. He might get captured the next day and end up in Guantanamo Bay [prison]. Who will guarantee their safety?
Most recently, the official line from the Taliban Info-machine has been “no negoptiation until foreign troops are outta here.” What interesting in this latest RFE/RL interview is that, if the quote is word-for-word correct, there appears to be a lower standard for participating in a Loya Jirga…
Nobody would believe such talk unless foreign troops in Afghanistan act honestly, announce clear and transparent plans for addressing the issue, and announce there is clear platform about the presence of foreign troops.
This atmosphere will only go away when the foreign forces — the UN, the United States, and the United Kingdom — get rid of contradictions in their policies. Their policies are now riddled with contradictions. Sometimes they say we [will] not negotiate with the hard-liners fighting against us but have no problems talking to the moderates.
Also, as another pre-condition for Loya Jirga participation, the interviewee wants to involve NATO more, at least in agreeing on an approach with the Afghan government:
First of all, the government of Afghanistan should come to an agreement with the foreign troops based in Afghanistan in forming a unified strategy.
Interesting how the Taliban’s big bosses and central paint in black and white, while the peripheral flacks at least SEEM to be able to paint in a few shades of grey.
TALIBAN PROPAGANDA WATCH: More Child Soldiers, Lies about Canadian Casualties
Just spotted this on the Taliban’s web page (links to Arabic, official English, Google translation of Arabic and PDF of all three at non-terrorist site):
(Official English) 14 year old boy kills U.S Marine with scythe
Wednesday, 25 November 2009 05:06 BY Zabihullah Mujahid
NANGRAHAR, Nov. 24 – A fourteen-year old boy, Qari Muhammad Zarif, killed an American soldier with a scythe on Nov. 24, hereabout Mumlah area of the Kugyano district. As a matter of fact, it is not the first time that a boy of this age has carried out such an act of bravery out of true Islamic feelings, nearly 4 years ago a boy of ten, Shaheed Abdul Karim, had killed a Canadian marine with an ax in Bakhto area of the Shawlikoot district in Nangrahar (sic.) Furthermore, last year, a boy of the same age, Abdullah, threw petrol at a U.S. marine who was burned to death.(Google English from Arabic) Old boy, fourteen-year-old killed an American soldier
Zabihollah / Mujahid
Reported by Hafiz / Mohammad Zarif, who from fourteen-year-old on Tuesday afternoon (2009-11-24) killing a U.S. soldier in the “boring” state Department Koggiono Nangarhar, when beaten by machete. Says people of the region: the boy after the attack, managed to escape from the scene. It should be mentioned that this is not the first time that the boys of this country to kill soldiers, the occupiers as a result Ahsasathm Afghan Islamic and then, he had four years old boy of ten years (martyr / Abdel Karim) strike the neck of a Canadian officer by an ax, and murdered the people in the region, “Baxto “Shah Wali Kot Department of Kandahar province. He also last year, another boy named Abdullah Meond in the province of Kandahar province, also sprayed oil on the U.S. troops and passion for the fire and burnt the American soldier died on the spot.
A couple of points for the Taliban Info-Machine.
Your official English version says the “Canadian marine” was attacked in Nagarhar province. Nope, it was Kandahar, as you can see from your Arabic version.
Your child soldier did NOT kill Trevor Greene – he and his family have had to work hard, but he’s come a LOOOOONG way since the axe attack in 2006 – more on that from the Globe & Mail here and here:
His voice is raspy, the words come slowly. Trevor Greene says it is because he no longer has the reflex to breathe before he speaks, so he has to remind himself constantly to take in air while he talks.
Yet that he speaks at all, let alone in front of large crowds, as he did in Toronto this week, defies the grim prognosis that doctors described to his fiancée, Debbie Lepore, when he was in a coma after suffering a horrific brain injury almost four years ago. One physician told her to put him in a long-term-care home. She told herself, “They didn’t know Trevor.” She was right.
The 44-year-old harnessed his willpower to the latest neuroscience, to build new pathways to get signals from his brain to his muscles so he could move and talk again.
He can talk, type, sit up and stand. He vows he is going to walk down the aisle at his July 24 wedding. Ms. Lepore said she doesn’t expect that dramatic an entrance. “I’ll be happy if he takes one step.”
Well done, Trevor Greene!
Liberal Party Using Detainee Fracas to Raise $?
Sure looks like it, according to this Liberal Party of Canada e-mail list mailout – highlights mine:
Friend–
Canada’s reputation as a human rights champion is on the line. Let’s stop Stephen Harper before he makes Canada a place we can’t recognize.
The Afghan detainee scandal has the government’s spin machine on overdrive. First the Conservatives called Richard Colvin, the courageous public servant who testified about prisoner abuse at a parliamentary committee last week, a Taliban “dupe.” Now, we’ve learned that Mr. Colvin copied the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs on his warnings, suggesting that those at the highest levels of government were aware of the situation.
It’s textbook US Republican-style attack politics, except this time it’s undermining Canada’s mission to bring democracy and respect for the rule of law to Afghanistan. We owe it to our troops, our diplomats, and to Canada’s international reputation to find the truth about what happened. In times like these, no one can afford to sit on the political sidelines.
