Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Oh no!...C.V.D. !!!

Alla Fiera dell'Est
per due soldi
un topolino mio padre comprò.
E venne il gatto
che si mangiò il topo
che al mercato mio padre comprò.
Alla Fiera dell'Est
per due soldi
un topolino mio padre comprò.
E venne il cane....
Giano
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IL15Df03.html
British 'success' under siege in Afghanistan
By Syed Saleem Shahzad
KARACHI - British troops have once again recaptured the less than a few 
square kilometers of the district headquarters of Musa Qala town in Helmand 
province from the Taliban, but, as before, it could turn out to be a pyrrhic 
victory.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Kabul have 
heralded this week's operations as a "most strategic and significant 
success" in the province, where 80% of Afghanistan's poppy cultivation is 
located.
British troops have seized Musa Qala before, but then have
become virtual prisoners in their barracks. Indeed, last year they were only 
able to vacate the town after striking a truce with the Taliban, who 
controlled all the surrounding areas of the inhospitable terrain.
The Taliban put up token resistance this week, according to a Taliban 
commander in Kandahar, Moulvi Abdul Jalil, who told Asia Times Online on 
telephone that the organisation now aims to concentrate its efforts on 
Kandahar province and has already captured two districts near Kandahar city.
With regard to Musa Qala, Mullah Noormal (a jihadi alias), a lieutenant of 
Mullah Abdul Bari, said in a satellite phone interview with Asia Times 
Online, "They [British] fired continuous artillery shells for two days on 
the civilian population and as a result the people evacuated the area. The 
Taliban did not receive any casualties as we did not actually fight. 
Civilians were the one victims. We were under the command of Mullah Abdul 
Bari and retreated when the troops rolled into town.
"Now that the troops are in Musa Qala, we have taken over positions nearby, 
namely the towns of Raigi and Shaban. The British troops are now once again 
trapped, like they were in 2006. We will now retaliate at a time of our 
choice. They don't have even offices to stay in in Musa Qala as we destroyed 
the Olaswali [administrative office] before leaving the town," said Noormal.
"Now they are in Musa Qala's headquarters and we are sitting in all the 
villages around Musa Qala. They don't have a way forward or backwards.''
Noormal's comments could be taken with a pinch of salt, but they are not 
entirely untrue. This correspondent spent considerable time traveling in all 
the districts of Helmand province under the control of the Taliban (and also 
those under British control. He saw the area extensively through the eyes of 
the Taliban late last year and through the eyes of NATO forces early this 
year.

 trapped, like they were in 2006.
e anche qualche altra volta un paio di secoli fa...per fortuna che
sono quelli che devono insegnare agli americani come si fa a stare al
mondo...ROTFL

giovanni ha scritto:
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I politici avevano bisogno di una "riconquista" da mettere in vetrina 
sui media e i militari hanno eseguito gli ordini.
Scommetto che i comandanti appenderebbero volentieri per i piedi simili 
cialtroni, se l'onore militare non glielo impedisse.

 cialtroni, se l'onore militare non glielo impedisse.
Come si dice dalle mie parti: nova! (espressione massese che sta per: "di 
nuovo!")
-- 
"Il Basileus che siede a Costantinopoli vince sempre".
Giovanni Cecaumeno. 

 cialtroni, se l'onore militare non glielo impedisse.
è peculiare un onore che ti impedisce di fare la cosa giusta...