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Each U.S. diplomat in Kabul is limited to no more than one bottle of hard liquor, three bottles of wine and two cases of beer per day.
This stunning information is contained in the report of the State Departments Inspector General dated February 10, 2010 (report #ISP-I-10-32A). The findings were so controversial that the Inspector General felt compelled to conduct a follow-up inspection last year. In his updated report in June 2011, he vaguely found that some additional restrictions had been added, but he refused to list them, apparently because the alcohol limits per diplomat remain outrageously high. As our inquiry revealed, this is only the tip of the iceberg....
1. Taliban launch raids on Kabul and other Afghan targets BBC News - 3 hours ago The Taliban carry out co-ordinated attacks on embassies, parliament ... news agency reported that the newly built Kabul Star hotel was on fire.
1. Afghanistan attackers take over hotel, police say CNN International - 2 hours ago
2. Taliban hits Afghan capital, other cities in rare coordinated attack Washington Post - 30 minutes ago
# BREAKING NEWS - KABUL HOTEL UNDER TALIBAN GUNMEN ...
Talibans Zabihullah Mujahiddd told Reuters that the attacks had been planned for months.
Witnesses said suicide bombers had taken over the newly-built Kabul Star hotel, which was reportedly on fire in an area which includes a major U.S. military base, the United Nations office and the presidential palace.
Several other attackers tried to enter the Afghan parliament but were engaged by security forces and driven back, an official said.
They had taken cover in a building near the parliament and fights were ongoing, parliamentary media officer Qudratullah Jawid told AFP.
Gunfire and explosions were reported from at least three areas of the capital, including the diplomatic enclave.
As the attacks began, several large explosions and bursts of gunfire were heard near the United States embassy.
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1. Kabul under gunfire and explosions, Taliban claim responsibility english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/04/15/207881.html You +1'd this publicly. Undo 2 hours ago Taliban's Zabihullah Mujahiddd told Reuters that the attacks had been planned for months. Witnesses said suicide bombers had taken over the ...
The object of the game is to get just one hit from a search.....LMFAO....8D
From Dallas to Cartagena The plan is to draw out the negotiations with Iran until after the American Presidential election, at which point the Jew Jackboot won't be pressing on Obama's throat - he will no longer be dependent on their money to be reelected - and sensible, adult negotiations can reach a successful conclusion. Therefore, the Jews have to blow Barry's head clean off before November.
Barry's visiting Colombia.
Colombia is a hotbed of nefarious activities by 'ex' Israeli soldiers.
2007: "Colombia, Israel and rogue mercenaries"
2012: "Colombia: 8 Israelis suspected of drug trafficking"
Remember back in '63 when the ability of the Secret Service to protect JFK was compromised by arranging for them to drink late into the night at a Dallas nightclub?
"Misconduct alleged against Secret Service agents":
Gunmen launched multiple attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, assaulting Western embassies in the heavily guarded, central diplomatic area and at the parliament in the west, witnesses and officials said.
The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying their main targets were the German and British embassies and the headquarters of Afghanistan's NATO-led force.
Taliban fighers had also launched assaults in two provinces, a spokesman for the insurgents said.
"We claim responsibility for these attacks," said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
Attackers fired a rocket-propelled grenade into a house used by British diplomats in the city centre and smoke billowed from the building after the blast, a Reuters witness said.
Two rockets hit a British Embassy guard tower near the Reuters office in the city.
Gunfire came from various directions in the area, close to both the U.S. and British embassies, while smoke billowed from the nearby German embassy, the Reuters witnesses said.
Embassy alarms were sounding. Staff at the embassies were not available for comment.
Attackers also fired rockets at the parliament building, in the west of the city, and at the Russian embassy, a spokesman for the parliament said.
Afghan media said insurgents had stormed the Star Hotel complex near the presidential palace and the Iranian embassy and black smoke was pouring from the building.
insurgents had stormed the Star Hotel complex near the presidential palace and the Iranian embassy and black smoke was pouring from the building.
On the outskirts of the city, militants also targeted a Nato base known as Camp Warehouse with mortar fire, according to an AP reporter at the scene. Turkish and Greek forces at the base were responding with heavy-caliber machine gun fire.
Last week, Mujahid said in a statement that Taliban planners were preparing to launch a spring offensive. In a statement posted on a Taliban website on Thursday, he said Nato officials should have patience, because Taliban commanders would wait for the appropriate time to launch attacks.
The other assaults were in the capital cities of the provinces of Logar, Paktia and Nangarhar.
In the Logar province capital of Pul-e-Alam, provincial police chief Ghulam Shakhi said militants had entered a building that belongs to the education department, which is near a building used by the Afghan intelligence service, and a gunbattle was under way.
I don't even have my tv on. The USSAMedia is so sad.
Nato said it was aware of reports of an explosion in the proximity of a coalition installation near Jalalabad, the provincial capital of Nangarhar, but could provide no details about the blast.
CARTAGENA, Colombia Five U.S. military members have been ordered confined to quarters over possible involvement in inappropriate conduct at the same hotel here as the 11 Secret Service personnel sent home in an unfolding scandal involving local prostitutes.
