Afgan Bombings

[Gluk Schmuck]

that's all i know...i saw it on a channel 4 news report in the middle of a programme

all i have to say:
uhhh ohhh!!!

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[Xavier]

Can you tell more, I don't know anything about Afgan Bombings

[Sl'askia]

WHAT!? ARE WE(USA) BOMBING THEM!? AAAHHHH!!!! NO!!!! *runs and dives into her fox hole and whimpers*

[Xavier]

I see it on the TV it's real... they are bombarding... Live images, it's night there

[Gluk Schmuck]

try any news site
i'd be quick though, the traffic will be too high on most news sites to access them


BBC News (news.bbc.co.uk):
Afghanistan braced for air strikes -
The Afghan opposition Northern Alliance says the United States could launch air strikes against the Taleban "very soon".

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[Xavier]

I don't understand anything... Why are they bombarding

GS: I see it on TV

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[Sl'askia]

it is true! This was on www.cnn.com:

"U.S. attacks Afghanistan
The United States launched an attack against Afghanistan on Sunday in retaliation for the September 11 terrorist strikes on New York and Washington. Explosions were reported around the Afghan capital of Kabul."

Malice: *singing* its the end of the world as we know it..

URK! STOP THAT! *whacks Malice with a frying pan.*

[Xavier]

Question by Xavier

Hello My name is Buch

Qu: Do you know wath means Talking???
B: Is it code or somethig???
Qu: I say TALKING
B: Ah (he doesn't understand) bombing??? Of cource, allways bombing...

*Xavier take a gun and shoot Buch*

Thanx stupid bastard

[freakyLA]

Originally posted by Gluk Schmuck:


all i have to say:
uhhh ohhh!!!

Is this really everything?????
Who are the victims? The people? NO!

That´s all I have to say:

[Black Dragon]

What, I go shopping for an hour and come back and we're at war?!! *Spazzes* This is bad....bad...*Curls up into a ball**Puts up shield*....bad....bad....oh dear...

[Danny]

i knew this would happen, it's inevitable when you have someone in charge who is as inept as Bush is.

the worst part of it is that America is the most powerful nation in the world, so no-one's going to stand up to him and tell him that what he's doing is wrong. Tony Blair, for example, will probably declare war tomorrow, then claim he'd thought of it first...

[freakyLA]

GLUK! Boy, why have you choosen the smiley icon for your post???? ARE YOU HAPPY ABPUT IT??????

But at the moment we aren´t in War!!



"There can be no peace in a world of terror" - Bush in a tv speech
That´s not good!!!


edit: spelling

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[Xavier]

I heard it USA IS in war, sorry freakyLA

[Gluk Schmuck]

sorry, it's kinda a reflex...i did it before i started typing this post!!

there, i changed it...

a Channel 4 News special's on now!

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[Joe the Intern]

alright guys. i know this will piss some of you off a lot. but i think Bush is a great president. They are not trying to harm citizens in this battle, but they are taking out radar sites and anti-aircraft missiles. after day breaks in Afghanistan, they are going to send food and medicine to the hungry people of Afghanistan. You apparently didnt listen to the full report. The Afghans are thanking the United States and blessing it for what it is doing. they are not condemning it. Bush isnt a stupid person. i am confident he knows what he is doing. *runs from angry Bush haters*

On another note: i just watched a tape of Osama bin Laden speaking. he said that God has punished the United States. He said he is glad that we are "filled with terror from the east to the west and from the north to the south". this mann is a maniac. i believe this campaign should take place. without it, the nations of the world that dont agree with Osama could be hit again and again and again.

[Sl'askia]

well the thought of war always sends chills down my spine...as it only brings pain and death and there are no true winners...only losers. Yes we have the technology to make near pin point strikes...but that doesn't mean innocent people still won't be killed.

On a brighter note...I read an acticle on cnn.com that Bin Laden's own family disnounces what he does! *laughs*

[Joe the Intern]

i never said i liked war, it just might be our only option. either that or get struck by terrorism over and over.

haha. bin laden, even your own family hates you, much less the rest of the world. one thing he said that really pisses me off is that he thinks muslims all over the world should hate the US. muslim is a peaceful religion. i dont think very many muslims at all are praising what he is doing.

