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Originally posted by uberarcanist
Unfortunately, it's a waste of time to debate with an individual as intellectually biased as yourself.
Originally posted by uberarcanist
Unfortunately, it's a waste of time to debate with an individual as intellectually biased as yourself.
The date of the incident, the boy's name and information on what happened to him afterwards were not immediately available, Lt Col Accetta said. The Guardian has been unable to independently corroborate the claim.
The claim came only hours after the second report this week that civilians had been killed in Nato military operations
Originally posted by rdang
Well lets just wait and see if it is true.I suppose the 12 year old the tailban used to behead a man was "poop" also.Come on,how could a 12 yo
behead someone,right.Knowing how the islamonazis work,I don't put it past them for one minute.
Originally posted by 11Bravo
The two post above me have nothing to do with the article in question and only attack a poster for stating a fact.
Originally posted by ChrisF231
remember that this is a religion that raises their kids from the second they are born to hate infidels, Jews and that it is noble to die killing said people.
Originally posted by 11Bravo
The two post above me have nothing to do with the article in question and only attack a poster for stating a fact.
Im calling propaganda on this story.
First of all, anybody who has ever handled explosives knows they are not light.
How much explosives could a six year old carry in a vest? 5 pounds? 10?
What about the detonator? How was the child going to set it off? Did the terrorist set the child up with a child-strength spring activated trigger?
Would his little fingers even be strong enough?
The entire story is bogus, generated to portray the enemy in a negative light.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE THUNDER, Afghanistan - The story of a 6-year-old Afghan boy who says he thwarted an effort by Taliban militants to trick him into being a suicide bomber provoked tears and anger at a meeting of tribal leaders.
The account from Juma Gul, a dirt-caked child who collects scrap metal for money, left American soldiers dumbfounded that a youngster could be sent on such a mission. Afghan troops crowded around the boy to call him a hero.
Though the Taliban dismissed the story as propaganda, at a time when U.S. and NATO forces are under increasing criticism over civilian casualties, both Afghan tribal elders and U.S. military officers said they were convinced by his dramatic account.
Juma said that sometime last month Taliban fighters forced him to wear a vest they said would spray out flowers when he touched a button. He said they told him that when he saw American soldiers, "throw your body at them."
The militants cornered Juma in a Taliban-controlled district in southern Afghanistan's Ghazni province. Their target was an impoverished youngster being raised by an older sister — but also one who proved too street-smart for their plan.
"When they first put the vest on my body I didn't know what to think, but then I felt the bomb," Juma told The Associated Press as he ate lamb and rice after being introduced to the elders at this joint U.S.-Afghan base in Ghazni. "After I figured out it was a bomb, I went to the Afghan soldiers for help."
While Juma's story could not be independently verified, local government leaders backed his account and the U.S. and NATO military missions said they believed his story.