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Topic: Blast at Kabul Hotel Heard Miles Away
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Webgear
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posted 15 January 2008 02:57 PM
That is a good question, since the attack took place in Kabul and there are a large number of NGOs and Foreign Governments interested in the attack, I would speculate that the suspects are being treated in a humane way. This is a high profile international case; I would hazard a guess that the Government of Afghanistan wants to conduct this case in a professional manner in order to show the world that their police and security forces are becoming professional. I suppose there are many international watch groups taking a deep interest in this case and have already started their investigations into the cause and future actions of those involved including the insurgents/terrorists and police forces. From the news article it appears a large amount of evidence has been found and the guiltiness of those who that conducted is pretty apparent. Thus they will likely have a quick trail and receive the proper Afghan punishment according to Afghan law.
From: Montgomery's Tavern | Registered: May 2005
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Noise
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posted 16 January 2008 07:01 AM
From the article Webgear linked: quote: The previous execution, in April 2004, had been denounced by the London-based human rights group Amnesty International, which said President Hamid Karzai had assured the group he would institute a moratorium on the death penalty. ... The mass execution is likely to complicate relationships between Afghanistan and some NATO members with military forces in the country. International troops often take suspected fighters prisoner and later hand them over to the Afghan government, but some foreign governments would bar that if Afghanistan uses capital punishment.
Think we'll continue to hand-over prisoners so they can be executed?
From: Protest is Patriotism | Registered: May 2006
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Webgear
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posted 16 January 2008 02:25 PM
quote: Originally posted by unionist:
Waste of scarce bullets, IMO. Ropes and blades are reusable. Has Karzai learned nothing at all about sustainable development and eco-friendly execution techniques??
Being sort of a traditionalist, I hope they would use a sword. Firing squads are so impolite, too contemporary in my view and quiet frankly not as personable as an executioner with a finely sharpened sword. However there are plenty of bullets in Afghanistan.
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Fidel
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posted 16 January 2008 03:42 PM
quote: Originally posted by Webgear: However there are plenty of bullets in Afghanistan.
I'll say. They must be making their own by now. In the 1980's, U.S. taxpayers were said to be paying $5 dollars per bullet supplied to "freedom fighters." Someone made a killing. So when does freedom kick-in? [ 16 January 2008: Message edited by: Fidel ]
From: Viva La Revolución | Registered: Apr 2004
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Fidel
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posted 16 January 2008 10:01 PM
Yaaaa but they can afford it with the largest official and unofficial military and secret police budgets in world history. There was money to train the South Vietnamese to defend themselves too. And unlike the fate Najibullah suffered, Karzai would likely be whisked away by helicopter(like the secret al Qaeda rescue op in Afghanistan) after seeking sanctuary at a UN compound. NATO didn't give a shit about the carnage in Afghanistan post 1992. Western news agencies prophesied that the PDPA would fall to the mujihaden in six month's time. It was two years after the Soviets pulled out that the rockets began raining down on Kabul and Jalalabad. Western-backed freedom fighters celebrated with public executions and by raping women. They were destroyers not builders. Cold warriors backed the most ruthless and most vicious religious fundamentalists and scum of the earth, like this man implicated in an attempted bombing of the World Trade Towers years before 9-11. [ 16 January 2008: Message edited by: Fidel ]
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