the other side

readin' up on the latest statement from the land of the afghans islamic emirate.  a good barb is always worth a read, is what i'm thinkin'.

For the past nine months the Americans have been attempting their utmost to achieve some sort of military or political gain in Afghanistan. They employed all the propaganda tools at their disposal to turn the people away from the Mujahideen. However, failing to win the support of the people, the invaders resorted to the indiscriminate carpet bombings of the people’s lands and the mass murders of the innocent civilians. All this has caused the displacement of thousands of families from their lands and villages. However, despite all their trickeries and force, the battle for Kandahar has settled steadily in the Mujahideen’s favour.

The Mujahideen were, from the start of these operations, to carry out precise Commando-led operations against the nerve centres of the foreign forces and their puppet partners, thus seizing the initiative from the foreign occupiers. Not only did the Mujahideen conduct these operations in Kandahar city, but also extending to surrounding areas such as the airport, Dand, Arghandab, Zhiri, Panjwaee, and Maiwand districts. The head of the foreign barbarian forces, Nick Carter, last month, could not give any information on these operations to the media. This is mostly because the enemy neither knows the military strength of the Mujahideen nor their main bases. The Mujahideen, profiting from the Dagger and Marjah operations, were able to introduce several new tactics that have completely demoralised the invader forces. These tactics are the main reason why the Mujahideen have not abated their operations in the area in the winter season. These new tactics have placed the foreign invaders under significant military and domestic pressure.

claims of massive commando operations, decimating us forces.  nutters,  it would seem.  'course, this is exactly the same kind of shit we hear from the breathless pentagon.  so, who knows?  there is so much slag out there, so much cover up, and accounting fraud, that it is unlikely that any solid numbers of dead and wounded will ever be firmly established.  kinna the point, really.  hordes more dead than as revealed by the pentagon!  yeah, that's a shocker.

ol' talibaners go off the rails, though, when they start commenting about american domestic politics, vis-a-vis us mid-term elections.  really, lads, you need to study up a bit.

Their failure in the Kandahar operations was also the main reason behind Obama’s supporters, the Democrats, defeat in the mid-term elections.

dude, hate ta break this to ya, but you, "Kandahar operations," and afghanistan are so far beyond the consideration of the us elections, they, and you, merit almost no discussion.  war is a bipartisan political winner in america now.  trying to stop war is what gets you into hot political water in america now.  It would appear the Taliban do not know this.