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The Taliban regularly sends e-mail blasts with press releases highlighting its latest activities, usually from the e-mail account of spokesperson Qari Yousuf Ahmedi. But this time, the press release Ahmedi intended to send was forwarded from the account of another spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid. Ahmedi forwarded the e-mail on to the mailing list, but CC’d all 400 members, rather than BCC’ing them, so the full list of e-mail addresses was laid bare to all who received it.
According to ABC News, the list included “a provincial governor, an Afghan legislator” and an “Afghan consultative committee.”
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You know, none of these guys seem all that smart. Their greatest victories seem to be more because of our incompetence (meaning liberals) than because of their genius.
JellyToast on November 16, 2012 at 8:54 PM
Yeah, it seems more like a comedy of errors than anything else. Which makes all of the federal intrusions since 9/11 seem more and more sinister. Honestly, the FBI has to recruit people online, give them a plan & fake bombs just to keep their “anti terrorism” people busy.
Something tells me we really don’t have a whole lot to fear from the vast majority of these people. Yes, stay on top of the bin ladens of the world… but honestly, we’re not “killing them over there so they dont kill us over here”
9/11 would have never happened if FAA guidelines didn’t tell the pilots and crews to cooperate with hijackers, pay the ransom, and keep the plane and crew / passengers safe. That, and locking the cockpit doors since 9/11, was really all that needed to change after 9/11
Timin203 on November 16, 2012 at 8:58 PM
Simple Jack running around with high explosive is still pretty frightening.
WeekendAtBernankes on November 16, 2012 at 8:59 PM
It’s hard to get right when you’re emailing from the 14th Century and your Tablet is made of stone.
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on November 16, 2012 at 9:08 PM
What a silly mistake–he must have been distracted by something. Perhaps an especially attractive goat walked by his window while he was sending the email?
Mr. Prodigy on November 16, 2012 at 9:17 PM
No one ever said we were fighting the varsity team here.
In fact, had our leadership given the okay, and not shackled our military with unworkable and unrealistic ROE’s, we’d have been able to clean house and leave Afghanistan by now, with something resembling a legitimate government in place, and the Taliban and AQ simpering in their caves, pissing down their legs and afraid to ever show their faces again.
But, leadership has other ideas, and our military has been forced to suck it up and bear our casualties and sacrifices so that the sycophants and enablers of Louis and Marie can look good and enjoy life.
TKindred on November 16, 2012 at 10:22 PM