Taliban deploy 10,000 fighters for attack: commander

[@DCGoldPants]

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Taliban deploy 10,000 fighters for attack: commander

By Saeed Ali AchakzaiFri Feb 16, 2:47 AM ET

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.

More than 4,000 people, a quarter of them civilians, were killed in fighting last year, the most violent year since the Taliban were ousted in 2001. NATO commanders and analysts warn this year could be just as bad or worse.

As the harsh winter snows melt, the insurgents have resumed their attacks, mostly in the south, where they have captured a major town and have threatened a key hydroelectric dam.

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."

Ater attempts at conventional pitched battles failed last year, the Taliban are expected to return to more conventional guerrilla tactics against government forces and the roughly 45,000 foreign soldiers in the country.

A key tactic is expected to be suicide bombings, which rose dramatically last year, killing more than 200 people, but which still remain much rarer than in Iraq. The Taliban say they have 2,000 suicide bombers ready and another 3,000 in training.

Rahim said the focus of attacks will be southern areas, where the Taliban was born.

Afghanistan's government says the militants are still sponsored by Pakistan, their main backer until September 11 attacks on the United States.

Islamabad concedes there is some border infiltration by the militants along the porous and largely lawless frontier, but denies supporting the rebels, who have ethnic roots on both sides of the British-drawn border. Pakistan says the insurgency is Afghanistan's problem.

#1. Is this guy full of ****?

#2. If true, where did they get 10K fighters?

[Larry]

I don't believe it.

I think he should prove it, by assembling all 10K of them in one place, so we can see that he's not just counting the same 1K people ten times each. (He'll have to tell the media when and where he's going to assemble them, so the media can photograph them.)

[Teller]

I don't believe it.

I think he should prove it, by assembling all 10K of them in one place, so we can see that he's not just counting the same 1K people ten times each. (He'll have to tell the media when and where he's going to assemble them, so the media can photograph them.)

:laugh:

Listen closely, because I don't say this often....Larry, I completely I agree with you.

[Mr. S]

"2,000 suicide bombers ready and another 3,000 in training"

...umm, I know im ignorant about bombs and whatever, but what the F do you need to train a suicide bomber.

1. Put on explosive device

2. conceal explosive device

3. go to target and detonate explosive device

[tizzod]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070216/ts_nm/afghan_violence_dc_1

#1. Is this guy full of ****?

#2. If true, where did they get 10K fighters?

#1. Yes

Therefore, nothing further is needed.

[Destino]

"2,000 suicide bombers ready and another 3,000 in training"

...umm, I know im ignorant about bombs and whatever, but what the F do you need to train a suicide bomber.

1. Put on explosive device

2. conceal explosive device

3. go to target and detonate explosive device

You think the people lining up to be human bombs are the sharpest tools in the shed?

[SkinsHokieFan]

Nobody has ever accused Pushtons of being very bright

10k would not surprise me, you can just convince some of the Kashmir groups to loan a few idiots. NATO better step it up and squash these guys

One thing I have been told by friends of mine in the military, these guys are really bad fighters. Tactically and everything, they suck

[SnyderShrugged]

Dont they know that 2000 plus 3000 is 5000 not 10000? Is that Talimath?

[Sarge]

He's full of ****. He's just saying that to scare the girls in Congress

[dreamingwolf]

order more of daisy cutters

[Johnny Punani]

Send More....

[PleaseBlitz]

One thing I have been told by friends of mine in the military, these guys are really bad fighters. Tactically and everything, they suck

Ive heard the same thing. One of my buddies who is an artillery spotter went so far as to say he felt bad for anyone that would go into combat so ill prepared for it.

[Raub]

10,000 fighters.....I call that a target-rich environment.

[Seabee1973]

I don't believe it.

I think he should prove it, by assembling all 10K of them in one place, so we can see that he's not just counting the same 1K people ten times each. (He'll have to tell the media when and where he's going to assemble them, so the media can photograph them.)

And make sure we have troops on the ground with a laser and planes withen 3 minutes oif the area

[Seabee1973]

"2,000 suicide bombers ready and another 3,000 in training"

...umm, I know im ignorant about bombs and whatever, but what the F do you need to train a suicide bomber.

1. Put on explosive device

2. conceal explosive device

3. go to target and detonate explosive device

You ever seen that suicide bomber traaining picture? if i find it ill post it but its this guy strapped with explosives telling his class of five people that he is only gonna show them this once

[Larry]

Here ya go:

[dreamingwolf]

The animated one is way better, but it has profanity in it so I will just provide a link

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i60/munchkin_2/ATT00051KC.gif