Making the announcement Saturday, United States Southern Command commander Gen. Douglas Fraser said he is disappointed by the entire incident and that this behavior is not in keeping with the professional standards expected of members of the United States military.
NBC's Akbar Shinawar in Kabul said the Taliban also claim to have attacked president Hamid Karzai's presidential palace compound, although that claim could not immediately be verified.
Fighting was going on at some facilities of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and near the U.S., Russian and German embassies, ISAF said via Twitter.
Fighting was going on at some facilities of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and near the U.S., Russian and German embassies, ISAF said via Twitter.
Translation:
'We have no idea of what's happening, yet."
The Ultimate diss of USSAMedia:
KUNA (Kuwait News Agency):
'Waiting for Taliban to update casualty list.'
Robin 'Salute the Troops' Meade is an ignorant hypocrite.
not even thirty seconds this Monday AM Headline News.
And 1/2 of that is that the US has everything under control in Kabul.
BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....8D
Where to fu cking to start.
......as heavy fighting continued into Monday morning on the streets of the Afghan capital.
The USSA military/State Dept have learned absolutely ZERO from Vietnam...no....take that back....they've learned that the Vietnam Syndrome will not be allowed.
My Lai, the Tet Offensive and now 'Amb' Crocker stating on CNN (when he was on was at a weird time(probably 23 min after the hour;)to proclaim that 'the Taliban are great at making speeches but not so good at fighting'.
Our Head Afghan 'Diplomat' actually said that.....;}
Afghan lawmaker Shukria Barakzai told the BBC that she was sceptical about the ability of Afghan security forces to deal with insurgents without foreign support. She said she wanted "a clear answer" from the authorities about why it had taken so long to fight off the assault. Correspondents say the attacks have shattered the confidence of Afghans, as the insurgents have once more shown that they can strike right in the heart of Kabul.
Also to be considered is the role of the western media in turning American military victories into propaganda victories for the Communists, in enabling them to "win" the war, which war itself was tragic for both sides.
Underlying the importance of such is the often quoted exchange between Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr. and his North Vietnamese counterpart, Colonel Tu. During one of his liaison trips to Hanoi, Colonel Harry told Tu, "You know, you never beat us on the battlefield," Colonel Tu responded, "That may be so, but it is also irrelevant." The success of the propaganda war has seemed enigmatic to many. "If there is to be an inquiry related to the Vietnam War, it should be into the reasons why enemy propaganda was so widespread in this country, and why the enemy was able to condition the public to such an extent that the best educated segments of our population (that is, media and university elite) gave credence to the most incredible allegations." (Final Report - Chief of Military History - U.S. Government)
British "Encounter" journalist Robert Elegant stated, "For the first time in modern history, the outcome of a war was determined not on the battlefield but on the printed page and television screens - never before Vietnam had the collective policy of the media sought, by graphic and unremitting distortion, the victory of the enemies of the correspondents own side." The most manifest example is this regard is seen as being the portrayal of the TET offensive, in which western media was charged with inspiring and aiding the propaganda war of the communists.
"The Tet Offensive proved catastrophic to our plans. It is a major irony of the Vietnam War that our propaganda transformed this debacle into a brilliant victory. The truth was that Tet cost us half our forces. Our losses were so immense that we were unable to replace them with new recruits." (Truong Nhu Tang - Minister of Justice - Viet Cong Provisional Revolutionary Government - The New York Review, October 21, 1982)
Underlying the importance of such is the often quoted exchange between Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr. and his North Vietnamese counterpart, Colonel Tu. During one of his liaison trips to Hanoi, Colonel Harry told Tu, "You know, you never beat us on the battlefield," Colonel Tu responded, "That may be so, but it is also irrelevant."
Even there. Where the military historians debate each other.
They TOTALLY miss the point of Colonel Tu.
The POINT:
That the Guerrilla War is NOt over until the guerrillas say it is!!!!!
What the USSA learned.
Replace the Truth with Silence. Say that Everything in Kabul is under control.
"My guess, based on previous experience here, is this is a set of Haqqani network operations out of north Waziristan and the Pakistani tribal areas," American Ambassador Ryan Crocker told CNN.
"Frankly I don't think the Taliban is good enough."
Right now I don't know if Crocker will make it out of the Afghans alive.
He believes his own bull shite.
The helo will be ready, but he'll say that the Taliban can't get him....
Taliban 'spring offensive' rocks Afghanistan Western embassies and parliament attacked in biggest attack on Kabul since 2001, as security forces continue fightback. Last Modified: 16 Apr 2012 03:08
2001...2001...now what was happening in 2001 in the Afghans....;}
Must not have been much if the Last 18 hours means anything.
The USSAMEdia would've covered something like this non stop.
I think these foreign news agencies are just spreading enemy propaganda.