[Aimz the Glukkon Queen]

That atrocious pathetic excuse for a human being, bin Laden, is nothing but a selfish, evil nutcase. If he's so religious, then he wouldn't be masterminding all that death and destruction. I personally hope he burns in hell.
I recently heard that Afghanistan was attacked, I saw it on ITV news. What worries me is that Britain is being dragged into it. I only live in a quite large town with nothing of importance for terrorists to target, except, oh, Westlands airfield (Westlands are a company that makes military helicopters, etc.), and a nuclear power station only 30 miles away. I know this will sound like nothing to all of you in the US, but I'm just so worried. The tragedies have hit me and a lot of my friends really hard, and one particular teacher, who is actually American, and happens to be the nicest teacher in the school.
It just devastates me what evil people can do. I just hope it's resolved soon, before the whole world is destroyed.

[Danny]

how can you say Bush is a good president? he refused to recognise the kyoto agreement because it would reduce the profits of the oil companies! he thinks Nigeria is a continent!

and another thing, could everyone just stop with the patriotic "i hate bin laden" bullshit?! i'm not saying bin laden is a good man, but there are hundreds of terrorists like him in the world, and America didn't attack them, did it? no, it actually funded some of them! why do you think the muslims are so pissed off at america? America has been sponsoring the Israelis against the Palestinians for decades, for no better reason than that it prefers judaism to islam!

and then terrorism happens to america, and bush gets on his high horse and claims that there can be no peace in a world of terror. well, if that is true, then why do you cause that terror whenever it would profit you, huh?

i mean no offense to anyone here, i'm just sick of the one-sided story we get off everyone else here.

[Lampion]

Yes, I have seen the news on the TV this afternoon, and although I totally disagree to any kind of violence, I think it was an inevitable consequences of the WTC attack.

In my oppinion, USA has part of the responsability on what has been happening in the middle east conflicts (ISRAEL-PALESTIN, IRAN-IRAQ, URSS-AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ-KWAIT), and now it's time to re-think their international politics, because the terror has reached their backyard.

Yep, it's true, Dragadon, Osama Bin LAden is son of a very wealthy Saudi Arabian family, who has business in many countries, mainly in USA. In the mid-80's Bin Laden went to fight with the fundamentalist afghans against the russians, since then, he has sponsored an army of devoted men using hundreds of million dolares. Because of that, he was banned from his family, and his relatives even helped american authorities to find terrorists.

[Black Dragon]

Actually, Bush is shaping up to be a better president than I thought he would. Sure, he's done some bad things, but look at Clinton! All presidents have done some bad things and some good things, and personally I think he's handling this quite well. No, I don't encourage war and am totally against it, I just think he is doing very well for being in this kind of situation. Dan, where do you get the statement that the US is funding terrorism? This is definitely just another one of those rumors against the US. Yes, there are some people from other countries in the country that are working for the terrorists, but the US isn't funding them! Now, the Israeli-Palestinian thing, that's been going on since Islam started! That war's always been going on and will most likely always go on. The US supports Israel because 1.) we have the largest Jewish population in the world 2.)They were promised land...now I also realize the Palestinains were promised land but don't get me into detail over post-WWII stuff. No, we don't have a preference. We didn't attack the other terrorists because they didn't destroy our landmarks and try to shut our gov't down. They haven't done things serious enough to cause a full-blown attack like this.*Steams* Sorry Dan, I usually don't get political, but I needed to let this off.

[Oddsville]

Yeah, I gotta let some steam off to. Like Rettick says, we may have funded the terrorist (which I don't belive) but then so did almost every other powerfull country. It pisses me off when I see people saying the Bush is horrible for doing what he is doing now, but I bet you would agree if this happened to your contry and it started a war. My point is no ones perfect, Bush gave the other countries a chance to hand in Bin Ladden I they didn't want to so now they get what they let themselves get.

Sorry if I offended anyone I just wanted to let of some steam.

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[Joe the Intern]

how did i know dan would respond that way? one-sided story? the only one-sided story i hear so far is that Bush is a crappy president. how would like this kind of thing dumped into your lap? either you make the Afghan people pissed at you or you get your own people pissed at you for not doing anything. you think you could make a better president than bush? sorry if i sound patriotic just because i live over here in the US but he really is a good president if you would just pay attention to what hes doing. he is actually helping the people of middle-estern countries. the whole purpose of todays whole attack was to make way for airplanes to dump needed food to the starving people of afghanistan.

god some people just really really piss me off.

