There have been reports of Pakistani volunteers who went to Afghanistan to support the Taliban, coming back from there very disillusioned with the Taliban. Might be wishful thinking on a Westerner's part but they may find that they have a lot less support in Pakistan than previously. Can't remember where I read this but I usually read Economist, CNN, Salon MSNBC, so it was "mainstream".
-----Original Message----- From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 11:50 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Taliban abandons city of Jalalabad If i were bin laden i would have left afghanistan weeks ago, to concentrate on building up support in Pakistan, rubbing my hands and thinking of those lovely nuclear warheads just waiting for me. He's spoken of having a nuclear capability. I doubt he has at the moment, but that's not to say he won't very soon. will -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 November 2001 16:51 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Taliban abandons city of Jalalabad Yesterday I heard that Pakistan's border was easily crossed and that some 8,000 Taliban fighters had escaped into Pakistan unchallenged ... and the speculation was, how does Pakistan not know that Bin Laden was among those 8,000 men. Then this morning I heard that Pakistan had moved some 30,000 troops to the border to keep Taliban (and Bin Laden) out. Of course, I don't know how comfortable I feel with Pakistan having that large of a troop mass on it's border with Afghanistan at this stage. H. -----Original Message----- From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 7:46 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Taliban abandons city of Jalalabad exactly, mind you, you have to ask whether Bin LAden is still in Afghanistan. I wouldn't be, if I were him I'd be in Pakistan rabble rousing. will -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 November 2001 15:49 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Taliban abandons city of Jalalabad Afghans are allowed to switch sides. But if your from Pakastan or Saudi Arabia and you fought for the Taliban, or supported the Taliban, and you get caught now, you're probably dead. Remember, the Taliban is primarily non-Afghan. H. -----Original Message----- From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 2:04 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Taliban abandons city of Jalalabad many of the fighters have switched sides countless times and will do so again. unfortunately i think its more to do with revenge and blood lust than anything else. -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 November 2001 03:26 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Taliban abandons city of Jalalabad Part of the reason they kill them instead of drive them out; They go and hide in the mountains and will the perform hit and run Guerilla and suicide missions. This is what the Northern Alliance did to the Russians. Finally they left because the loss was becoming greater than the gains. That and you would probably do the same knowing that these people killed your family because you would not support them. The list goes on. While I am not saying it is right. At the same time if I were in the position I would probably do the same. At 02:46 PM 11/14/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Yeah. They need to be very careful as they set up their new government. >And while I understand the desire for revenge, I wish that they didn't >feel the need to kill the taliban soldiers and mutilate their bodies. >Why not drive them out or jail them, depending upon their previous >actions, and let the culprits deal with their own guilty consciences? > >Erin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
