'Cos, I gotta tell you, I'm ready to throw in for your airfare right now.**********
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Allah must be so proud of his holy warriors...
Experts see a strategy in the targeting of relief workers: The Taliban attacks, aid groups pull out, then the Taliban moves in to fill the vacuum, telling Afghans the international community has abandoned them.**********
Gavin Cameron, a University of Calgary political science professor, said insurgents attack humanitarian workers in order to sow instability. "That improves the Taliban's strategic position."
Killing aid workers also sends a message that even "good" foreigners, who are feeding and sheltering Afghans, are not wanted and that "there's no one who is safe from being targeted," he said.
LAST WORD: Well, whaddaya know...
They'll go after actual soldiers occasionally too...
-- KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An explosion targeting international troops on a foot patrol in southern Afghanistan killed three members of the U.S.-led coalition Thursday, the coalition said.*
The coalition did not release any details about the attack, including the troops’ nationalities or the location of the blast.