[super_slig]

While we're talking about Osama bin Laden and the tragedy, can I talk about this dream I had?

Malice (yes, Malice) was standing in the rubble of the WTC. Osama bin Laden was a few feet away. Malice looked down at the rubble, then up at bin Laden. Malice said, "You did this? That wasn't nice..."

I wasn't anywhere in the dream. What's weird is: Malice was good, and no one was around. It was a short dream, but you can guess what happened next. My only question: Why was Malice in my dream? I can't believe Malice actually said, "That wasn't nice." That's a rare occurence in my dreams.

[Sydney]

I've never thought that Bush was a good president. He's been waiting for an excuse to press the big red button ever since he came into power, so he can prove himself to daddy. When he addresses the world, he takes long, melodramatic pauses meant to infer deep thought, clumsily slipping in the occasional clichéd phrase or bible verse.

Most of my disapproval stems from other arenas of his administration, such as his preference for capitalism over the environment. But I'm sure he could be more tactful in regards to the "crusade against terror".

[iliodd]

WHOO-EE! WHEEEEE-HA! WOOOOOOO-EE!

(Shot of George Bush waving his cowboy hat in the air as he rides a bomb falling towards the city of Kabul)

We're launching $2 million cruise missiles at $10 tents... we're denouncing the Taliban as an oppressive regime after refusing, time and again, to help in humanitarian efforts... and most sickeningly of all, we're rallying behind a president whose singular function for the past month has been to hide behind his desk and occasionally come out to make a carefully tuned speech... how long can it be before we hit rock bottom?

On September 10th, George Bush was sliding in the polls. Congress was preparing for what looked like the most partisan session in years, and Democrats, albeit moderates, were eyeing a majority in the House come '02.

Then came Dubya's deus ex machina, in the form of a truly tragic event with which he could conveniently combine all of his horrible policies into one justifiable jumble. We shouldn't buy Arabian oil anymore, so we can tear up Alaska to keep our SUV's full of gas and our skies full of smog. We have an economic excuse to add even more onto the extensive tax cuts that Dubya promised the rich. We have justification for the isolationism that so many ultra-corservatives have sought for years. And best of all, we've got a war to fight! Lord knows Dubya's been dying for a chance to push his missile-defence system (even though the enemy is armed with box cutters).

And he's keeping his eye on the clock, too. The next election is all too close, and he's not too dumb to know that a long, protracted, and ultimately pointless war against a country racked by abject poverty can only increase his chances of another dirty victory in '04.

Like Daddy before him, Dubya is riding high - a 90% approval rating - with a war in the Middle East. Let's hope this one-term thing runs in the family.

And if not, may God help us all.

[Cloverfield]

It really depends on which way you look at things. On one hand you could say that Bush is bombing everything. But on the other hand you can look at the fact that he may not have much more choice.

Bombing of any country scares me... and I don't condone it... and would prefer the problems to be solved in a more peaceful way.

But then again, Bush has given warning to Afghanistan to give up Bin Laden, but they have not. Also on the fact that they are bombing to make way for the food planes... this is a very good thing. I read an article on the people of Afghnistan since the rule of the Teliban (sp?). The people are forced to abide by stupid rules, etc. But also the Teliban have been blocking food that is needed for some of the people.

There is also a movement in Afghansitan that is resisting the Teliban and are trying to overthrow them with or without international help.

Abe Babe...

[Robin]

A million innocent children are dying at this time as we speak, killed in Iraq without any guilt. We hear no denunciation, we hear no edict from the hereditary rulers. In these days, Israeli tanks rampage across Palestine, in Ramallah, Rafah and Beit Jala and many other parts of the land of Islam, and we do not hear anyone raising his voice or reacting. But when the sword fell upon America after 80 years, hypocrisy raised its head up high bemoaning those killers who toyed with the blood, honor and sanctities of Muslims.
‘I seek refuge in God against them and ask Him to let us see them in what they deserve.’

The least that can be said about those hypocrites is that they are apostates who followed the wrong path. They backed the butcher against the victim, the oppressor against the innocent child. I seek refuge in God against them and ask Him to let us see them in what they deserve.