Like this guy thinks with his discussion of why the US did not win in Viet Nam:
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The reality is the US decimated the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong; the latter not really being a true fighting force than a terror group, massacring women and children regularly to spread fear among South Vietnamese. The mission of the US and its allies was to contain North Vietnam and keep them out of South Vietnam, not topple the Communist regime. As the conflict dragged on into years, this came to be seen by the American populace and others as an exercise in futility. Meanwhile, the idea that a small, third-world country in Southeast Asia becoming a Communist state would be any type of threat to Democracy became increasingly seen as an illusion. The fact that the US won every battle and enemy body counts remained disproportionately high could not gloss over the destruction being broadcast into American living rooms on a nightly basis, eventually galvanising public opinion against the war.
"White House intelligence in Washington anticipated attacks over the Tet holiday to celebrate the lunar new year, but they were surprised by their intensity.
Sporadic fighting is still being reported in Saigon but the main hostilities - which began at 1800 local time two days ago - are reported to have ceased.
"In the early hours of May 10, elements of the Viet Cong 1st Regiment attacked Ngok Tavak, and they successfully overran much of the outpost. By dawn, the 11th MSF Company was devastated, but they later received reinforcements which came in the form of the 12th Mobile Strike Force Company. Despite having received assurances that further reinforcements would arrive to relieve the outpost, the commander of the 11th MSF Company decided to evacuate his troops and move towards Kham Duc. By that time, however, the Viet Cong 1st Regiment had already turned their attention to the main target at Kham Duc, and they only left behind some local force units to destroy allied reinforcements. Meanwhile, elements of the Americal Division had been airlifted into Kham Duc as part of Operation Golden Valley, to bolster the strength of the Special Forces Camp there.
On the morning of May 11, the North Vietnamese 2nd Division surrounded Kham Duc, and they gradually forced United States-led forces into their bases after several outposts were overrun. Westmoreland then ordered Kham Duc to be evacuated, so the 834th Air Division was told to make an all-out effort to extract all the people in Kham Duc, both military and civilian. By the time the evacuation was completed, nine U.S. military aircraft had been shot down, including two C-130s. On May 12, the North Vietnamese were in complete control of Kham Duc, and the battle resulted in a major defeat for the United States military."
Expect a major reversal somewhere in the afghans with fragging/mutiny.
In the next weeks.
O and a surprise visit (there can be no other kind;) by Obama into Kabul or Islamabad.
Apr 16, 1968: Johnson arrives in Honolulu Previous Day April 16 Calendar Next Day
At a series of meetings in Honolulu, President Johnson discusses recent Allied and enemy troop deployments with U.S. military leaders. He also conferred with South Korean President Park Chung Hee to reaffirm U.S. military commitments to Seoul and assure Park that his country's interests would not be compromised by any Vietnamese peace agreement.
"What we won when all of our people united just must not now be lost in suspicion, distrust, selfishness, and politics among any of our people.
Believing this as I do, I have concluded that I should not permit the Presidency to become involved in the partisan divisions that are developing in this political year.
With America's sons in the fields far away, with America's future under challenge right here at home, with our hopes and the world's hopes for peace in the balance every day, I do not believe that I should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes or to any duties other than the awesome duties of this office--the Presidency of your country.
Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President.
But let men everywhere know, however, that a strong, a confident, and a vigilant America stands ready tonight to seek an honorable peace--and stands ready tonight to defend an honored cause--whatever the price, whatever the burden, whatever the sacrifice that duty may require.
Thank you for listening.
Good night and God bless all of you.
NOTE: The President spoke at 9 p.m. in his office at the White House. The address was broadcast nationally.
".... The crucial moment in this recent history of race relations, it seems to me, must be located in the events between 1966 and 1970. This was the historical moment that followed the deconstruction of legal race codes with the passage into law of the Public Accommodations Act of 1964 and then the Voting Rights Act of 1965. These two legislative milestones, promoted and signed by Lyndon Johnson, were supposed to conclude the unfinished business of the Civil War and emancipation, which had festered so long in the Jim Crow inurement. The expectation was that the removal of legal obstacles to full citizenship would hasten economic justice and cultural equality, but just then something curious happened: the youth revolt of the late 1960s was underway and young black America immediately opted for separatism."
I think this guy is US Ambassador Crocker's suck up son....I mean, this is exactly the way Crocker/Panetta/JCS Dempsey think:
"The Light At the End of the Tunnel topic posted Sun, April 24, 2011 - 6:27 PM by Forrest (note the date and how this 'thinking' has the evolution of granite...;)
" The Taliban are entering the death-spiral phase of their comeback campaign.
This can be seen by sharply reduced activity in the countryside (where the surge in NATO and Afghan troops has broken the fighting spirit of the Taliban), and the increased reliance on high-profile terror attacks. NATO casualties are down from the same period last year, although the media coverage of Taliban terror attacks might make you think otherwise. The fighting through the Winter was particularly damaging to the Taliban, and recruiting for this year's "Spring Offensive" has been difficult. It's been known for over two years that this switch in tactics was coming. It's the same pattern seen in Iraq. Moreover, many Taliban leaders are trying to negotiate some kind of deal with the government. Some of these settlements have already been made, and now the Taliban have one less ally and one more target.
The terror campaign could go on, intensely, for a year or two. But eventually, the "fighting" Taliban are going to run out of money, men and places to hide.