Thank you,
Rocco Rossi
National Director, Liberal Party of CanadaPS. Your donation right now is timely for tax reasons, too. Political donations entitle you to a tax credit of up to 75 per cent. That means that the after-tax net cost of your $100 donation will be as little as $25. So please make a donation now and help the Liberal Party uncover the truth.
(PDF of original e-mail in English & French here).
Does this mean if we don’t send money, you can’t/won’t bother to hunt down the truth?
I’m still mulling the detainee fracas information, but to me, this sort of thing certainly makes the Liberal Party look like a pretty mercenary opportunist organization.
TALIBAN PROPAGANDA WATCH (RC South) – 250345UTC Nov 09
NOTE: This material is from web pages and forums carrying statements attributed to the Taliban, Taliban spokespersons or supporters of the Taliban, or analysis thereof. Posting of this material neither confirms nor endorses any of its content – it is shared for information only. When material translated into English is not available, Google Translate is used to translate the original – this is only a machine translation, NOT an official one.
Canadian Army base struck by 8 missiles in Zarai (Official English) – Arabic version – PDF (English & Arabic) at non-terrorist site
Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:29 By Qari Yusuf Ahmdi
KANDAHAR, Nov. 23 – The Canadian Army base came under missile attack near the center of the Zaria district in Kandahar. Reportedly, the base was hit with eight missiles fired by the Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate causing the facility to catch fire, where as the exact death and the injury toll have not been confirmed yet.
Collision of a tank of the occupation forces improvised explosive device in the Arghandab (Original in Arabic) – Google English translation
Continental / Yousuf Ahmadi
Collided with the tank to the Crusader occupation forces at sunset on Monday (2009-11-23) improvised explosive device near the area “Zondo Hderh” Province Arghandab, in Kandahar. News adds a powerful bomb blast occurred while the tank was on its way from the point of security to the other hit the improvised explosive device. The scattered intensity of the explosion of the tank, and still remain their parts in the courtyard of the explosion date. Recalls that the car was destroyed by a Ranger of the internal troops in the same area in a similar explosion, killing all on board, including their leader.
Mujahideen inflicted heavy losses to the enemy in Gereshk (Original in Arabic) – Google English translation
Continental / Yousuf Ahmadi
Occupier and the enemy suffered heavy losses the client throughout the day due attacks Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of them in some areas of Gereshk in Helmand province. At approximately eight o’clock this morning (2009-11-24) In one hour of the afternoon, destroyed two military tanks of the occupying forces when the enemy’s military convoy was heading from the Directorate of Sngen (Sangin) to the center of the Directorate of Gereshk where improvised explosive devices detonated them in the “Hyderabad “Department Gereshk. As a result of both Aldbaptin blasts destroyed the enemy completely and killing all the occupants of the occupiers. Astuget as a military convoy of puppet army in about the ninth hour of the morning ambush Mujahideen in the “Commercial SE River” Department Gereshk when they were traveling from Hkurjah (Lashkar Gah) Center and Helmand to Kandahar province. Says that the local mujahideen result of this armed attack killed nine soldiers, agents and their bodies were left to age in place of the attack. Adds the report, that the Mujahideen looted two cars of the type of enemy, Ranger, at the end of the attack, Mujahid and wounded one too.
Attack on the status of British forces in the Directorate of Baba Ji (Original in Arabic) – Google English translation
Continental / Yousuf Ahmadi
At three o’clock in the afternoon (2009-11-23) launched Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate (7) rounds Hawan on a local British forces in the Directorate of Hkurjah in Helmand. According to the report, there were heavy losses to the enemy in the attack which is made by heavy weapons, but we have not been accurate information about losses. It should be noted that, in severe clashes between the militants and British forces, but did not have accurate information about the losses.
Remote-control bomb kills 8 policemen in Tarinkoot Bazaar (Official English) – Arabic version
Tuesday, 24 November 2009 17:40 By Qari Yusuf Ahmadi
URUZGAN, Nov. 24 – A police ranger vehicle got blown apart in a remote-control bomb detonated by the Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate adjacent to the center of Tarinkoot city in Uruzgan, in the morning of November 24. The vehicle was horribly wrecked, leaving 8 policemen dead including 2 police officers. A detective police was reported to be among the dead.
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TALIBAN PROPAGANDA WATCH (RC South) – 240045UTC Nov 09
NOTE: This material is from web pages and forums carrying statements attributed to the Taliban, Taliban spokespersons or supporters of the Taliban, or analysis thereof. Posting of this material neither confirms nor endorses any of its content – it is shared for information only. When material translated into English is not available, Google Translate is used to translate the original – this is only a machine translation, NOT an official one.
Explosions in the Bnjuaii (Panjwai) expected the dead and wounded among the enemy (Original in Arabic) – Google English translation
Continental / Yousuf Ahmadi
We received the news of Kandahar province that the enemy losses in killed and wounded in life the result of three separate explosions in the Directorate of Bnjuaii. The first blast occurred at six in the morning on a foot patrol of the puppet army in the road stretches between the two “Nihal” and “ambassadors”. According to the paper: After the explosion, an explosion took place while the second provided the occupation forces and the internal foot to search in the region. Killed in the blasts (6) Afghan soldiers and (3) the occupiers, were also injured a number of other surgeries severe. In another independent news at ten in the morning blew up a tank for the occupiers to an improvised explosive device planted near the mountain “Khyeeri” the directorate in question, resulting in the destruction of the enemy tank and killed all those who were there.
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