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And so it begins:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23042005

Or continues...although I think this is the first attack on the presidential palace, or at the very least the first since the handover.

They'll return, and keep going at it until they win, like I said earlier, they're better at the long game than we are.

Must get around to reading Peter Hopkirks book at some point...

It says a lot when private security forces assigned to the CIA station were the means of the insurgents demise.

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It says a lot when private security forces assigned to the CIA station were the means of the insurgents demise.

Didn't work too well in Benghazi though:03:

The Taliban rank and file didn't get the memo or what?:hmmm:

I found the cure for all of this crap...

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Originally Posted by Wolferz (Post 2075739)

Jihawg Ammo...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/pork-laced-...r#.Ucm7uPjD-no

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Wouldn't work with a Bosnian. They'd bring kajmak and beer to go with that bullet :)

:06:

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Originally Posted by Betonov (Post 2075752)

Wouldn't work with a Bosnian. They'd bring kajmak and beer to go with that bullet :)

Are Bosnians considered Jihadists or is their Muslim population not down with sharia law ?

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Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 2075747)

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Sorry Captain. It's nothing new. Black Jack Pershing was the first to use that type of ammo in the Phillipines in the early twentieth century. Those Muslims behaved themselves for decades afterwards.
You have landed on CHANCE...
"Go to hell. Go directly to hell. Do not pass GO Do not collect 72 virgins"

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Originally Posted by Wolferz (Post 2075815)

Sorry Captain. It's nothing new. Black Jack Pershing was the first to use that type of ammo in the Phillipines in the early twentieth century. Those Muslims behaved themselves for decades afterwards.

"Go to hell. Go directly to hell. Do not pass GO Do not collect 72 virgins"

What about the Christians? They're not allowed to eat pork either...

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Originally Posted by Oberon

What about the Christians? They're not allowed to eat pork either...

Really? I'm a Christian and I LOVE! Bacon and good pork sausage.:D
As far as I know, the only Christians with a dietary taboo are the Catholics and that's just on Fridays and during lent.

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Originally Posted by Wolferz (Post 2075813)

:06:

Are Bosnians considered Jihadists or is their Muslim population not down with sharia law ?

Secular like the Turks.
But the war woke in them some fundamentalist tendencies that are worrying me. But for now they simply love to enjoy life and good food. Lots of food

It's nice to hear that they're not all unreasonable jackwads, Betenov.:up:

I'd wager that the fanatics want to kill the seculars as much as they do the infidels.

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Originally Posted by Wolferz (Post 2075820)

As far as I know, the only Christians with a dietary taboo are the Catholics and that's just on Fridays and during lent.

I love trolling my grandmother by eating bacon and eggs on lent :D

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Originally Posted by Wolferz (Post 2075820)

Really? I'm a Christian and I LOVE! Bacon and good pork sausage.:D
As far as I know, the only Christians with a dietary taboo are the Catholics and that's just on Fridays and during lent.

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And the pig, because it has a cloven hoof that is completely split, but will not regurgitate its cud; it is unclean for you. You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
—Leviticus 11:7-8

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And the pig, because it has a split hoof, but does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You shall neither eat of their flesh nor touch their carcass.
—Deuteronomy 14:8

EDIT: Actually, scrub that, that's the Jewish bible, darn religions having different sects...

Furthermore in regards to the Qu'ran, observe:

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He has made unlawful for you that which dies of itself and blood and the flesh of swine and that on which the name of any other than Allah has been invoked. But he who is driven by necessity, being neither disobedient nor exceeding the limit, then surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful.
—Quran, Al-Baqara 2:173

Note in particular:

"But he who is driven by necessity, being neither disobedient nor exceeding the limit, then surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful."

Thus, he who may fall by pork bullet shall be forgiven for falling in the service of Allah, who is Most Forgiving and Merciful.

In other words, the plan won't work, not against fanatics.