IRN Media: Brit Chinooks Airlifting Taliban from South to North

[The Bread Guy]

Riiiiiiiiiiiiight...  :

UK army 'providing' Taliban with air transport
Presstv.com (IRN), 17 Oct 09
Article link - PDF of article if link doesn't work

The British army has been relocating Taliban insurgents from southern Afghanistan to the north by providing transportation means, diplomats say.

The diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said insurgents are being airlifted from the southern province of Helmand to the north amid increasing violence in the northern parts of the country.

The aircraft used for the transfer have been identified as British Chinook helicopters.

The officials said Sultan Munadi, an Afghan interpreter who was kidnapped along with his employer, New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell, was killed by a “British sniper” as commandos executed a rescue operation to free Farrell.

They said Munadi was targeted for possessing documents and pictures pointing at the British military's involvement in the transfer operation ....

Nonetheless, the AFG government is looking into it.

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[tomahawk6]

Disturbing If true. Probably disinformation but after what the Brits pulled in Basra and under General Richards in Afghanistan its entirely possible.

 

[CougarKing]

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This crap belongs in with the other crap in Taliban propaganda watch even if this is from an Iranian source.

 

[X-mo-1979]

Has anyone else caught on yet?Here they are pointing the blame that Canada and Italy are funding the terrorist not to hurt them.The Brit's are giving them transport.

Maybe they realized how dumb the average European/North American is and how our media greatly accepts their thoughts to broadcast to our population.

Well done to the taliban.Good propaganda!You just convinced a whole bunch of Canadians for sure.

 

[vonGarvin]

I'm pretty sure that the loony left is convinced already!

 

[The Bread Guy]

Maybe they realized how dumb the average European/North American is and how our media greatly accepts their thoughts to broadcast to our population.

Or wire services?  ;D

 

[The Bread Guy]

Maybe they realized how dumb the average European/North American is and how our media greatly accepts their thoughts to broadcast to our population.

Or, sadly, elements of the Pakistani media, for that matter....

 

[X-mo-1979]

Unreal.

 

[medicineman]

Perhaps they were taken north by the Chinooks - and then given impromptu flying lessons out the back of the aircraft...

MM

 

[tabernac]

Disturbing If true. Probably disinformation but after what the Brits pulled in Basra and under General Richards in Afghanistan its entirely possible.

For those of us who don't know what the Brits did in Basra, or what Gen Richards is know for, could you please enlighten us?

IMO it just seems like you're making sly, unsubstantiated attacks on an ally.

 

[Kilo_302]

The diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said insurgents are being airlifted from the southern province of Helmand to the north amid increasing violence in the northern parts of the country.

I don't doubt that governments of any nation are capable of extremely underhanded and seemingly hypocritical actions, but if you apply a "cost-benefit" analysis to these claims, it does not add up. What would the British (or ISAF) possibly have to gain from such an operation? Can anyone come up with a possible motive, or am I missing something here?

 

[X-mo-1979]

I also believe if we had half a clue about what goes on in the world we would be extremely shocked.

 

[The Bread Guy]

I don't doubt that governments of any nation are capable of extremely underhanded and seemingly hypocritical actions, but if you apply a "cost-benefit" analysis to these claims, it does not add up. What would the British (or ISAF) possibly have to gain from such an operation? Can anyone come up with a possible motive, or am I missing something here?

In terms of a motive for such an op, you're right.

In terms of a motive for the STORY, I'm sure the Taliban is happy to see anything that might cause the allies to nitpick one another (or commentators to nitpick other allies) - sound familiar?

 

[X-mo-1979]

In terms of a motive for such an op, you're right.

In terms of a motive for the STORY, I'm sure the Taliban is happy to see anything that might cause the allies to nitpick one another (or commentators to nitpick other allies) - sound familiar?

True enough,I wonder if it was some of our Afgan allies they were transporting.If the story has ANY merit.

 

[The Bread Guy]

True enough,I wonder if it was some of our Afgan allies they were transporting.If the story has ANY merit.

Or even ISAF troops, for that matter?  I stand to be corrected, but I've heard there's more than a few NATO troops moved about at night by Chinook from time to time in that part of the world...

 

[X-mo-1979]

Or even ISAF troops, for that matter?  I stand to be corrected, but I've heard there's more than a few NATO troops moved about at night by Chinook from time to time in that part of the world...

Yeah.That was my secondary thought after I cut through the B/S of the article.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Perhaps they were taken north by the Chinooks - and then given impromptu flying lessons out the back of the aircraft...

MM

I had a similar thought, imagine the Brit Air Movement Command officer getting the complaint from the local Taliban Commander about his troops being splattered across the North:

TC: YOU terrible Infidel, YOU kill my men, when you promise to fly them to North as agreed by you politicians, may fleas of a thousand camels infest your crotch!!!! Infidel I KILL YOU!

Brit AMC: My dear chap, calm down, no need to get excited, now if you kindly look at through all 36 pages of the contract, you will note that we had agreed to fly them North, but we never said anything about a landing.
But since you seem unsatisfied with our service, we can toss in a free box lunch for the lads on the next trip?

 

[medicineman]

But since you seem unsatisfied with our service, we can toss in a free box lunch for the lads on the next trip?

...of pork chops and ham sandwiches?

OOps, inside voice on outside again...

MM

 

[DocBacon]

Consider the  source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_TV

Yup.  If I ever find myself nodding at anything the Iranian PM says I'll check myself into the psych ward.

 

[Jungle]

...of pork chops and ham sandwiches?

OOps, inside voice on outside again...

MM

Or a kidney pie !!!