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Taliban Hang 15 Yo Boy For Having US Dollars

The latest from those noble “freedom fighters,” via their allies in the Associated Press:

An Afghan policeman watches a road after a recent Taliban attack on a convoy, near the town of Qalat, southeast Afghanistan, September 30, 2007.

Afghan boy with US dollars hanged

By NOOR KHAN

Taliban militants hanged a teenager in southern Afghanistan because he had U.S. money in his pocket, and they stuffed five $1 bills in his mouth as a warning to others not to use dollars, police said Monday. Taliban militants elsewhere killed eight police.

The 15-year-old boy was hanged from a tree on Sunday in Helmand, the most violent province in the country and the world’s No. 1 poppy-growing region.

“The Taliban warned villagers that they would face the same punishment if they were caught with dollars,” said Wali Mohammad, the district police chief in Sangin.

Dollars are commonly used in Afghanistan alongside the afghani, the local currency, although the U.S. currency is more commonly seen in larger cities where international organizations are found.

Militants often justify their attacks and executions as a response to U.S. meddling in Afghan affairs…

Doesn’t the Taliban demand US dollars when they kidnap people? Don’t they get US dollars when they sell their heroin?

The article also fails to mention that this could be inspired by the latest US campaign to capture their leaders:

   

These posters from the U.S. military show pictures of 12 wanted Taliban and al-Qaida leaders. The U.S. military has launched a new ‘Most Wanted’ campaign offering rewards of up to US$200,000 for information leading to the capture of the dozen leaders.

These heroes can’t allow that.

Drug-dealing thugs are the same the whole world over.

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10 Responses to “Taliban Hang 15 Yo Boy For Having US Dollars”

  1. navycopjoe

    Is it just me or do I feel that the posters will be photoshopped alot in the following days?
    Hmmmm, where’s my Durbin and Kerry photos?

  2. 1sttofight

    How did they tie all those dollar bills together to make a rope?

  3. SG

    And if I had posted “15 Year Old Boy With US Dollars Hanged By Taliban,” some wisenhymer would have said:

    “By his Taliban? That has got to hurt.”

  4. Warmonger Infidel

    Well that is very painful SG….ever tried hanging by your taliban?

  5. SG

    I understand it hurts even more than being kicked in the Pelosi.

  6. Lurkin_no_mo

    I’m assuming that the Pelosi is on the opposite side of my Taliban, although closely related in functions.

  7. sheehanjihad

    Nah, you guys have it wrong…..you sit down, take a steaming Kerry, and THEN wipe your Pelosi. You can get kicked in the Obamas…..but the Reid in the middle helps protect them.

  8. Lipstick on a PIAPS

    I thought a Reid is what came out of your Pelosi. Then you wipe the left over Reids to keep your underwear from getting mudtracks. I’m getting confused.

  9. DEZ

    Irene Booker was in on it!
    Just a harmless prank. OOOOps.

  10. low profile

    Could it be that the boy just refused to share his US dollars with the kinder, gentler Taliban brotherhood?


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