Afghan dude cons US Military, government

[James Dahl]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world ... .html?_r=1

KABUL, Afghanistan — For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if only because of the appearance of a certain insurgent leader at one end of the table: Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, one of the most senior commanders in the Taliban movement.

But now, it turns out, Mr. Mansour was apparently not Mr. Mansour at all. In an episode that could have been lifted from a spy novel, United States and Afghan officials now say the Afghan man was an impostor, and high-level discussions conducted with the assistance of NATO appear to have achieved little.

“It’s not him,” said a Western diplomat in Kabul intimately involved in the discussions. “And we gave him a lot of money.”

[Gatspy]

Hustling on a whole new level.

[Coeus]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world ... .html?_r=1

KABUL, Afghanistan — For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if only because of the appearance of a certain insurgent leader at one end of the table: Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, one of the most senior commanders in the Taliban movement.

But now, it turns out, Mr. Mansour was apparently not Mr. Mansour at all. In an episode that could have been lifted from a spy novel, United States and Afghan officials now say the Afghan man was an impostor, and high-level discussions conducted with the assistance of NATO appear to have achieved little.

“It’s not him,” said a Western diplomat in Kabul intimately involved in the discussions. “And we gave him a lot of money.”

Believe me this sort of thing happen more frequently, but they dont report it.

[udun]

Folks, the US military and the Afghan government knew that the whole thing was a viasco from the getgo but they were broadcasting it for public consumption back in the US and in Europe. According to the polls, the support for the war in the west in slipping down and the Taliban is getting stronger, so there was a need to invent stories that the Taliban was offered negotiations and there they are negotiating with the occupation

Telling the world the reasons why Afghanistan was invaded and the reason why Pashtun Sunni Muslims are receiving the brunt of this conflict should be honestly explained and they need to tell that to their people instead of hiding behind the much publicized, ever-convenient Al-Qaeda (aka AL-CIADA).

[abdisamad3]

well done..

[ToughGong]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world ... .html?_r=1

KABUL, Afghanistan — For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if only because of the appearance of a certain insurgent leader at one end of the table: Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, one of the most senior commanders in the Taliban movement.

But now, it turns out, Mr. Mansour was apparently not Mr. Mansour at all. In an episode that could have been lifted from a spy novel, United States and Afghan officials now say the Afghan man was an impostor, and high-level discussions conducted with the assistance of NATO appear to have achieved little.

“It’s not him,” said a Western diplomat in Kabul intimately involved in the discussions. “And we gave him a lot of money.”

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world ... .html?_r=1

KABUL, Afghanistan — For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if only because of the appearance of a certain insurgent leader at one end of the table: Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, one of the most senior commanders in the Taliban movement.

But now, it turns out, Mr. Mansour was apparently not Mr. Mansour at all. In an episode that could have been lifted from a spy novel, United States and Afghan officials now say the Afghan man was an impostor, and high-level discussions conducted with the assistance of NATO appear to have achieved little.

“It’s not him,” said a Western diplomat in Kabul intimately involved in the discussions. “And we gave him a lot of money.”

Rageedi.

[ciyaal_warta]

Hustling on a whole new level.

[Cirwaaq]

It is Shabab's turn

[James Dahl]

So since noone knows what Godane looks like, time for someone to set up a meeting with "Godane"

[IRONm@N]

Somalis already did stuff like this, remember that "maalin_taajir" guy in the Operation Restore Hope of 1993, that stole millions from the UN base in Mogadishu.

[ToughGong]

Somalis already did stuff like this, remember that "maalin_taajir" guy in the Operation Restore Hope of 1993, that stole millions from the UN base in Mogadishu.

Is that what they named him

[AbdiWahab252]

LOL !

He did a ABdishugri

[Cirwaaq]

So since noone knows what Godane looks like, time for someone to set up a meeting with "Godane"