Taliban: Obama same as Bush

Posted on 11/18/2008 by Juan

A Taliban suicide bomber detonated his payload at the entrance of a government building in Dand near Qandahar, killing 2 policemen and a civilian.

Aljazeera English reports on Taliban activities near Qandahar and speculates that the movement is aiming to come back into the city of its birth. The report quotes a member of the Taliban saying that Obama is no different than Bush and that both are longstanding enemies of his group. The piece also alleges that the Taliban in that area are making over $300 million a year from drug smuggling. $1.5 billion worth of poppy seeds that were to become heroin were seized on Monday.

0 Retweet 0 Share 3 StumbleUpon 0 Printer Friendly Send via email

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off | Print

Comments are closed.

Taliban: Obama same as Bush

Posted on 11/18/2008 by Juan

A Taliban suicide bomber detonated his payload at the entrance of a government building in Dand near Qandahar, killing 2 policemen and a civilian.

Aljazeera English reports on Taliban activities near Qandahar and speculates that the movement is aiming to come back into the city of its birth. The report quotes a member of the Taliban saying that Obama is no different than Bush and that both are longstanding enemies of his group. The piece also alleges that the Taliban in that area are making over $300 million a year from drug smuggling. $1.5 billion worth of poppy seeds that were to become heroin were seized on Monday.

0 Retweet 0 Share 0 StumbleUpon 0 Printer Friendly Send via email

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off | Print

§ Leave a Reply

  • Juan Cole

    Juan Cole

    Welcome to Informed Comment, where I do my best to provide an independent and informed perspective on Middle Eastern and American politics.

    Informed Comment is made possible by your support. If you value the information and essays, I make available and write here, please take a moment to contribute what you can.

  • IC Destinations



  • Keep up with Informed Comment at:

  • Donate to Global Americana Institute

    Donate to the Global Americana Institute to support the translation into Arabic of books about America.
  • Friends and Interlocutors:

  • Recent Posts

  • Recent Comments

  • Archives

  • Categories