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Ninety Percent Of Captured 'Taliban' Were Civilians

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First Posted: 06/12/11 08:36 PM ET Updated: 06/12/11 09:54 PM ET

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IPS News:

During his intensive initial round of media interviews as commander in Afghanistan in August 2010, Gen. David Petraeus released figures to the news media that claimed spectacular success for raids by Special Operations Forces: in a 90-day period from May through July, SOF units had captured 1,355 rank and file Taliban, killed another 1,031, and killed or captured 365 middle or high-ranking Taliban.

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During his intensive initial round of media interviews as commander in Afghanistan in August 2010, Gen. David Petraeus released figures to the news media that claimed spectacular success for raids by ...
During his intensive initial round of media interviews as commander in Afghanistan in August 2010, Gen. David Petraeus released figures to the news media that claimed spectacular success for raids by ...
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yoyodyne666
4 hours ago (10:12 PM)
same as it ever was same as it ever was ....
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Dredd
Our government is a wartocracy.
8 hours ago (5:31 PM)
"He say one and one and one is three, put your arms around him you can feel his disease" (Beatles)

http://blo­gdredd.blo­gspot.com/­2011/06/is­-war-art-o­r-is-war-d­isease.htm­l
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Media Basher
11 hours ago (3:21 PM)
Patreus should be fired for this
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ewldest
I don't care "whose" war it is - end it now
12 hours ago (1:45 PM)
More evidence that the US is only making enemies in the 'nation' we are supposedly 'building' (i.e. using for colonial-c­orporate profit). The shame continues. eventually we will bankrupt ourselves and there will be nothing of America but a memory - and if we keep engaging in useless wars, a very bad one.
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Jordan Willis
It's only hubris if you fail.
13 hours ago (1:06 PM)
Headline should read, "90 Percent of Captured Taliban Were in the Way of Corporate Profit." Let's not kid ourselves about this.
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1deepstar
14 hours ago (11:56 AM)
So how many killed Taliban were actually civilians.­..? These guys should have been removed from command long ago... McCrystal for his lies about Pat Tillman and Petreaus for so much more... Basically, Bush and Cheney have stood down and are now dodging history's harshest judgments while Petraeus and McCrystal continue to commit war crimes....
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trollistan
14 hours ago (11:36 AM)
if they wont capture so called talibans their war will be over ! this is all shady.. common man can't understand this phenomena !
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Giveadamn
"Don't let em school ya, or even try to fool ya!"
16 hours ago (10:08 AM)
The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience­. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living. ~Omar Bradley

And more about lying than about telling the truth.
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Robert 999
ENOUGH !!!!
16 hours ago (10:05 AM)
The Kuran allows all Muslims to engage in armed Jihad in the infedel is showing aggression on their land,,,doe­s this make all Iraqis, and Afghans enemy combatants­? or justificat­ion to join the Taliban, or other organized groups?
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abby4ever
Independent at heart
16 hours ago (10:11 AM)
I don't know because, just as with Ch ristians regarding the teachings of the Bi ble, differfent mu slims tend to interpret the teachings of the Kuran in different ways.
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trollistan
14 hours ago (11:32 AM)
well, Quran or kuran says when your very own existence is in danger in your homeland than u can fight a holy war known as jihad.
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Grumpy Old Dude
My s/n is an Acronym
16 hours ago (9:42 AM)
@HarleyOpe­nRoad...yo­u may ride a Harley...b­ut I'm betting its on the "bi.ch" seat!
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librldem
Snarking for Merika! Glory!
16 hours ago (9:56 AM)
His boyfriend told him he had to lose weight and sh-ut-up or walk! lol
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Grumpy Old Dude
My s/n is an Acronym
16 hours ago (10:06 AM)
ROFLMAO
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foregoneconclusion
Can't pretend a stranger is a long awaited friend
16 hours ago (9:39 AM)
Any Afghani who runs is Taliban. Any Afghani who does not run is well-disci­plined Taliban.
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kennyfloyd
16 hours ago (9:44 AM)
"Why were you chasing me?" Because you were running. Why were you running. "Because you were chasing me"!
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kennyfloyd
16 hours ago (9:36 AM)
I checked CNN and MSNBC at the top of the hour and not a mention of this story. What the h is wrong with the media?
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foregoneconclusion
Can't pretend a stranger is a long awaited friend
16 hours ago (9:49 AM)
Maybe it's all a bunch of bullshite. Ever thought of that?
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cabinetmaniac
Cabinetmaker, Organic Grower, Progressive Activist
16 hours ago (9:57 AM)
That your opinion is a bunch of bullshite is a foregoneco­nclusion.

:-]
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kennyfloyd
16 hours ago (9:58 AM)
Is that what this is? A false story? Or, is it what you want it to be?
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boehnerstan
17 hours ago (9:26 AM)
... and now Betray-us is going to be heading up the CIA? Is there any doubt that this country is a fascist oligarchy anymore?
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librldem
Snarking for Merika! Glory!
16 hours ago (9:32 AM)
None. We are now n@Xe's.
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foregoneconclusion
Can't pretend a stranger is a long awaited friend
16 hours ago (9:53 AM)
I love this fascist oligarchy.
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Enroh Mot
Anti-War Vet
10 hours ago (4:23 PM)
As do all Kochroache­s.
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ljc
17 hours ago (9:26 AM)
Wow...gone from the main page in less than 1 hour.
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kennyfloyd
16 hours ago (9:48 AM)
I've been on this page for a few hours. The comments were a torrent earlier, not they are just a trickle.
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librldem
Snarking for Merika! Glory!
16 hours ago (9:49 AM)
All HP/AOL references to this story are gone! I had to link back thru a comment! Thank gawd for the Patriot Act protectin our freedumbs.
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carolr51
Give Peace a Chance
15 hours ago (11:07 AM)
You are right! The story has been buried and I find this to be pretty creepy. Arianna, what's going on?
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carolr51
Give Peace a Chance
15 hours ago (11:11 AM)
Update: the story is in World, then click on Afghanista­n. Still, wierd that they took this story off of the main page.
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General Armchair
What, me worry?
17 hours ago (9:20 AM)
Let's see, if 90 percent of "captured" Taliban turn out to be civilians, any guesses as to the percentage of "killed" Taliban who are the same?
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kennyfloyd
16 hours ago (9:47 AM)
Does it start with a 9?
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Grumpy Old Dude
My s/n is an Acronym
16 hours ago (9:52 AM)
Well said..F/F
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