May 03 2011
Afghan Reactions To Bin Laden’s Death
Within hours of Osama bin Laden’s killing at the hands of U.S. Navy Seals in Pakistan, the Department of Homeland Security warned of “threats of retaliation” from members of al Qaeda. DHS issued a travel warning for Americans, and put American diplomatic offices around the world on high alert. However, it has been in Afghanistan that the first revenge attacks have happened. About two dozens fighters, mostly Arab and Chechen, crossed from Pakistan into Afghanistan yesterday and were apprehended by Afghan forces. Afghan President Karzai has responded to bin Laden’s death, vindicated, saying Afghanistan is not a “place of terrorism.” He went on to urge Taliban forces to lay down their weapons, “to learn from what happened yesterday and stop fighting.” However, Taliban forces announced the launch of their Spring offensive on the same day bin Laden was killed. They have promised to “attack military bases, convoys and Afghan officials, including members of the peace council working to reconcile with top insurgent leaders” (Associated Press). In fact, the offensive was launched earlier today with a 12 year old suicide bomber who killed four people in Eastern Afghanistan.
GUEST: Anand Gopal, independent journalist based in Afghanistan and has reported for the Christian Science Monitor and the Wall Street Journal
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One Response to “Afghan Reactions To Bin Laden’s Death”
The President comes from my town Chicago. He is really one of us. He put the hit out for this man Bin, and sit around with the gang and watched it go down. (This is also something that Donald Rumsfeld would have done as well.)What is more Chicago big Al Scarface like than this. The boys are proud of him. We taught him well.
I noticed that the Secretary of State was there to watch the reality TV show. (It was not related to her job to be there, she likes a good reality TV show as much as the next person).