A million innocent children are dying at this time as we speak, killed in Iraq without any guilt. We hear no denunciation, we hear no edict from the hereditary rulers. In these days, Israeli tanks rampage across Palestine, in Ramallah, Rafah and Beit Jala and many other parts of the land of Islam, and we do not hear anyone raising his voice or reacting. But when the sword fell upon America after 80 years, hypocrisy raised its head up high bemoaning those killers who toyed with the blood, honor and sanctities of Muslims.
‘I seek refuge in God against them and ask Him to let us see them in what they deserve.’

The least that can be said about those hypocrites is that they are apostates who followed the wrong path. They backed the butcher against the victim, the oppressor against the innocent child. I seek refuge in God against them and ask Him to let us see them in what they deserve.

A million innocent children are dying at this time as we speak, killed in Iraq without any guilt. We hear no denunciation, we hear no edict from the hereditary rulers. In these days, Israeli tanks rampage across Palestine, in Ramallah, Rafah and Beit Jala and many other parts of the land of Islam, and we do not hear anyone raising his voice or reacting. But when the sword fell upon America after 80 years, hypocrisy raised its head up high bemoaning those killers who toyed with the blood, honor and sanctities of Muslims.
‘I seek refuge in God against them and ask Him to let us see them in what they deserve.’

The least that can be said about those hypocrites is that they are apostates who followed the wrong path. They backed the butcher against the victim, the oppressor against the innocent child. I seek refuge in God against them and ask Him to let us see them in what they deserve.

A million innocent children are dying at this time as we speak, killed in Iraq without any guilt. We hear no denunciation, we hear no edict from the hereditary rulers. In these days, Israeli tanks rampage across Palestine, in Ramallah, Rafah and Beit Jala and many other parts of the land of Islam, and we do not hear anyone raising his voice or reacting. But when the sword fell upon America after 80 years, hypocrisy raised its head up high bemoaning those killers who toyed with the blood, honor and sanctities of Muslims.
‘I seek refuge in God against them and ask Him to let us see them in what they deserve.’

The least that can be said about those hypocrites is that they are apostates who followed the wrong path. They backed the butcher against the victim, the oppressor against the innocent child. I seek refuge in God against them and ask Him to let us see them in what they deserve.

A million innocent children are dying at this time as we speak, killed in Iraq without any guilt. We hear no denunciation, we hear no edict from the hereditary rulers. In these days, Israeli tanks rampage across Palestine, in Ramallah, Rafah and Beit Jala and many other parts of the land of Islam, and we do not hear anyone raising his voice or reacting. But when the sword fell upon America after 80 years, hypocrisy raised its head up high bemoaning those killers who toyed with the blood, honor and sanctities of Muslims.
‘I seek refuge in God against them and ask Him to let us see them in what they deserve.’

The least that can be said about those hypocrites is that they are apostates who followed the wrong path. They backed the butcher against the victim, the oppressor against the innocent child. I seek refuge in God against them and ask Him to let us see them in what they deserve.

iam back up the arabs
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[General Drippik]

At least osama bin laden has comr e out of hiding now.

[Teal]

I'm not getting involved in debate, as I only get pissed off at everyone and everything and will end up going home to curl up on my bed and gibber about wars and death and horrible things like that...

The only thing I'd like to say is that I watched Bush's statement last night (I try to avoid watching the news, these days - I know it's pathetic, but it only makes me depressed and I get stupid feelings when I'm depressed) and I actually physically cringed at some of the things he said. Now, I don't care much for Bush, but as we're stuck with him there's not a lot we can do about it, but... (oh Ford, now I'm going to sound all anti-American. I'll apologise at this point here) When he said "God bless America"... All very nice, and it's nice to believe in something (my brain won't believe in anything, no matter how much I want to believe in something) but it just seems to play on the stereotypes... I mean, one of my Uni coursemates kind-of hates americans because of the whole "God loves America, and screw the rest of ya!" philosophy that seems to be one of the stereotypes doing the rounds...

See, I said I'd sound anti-American. *mutters* I'm not anti- anyone, really - just anti-evil-people.

Oh, and anti-Britney-and-cheerleaders. (sorry, that just slipped out.)