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October 3rd, 2006

October 3rd, 2006

12:26 pm [Link]

Mission accomplished? U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) said Monday that the war against Taliban guerrillas in Afghanistan could never be won militarily, and he urged support for efforts to bring "people who call themselves Taliban" into the government. Frist said he learned from military briefings that Taliban fighters were too numerous and had too much popular support to be defeated on the battlefield. via birdwatcher@lj Update: Frist clarifies (5 comments | Leave a comment)