Taliban deploy 10,000 fighters for attack: commander

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SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The Taliban have deployed 10,000 fighters for a spring offensive of "bloody attacks" against foreign troops in Afghanistan, a rebel commander said on Friday.

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Mullah Abdul Rahim, the Taliban's operational commander for southern Helmand province -- the opium center of the world's major producer -- said militants would step up attacks in spring.

"As the weather becomes warm and leaves turn green, we will unleash bloody attacks on the U.S.-led foreign troops," Rahim told Reuters by satellite phone from a secret location.

"Our war preparations, especially in southern Afghanistan and in Helmand province, are complete and for this our 10,000 fighters are ready to take up arms the moment they are ordered."

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and chuckel nuts is concerned about Iraq???

[Beelzebud]

1. Mission Accomplished... Or something...

[BootinUp]

2. and theres a lot more where they came from....

things are going swell in the WOT.

[sakabatou]

3. It's like gumdrops and rainbows!

:sarcasm:

[msongs]

4. all made possible by the government of Pakistan...our.....friend ha ha nt