By Shiningone (Shiningone) on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 - 08:45 am:
Just got word that Afganistan declared war on the United States of America.
God help us all.
ShiningOne
By Land Murphy (Lando) on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 - 08:56 am:
Time to hoard food supplies and fortify the basement.
Talk about a preemptive strike.
By Monkeybutt on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 - 09:35 am:
Oh my,I may wet myself and shat my drawers.The MIGHTY Taleban has declared war on us! :)
Sorta reminds me of when Noriega decided to piss off Bush Snr.We all know what happened then.
-Monkeybutt
By Westyx (Westyx) on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 - 09:45 am:
I've been told that afghanistan will declare war if it is bombed - but that has yet to happen
By Shiningone (Shiningone) on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 - 01:00 pm:
``I would like to tell my people that our jihad will be formally resuming against the Americans,'' Akhond said in a speech broadcast on the radio late on Monday and monitored by the BBC.
But apperantly he does not have the final say in the jihad (holy war) that responsiblity falls on the cleric council which is due to convenve this week.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010918/wl/attack_afghan_holywar_dc.html
They have been gearing up their forces and have moved most of them to the Pakistan border.
By Anonymous on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 - 01:06 pm:
They also have ongoing jihads with Iran, Russia, and a couple of other places. FWIW.
By Mark Bussman on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 - 01:40 pm:
This is as good a place as any to ask...
What does FWIW mean? I haven't been able to figure it out.
By Alan Au (Itsatrap) on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 - 02:15 pm:
For what it's worth...
- Alan
By doug jones on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 - 06:41 pm: