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[_] [?] Anonymous 03/23/11(Wed)21:00 No.1486538
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>> [_] Anonymous 03/23/11(Wed)21:45 No.1486557
that's not spies, that's psyops
and anyway, the taliban and hig control over 75% of newspapers and radio airwaves in the eastern
areas of af and the fata of pk, along with their numerous "news" websites which they constantly
use to publish bloated figures/total lies about their attacks. in large swaths of both af and pk
they are the only source of war news. generally, within 30 mins after any attacks ordered from
mid-level commanders take place they are spreading disinformation. they've blamed countless
poorly aimed rocket/mortar attacks that have killed local nationals on nato/hn af forces and
consistently bloated numbers killed by their suicide bombers/ambushes. incredible reports of
abrams (no tanks currently being in use outside any of the fobs/cops/camps, etc) being destroyed
by ieds, mid-level nato commanders' bodies being pid'd in destroyed mraps, etc.
>> [_] Anonymous 03/23/11(Wed)21:48 No.1486559
in truth discouraging anyone from joining these insurgent groups is just helping them, as their
attacks have a huge attrition rate on their forces and are only truly effective against
civilians. in general, anyone who joins these groups now are viewed as an expendable
shield/resource for former taliban government members and freedom fighters from the soviet
invasion.
>> [_] Anonymous 03/23/11(Wed)22:21 No.1486571
This is a rational decision when many of them fundie extremists are blogging the interwebs.
Slippery slope yes, but op is most certainly being sensationalist and a poophead.
>> [_] Anonymous 03/23/11(Wed)23:11 No.1486583
without going into anything classified, here's some (fake) examples of the differences in
reporting from what our convoys report and what the taliban report (if you have an opensource.gov
account you can pull translated news reports from most countries in the world including a lot of
taliban sources)
isaf (international security assistance force, nato):
dtg, grid coords. light convoy (humvees) reports 30 rds SAF (small arms fire, ak's) received at x
grid coords on route x. no casualties no damage. convoy exfils. no impact on mission.
taliban:
rpg attack on mraps totally destroys 3 vehicles. 12 us soldiers confirmed dead.
>> [_] Anonymous 03/23/11(Wed)23:16 No.1486585
isaf:
dtg, grid coords, village x. 3 rds idf (indirect fire, mortars, ballistic rockets, not meaning
huge ones but ones about the size of the apache's unguided pod rockets) impact town x grid coords
x grid coords x grid coords. poo (point of origin) grid coords. 4 civilians killed, ui (est 12)
injured. mostly likely 122 mm (these are common rockets in af and iz, a ballistic rocket made by
the soviets which can be fired from pretty much anywhere, they're practically like bottle
rockets). assess likely target as local police station (grid coords).
taliban:
dutch forces ambushed by taliban forces calls in an airstrike hitting village x. 8 villagers
killed.
understand that the taliban don't hype things up in their reports, it's all with a straight face
and presented as facts, not as obvious propaganda. there's no "evil american pigs" or anything
like that, they try to make it look as legit as possible.
>> [_] Anonymous 03/23/11(Wed)23:53 No.1486594
tl;dr
>> [_] Anonymous 03/24/11(Thu)01:36 No.1486621
Haha, conspiracy.
>> [_] Anonymous 03/24/11(Thu)04:37 No.1486665
So.... controversial evidence not important enough to buy the pro version?
