Tuesday, June 15, 2004
We win!!!!
George W. Bush has declared victory in the war on terror in Afghanastan.
"Coalition forces, including many brave Afghans, have brought America, Afghanistan and the world its first victory in the war on terror," the president said. "Afghanistan is no longer a terrorist factory sending thousands of killers into the world."
A short while later in the Afghan capital city of Kabul, NATO forces came under fire Tuesday when at least one rocket exploded outside their headquarters. One soldier suffered non-lifethreatening injuries, officials said.
About 20,000 U.S. troops and more than 6,000 ISAF peacekeepers have been involved in almost daily gunfights with members of al Qaeda and the ousted Taliban leadership, who appear intent on disrupting elections for the Afghan Constitutional Assembly planned for September.
Those attacks are no longer to be considered terrorist actions, but rather domestic disruptions. Terrorism is no more! I tried waving my flag to celebrate, but sadly since it was still at half mast it got caught up in an adjacent holly tree so I had to burn it. Sadly for me it was still tangled in the tree, which sits next to my house and a small fire erupted resulting in the local fire company needing to be called. Insurance should cover most of the damage, but I'll never get that flag back... or the holly tree for that matter.
"Coalition forces, including many brave Afghans, have brought America, Afghanistan and the world its first victory in the war on terror," the president said. "Afghanistan is no longer a terrorist factory sending thousands of killers into the world."
A short while later in the Afghan capital city of Kabul, NATO forces came under fire Tuesday when at least one rocket exploded outside their headquarters. One soldier suffered non-lifethreatening injuries, officials said.
About 20,000 U.S. troops and more than 6,000 ISAF peacekeepers have been involved in almost daily gunfights with members of al Qaeda and the ousted Taliban leadership, who appear intent on disrupting elections for the Afghan Constitutional Assembly planned for September.
Those attacks are no longer to be considered terrorist actions, but rather domestic disruptions. Terrorism is no more! I tried waving my flag to celebrate, but sadly since it was still at half mast it got caught up in an adjacent holly tree so I had to burn it. Sadly for me it was still tangled in the tree, which sits next to my house and a small fire erupted resulting in the local fire company needing to be called. Insurance should cover most of the damage, but I'll never get that flag back... or the holly tree for that matter.
