3.29.2002

The song is slightly different, but I recognize the tune:

ABCNEWS.com : Report: Taliban Plans Suicide Bombings

He [a senior Taliban official] told the paper that he had visited Kandahar and Helmand provinces, where he conferred with Taliban leaders, including his brother, Abdul Haq, who was a minister in the regime before it was driven from power.

"We have some 300 suicide bombers ready to attack the American installations in Afghanistan," he said, adding that he believes that Pashtun tribes will rally to their support rather than accept a government that was imposed by foreigners.

"We are waiting for the snow to melt," said another Taliban member, who is in a refugee camp near the border. "Most of our fighters are still there and can be activated at short notice."
Waiting for the snow to melt? I thought our troops were the ones who would be overwhelmed by the "harsh Afghanistan winter"?

This entire notion of the "suicide bomber" bears some future investigation.

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