U.S. says Taleban still a threat

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http://www.myafghan.com/news2.asp?id=1522404849

<snip>But critics wonder whether the Bush administration has simply become too distracted by dealing with the parallel crisis in Iraq.

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[madrchsod]

1. the taleban

those are the same guys that bush tried to get the pipeline deal with but they weren`t interested. the same country that no one has conquered in history? oh well we never learn.

[Paschall]

4. Actually, it's the Afghanis who are unconquered since Alexander the Great

The Taliban are mostly foreigners, Arabs, who infiltrated and took over Afghanistan with the help of our good friends in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

[Spazito]

2. Seeing as they control most of Afghanistan again

"still a threat" is a major understatement.

[gardenista]

3. No, no, no! They're "on the run", my pResident said so! nt

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