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Bloomberg, Giuliani disagree on trials...that the situation is too traumatic to try the assailants in a US Court? The GOP is working hard to make the Taliban and Al Queida in something to be feared. They committed a CRIME on American soil. They should be tried as the criminals... In this article: Michael Bloomberg, Rudy Giuliani, New York City, NYPD, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, World Trade Center, Guantanamo, and Detainee |
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washingtonpost.com | November 02, 2009
Jim Moran Calls GOP the Taliban Ticket
Jim Moran Calls GOP the "Taliban Ticket" Always good copy, U.S. Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) likened the Republican ticket in Virginia this year to Afghanistan's radical Taliban movement in comments broadcast Sunday by WAMU radio. At a...
In this article: Attorney General, GOP, Jim Moran, Virginia, Jody Wagner, and Bill Bolling
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Washington Times | November 07, 2009
Defiant against defining
They will not shut up. Just last weekend, Rep. James P. Moran Jr., Virginia Democrat, attacked the Republican candidates for governor and attorney general in his state of Virginia as the "Taliban ticket." New York Times columnist...
In this article: Republican Party, Dede Scozzafava, White House, Frank Rich, Ronald Reagan, Oakland, Limited government, Radicalism, and Fiscal conservatism
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washingtonpost.com | October 09, 2009
Republicans Scoff at Nobel Prize Announcement
Response from Democrats to the torrent of GOP criticism was also swift. "The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists -- the Taliban and Hamas this morning -- in criticizing the president for receiving the Nobel Peace...
In this article: Barack Obama, Republican Party, John McCain, John R. Bolton, Bill Kristol, and Nobel Prize
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New York Post | November 04, 2009
Extreme Hypocrites
" They won't sit down. They won't shut up. Just last weekend, Democratic Rep. Jim Moran attacked the GOP candidates for governor and attorney general in Virginia as the "Taliban ticket. " New York Times columnist Frank Rich decried...
In this article: Dede Scozzafava, Republican Party, White House, Acorn, Frank Rich, Ronald Reagan, Oakland, and Limited government
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ABC News | November 12, 2009
Back to the Drawing Board: Pentagon's Afghan Options Leave Obama Flat
...to find the correct Solution. Perhaps he should just continue the Bush strategy ( letting Bin Ladin and Mullah Omar escape- and the Taliban to regroup--- Lets put blame for this fiasco directly where it belongs-- On the Bush Cheney lack of...
In this article: Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Pentagon, Stanley McChrystal, Geography, White House, GOP, and U.S.
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CNSNews.com Headlines | November 03, 2009
Who Are You Calling 'Extremist'?
...sit down. They will not shut up. Just this past weekend, Democratic Rep. Jim Moran attacked the Republican candidates for governor and attorney general in his state of Virginia as the "Taliban ticket. " New York Times columnist Frank...
In this article: Republican Party, Dede Scozzafava, White House, Frank Rich, Oakland, Limited government, and Radicalism
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Redstate -- Conservative News and Community | November 03, 2009
Jim Moran Calls Virginia GOP Taliban But Not So Interested In Fighting The Actual Taliban
Jim Moran Calls Virginia GOP "Taliban" But Not So Interested In Fighting The Actual Taliban It Is Not As If The Taliban Are Something Moran Really Hates, Like Republicans Or Jews Arlington/Alexandria Democrat Jim Moran is always a reliable...
In this article: Jim Moran, GOP, Afghanistan, Virginia, US, Detainee, Iraq War, and Barack Obama
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Talking Points Memo | November 03, 2009
Jim Moran: If GOP Were Running In Afghanistan, They Would Be On The 'Taliban Ticket'
...-- openly accusing them of being like the Taliban. "I mean, if the Republicans were running in Afghanistan, they'd be running on the Taliban ticket as far as I can see," Moran declared. The campaign of Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob...
In this article: Jim Moran, GOP, Afghanistan, Conservatism, Bob McDonnell, and Virginia
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The Taliban (طالبان ', meaning "students"), also Taleban, is a radical Sunni Islamist movement that governed Afghanistan from 1996 until late 2001, when all of its members were removed from power by NATO forces during Operation Enduring Freedom. It has regrouped since 2004 and revived as a strong insurgency movement governing at the local level and fighting a guerrilla war against the governments of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
The movement is made up of members belonging to different ethnic Pashtun tribes, along with a number of volunteers from nearby Islamic countries such as Uzbeks, Tajiks, Chechens, Arabs, Punjabis and others. They operate in Afghanistan and the Frontier Tribal Areas of Pakistan, mainly around the Durand Line border.
The Taliban movement is headed by Mullah Mohammed Omar, who is still in hiding. Mullah Omar's original commanders were "a mixture of former small-unit military commanders and madrasah teachers," and the rank and file made up mostly of Afghan refugees who had studied at Islamic religious schools in Pakistan. The Taliban received valuable training, supplies and arms from the Pakistani government, particularly the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and many recruits from madrasahs for Afghan refugees in Pakistan, primarily ones established by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI).
- Name:
- Taliban
- Location:
- Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Years Active:
- September 1994
- Opponents:
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- British Armed Forces
- Military of Afghanistan
- Military of Pakistan
- Operation Enduring Freedom Allies
- ISAF (led by NATO)
- United States Armed Forces
- Alliances:
- Ideology:
- Islamic fundamentalism
- Participant In:
- the Civil war in Afghanistan, the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) and the Waziristan War
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