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Someone far wiser than me (thanks Old Sweat) pointed something out in this posting:
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/80971/post-778488.html#msg778488
Note the similarities between the two accounts (highlighting mine - from official Taliban translations):
Friday night 14-11-2008 at approximately 11:03pm local time , Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,with remote controlled landmine blew up a military tank of Canadian occupation army when it was travelling in near bazaar of Mewand district of Kandahar province. In the explosion the tank was completely destroyed and 4 Canadian occupation terrorists in it were killed. ....
Friday afternoon 14-11-2008 at approximatly 4:00pm local time, Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,with remote controlled landmine blew up a military tank of British occupation army when it was travelling in Sabgib district of Helmand province. In the explosion the tank was completely destroyed and 4 British occupation terrorists in it were killed ....
From further back....
1 Nov 08:
Saturday afternoon 01-11-2008 at approximately 3:30 pm local time, Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, with remote controlled landmines blew up a foot patrolling unit of Canadian invaders army in Rostamkariz area of Arghastan district of Kandahar province. In explosion the tank was distroyed, 4 Canadian soldiers terrorists in it were killed.
And a bit of adjective action here (underlined) on 3 Nov 08
Sunday morning 03-11-2008, Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,with remote controlled landmine blew up 1 military tank of NATO occupation army when it was travelling Sorkhsang area Arghandab district of Zabul province. In the explosion the tank was completely destroyed and 5 American occupation terrorists in it were killed..
Off the top of my head, they may be using a template or boilerplate text they cut/paste into place, with dates, times, nationalities and places updated - this theory, in spite of the typo difference (underlined above).
Any other theories?
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/80971/post-778488.html#msg778488
Note the similarities between the two accounts (highlighting mine - from official Taliban translations):
Friday night 14-11-2008 at approximately 11:03pm local time , Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,with remote controlled landmine blew up a military tank of Canadian occupation army when it was travelling in near bazaar of Mewand district of Kandahar province. In the explosion the tank was completely destroyed and 4 Canadian occupation terrorists in it were killed. ....
Friday afternoon 14-11-2008 at approximatly 4:00pm local time, Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,with remote controlled landmine blew up a military tank of British occupation army when it was travelling in Sabgib district of Helmand province. In the explosion the tank was completely destroyed and 4 British occupation terrorists in it were killed ....
From further back....
1 Nov 08:
Saturday afternoon 01-11-2008 at approximately 3:30 pm local time, Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, with remote controlled landmines blew up a foot patrolling unit of Canadian invaders army in Rostamkariz area of Arghastan district of Kandahar province. In explosion the tank was distroyed, 4 Canadian soldiers terrorists in it were killed.
And a bit of adjective action here (underlined) on 3 Nov 08
Sunday morning 03-11-2008, Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,with remote controlled landmine blew up 1 military tank of NATO occupation army when it was travelling Sorkhsang area Arghandab district of Zabul province. In the explosion the tank was completely destroyed and 5 American occupation terrorists in it were killed..
Off the top of my head, they may be using a template or boilerplate text they cut/paste into place, with dates, times, nationalities and places updated - this theory, in spite of the typo difference (underlined above).
Any other theories?