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Suicide bomber was invited onto base in Afghanistan

World Jan. 01, 2010 - 06:50AM JST ( 15 )

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LIBERTASJan. 01, 2010 - 07:51AM JST

If he had been a US service wo/man who had infiltrated an enemy occupying base, the word used would be "hero". Parades, medals and flag draped casket. That's what he was to the Afghanis. Hard to take, isn't it? Go home!
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NationalistREJan. 01, 2010 - 09:50AM JST

Obama acknowledged that the spy agency has been tested “as never before” since the attacks of Sept 11, 2001.

and failed both times.
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adaydreamJan. 01, 2010 - 10:09AM JST

This was a failure to adhere to rules and attention to details Looks like the CIA blundered. < :-)
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MeanRingoJan. 01, 2010 - 10:55AM JST

Intelligence huh? I hope they learned something. SEARCH people.
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BeelzebubJan. 01, 2010 - 11:27AM JST

More tragic consequences of Americans' inhernent naivety and tendency toward wishful thinking. This scenario will be doubtless repeated many more times before the US pulls out of Afghanistan.
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goddogJan. 01, 2010 - 12:08PM JST

brilliant mve. fail
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NolivingJan. 01, 2010 - 12:09PM JST

If he had been a US service wo/man who had infiltrated an enemy occupying base, the word used would be "hero". Parades, medals and flag draped casket. That's what he was to the Afghanis. Hard to take, isn't it? Go home!

Actually that is not who he is to the Afghanis considering the afghanis haven't been doing that and also consider the fact that polls have shown that the afghan public support for the taliban is in the single digits.
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Ranger_MiffyJan. 01, 2010 - 12:24PM JST

No way to win. Let's exit asap. Let the Peace Corp help the Afganis and oh, what about that oil?
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m5c32Jan. 01, 2010 - 12:38PM JST

oh, what about that oil?

There is no proven reserves of "oil" in Afghanistan --however, the Chinese are duly noting all their mineral reserves.
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BeelzebubJan. 01, 2010 - 01:40PM JST

The only "reserves" Afghanistan possesses is "trouble," which it has in great abundance. And history has proved that the cost of extraction is not worth the effort.
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nandakandamandaJan. 01, 2010 - 03:38PM JST

The glass industry could do well there. Lots of sand.

Maybe they can learn something from the Israeli border crossings and how to isolate people in secure cubicles while they are checked for bombs.

Also, don't get fooled by the uniforms. Lesson One for fighting throughout the Middle East.
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SargeJan. 01, 2010 - 08:30PM JST

"suicide bomber"

He'll never kill or hurt anyone again.
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goodDonkeyJan. 02, 2010 - 01:08AM JST

LIBERTAS said:

If he had been a US service wo/man who had infiltrated an enemy occupying base, the word used would be "hero". Parades, medals and flag draped casket.

Maybe so, but not if he was a suicide bomber. We don't infiltrate to kill ourselves taking others with us; we infiltrate to gather intelligence. Then we bomb later. We don't get all those virgins in heaven later on.

"That's what he was to the Afghanis [Afghans]."

Not all Afghans.
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TokyoHipHopJan. 02, 2010 - 02:48AM JST

We got owned -.- wow America come on...why dont we let the aliens come down tonight with the plasmas into the bases already! The secrets out! lol
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WilliBJan. 02, 2010 - 04:25AM JST

Daydream:

" This was a failure to adhere to rules and attention to details "

Nope, not at all. This was an Afghani armee member, the very type of person that is supposed to be on "our" side.

This was not failure to adhere to the rules, this was a demonstration of how flawed the Wester understanding of the situation is.