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sheer genius
Author: Larry C. Lyons
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:34402#350049
You have to wonder where they get them from, a real genius here, and cheap too.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/taliban-commander-turns-self-in-for-reward-on-wanted-poster/2012/04/17/gIQAbVjqNT_blog.html
Taliban commander turns self in... for reward on Wanted poster
By Kevin Sieff
Sometimes, capturing a Taliban commander requires vast resources and
complex operations. Last week in eastern Afghanistan, it required
neither.
Mohammad Ashan, a mid-level Taliban commander in Paktika province,
strolled toward a police checkpoint in the district of Sar Howza with
a wanted poster bearing his own face. He demanded the finders fee
referenced on the poster: $100.
Afghan officials, perplexed by the mans misguided motives, arrested
him on the spot. Ashan is suspected of plotting at least two attacks
on Afghan security forces. His misdeeds prompted officials to plaster
the district with hundreds of so-called Be on the Lookout posters
emblazoned with his name and likeness.
When U.S. troops went to confirm that Ashan had in fact come forward
to claim the finders fee, they were initially incredulous.
We asked him, Is this you? Mohammad Ashan answered with an
incredible amount of enthusiasm, Yes, yes, thats me! Can I get my
award now? recalled SPC Matthew Baker.
A biometric scan confirmed that the man in Afghan custody was the
insurgent they had been looking for.
This guy is the Taliban equivalent of the Home Alone burglars, one
U.S. official said.
Wanted posters are often distributed by NATO forces, but rarely have
such a direct impact on the apprehension of an insurgent. In restive
Paktika province, civilians are typically afraid to pass on
intelligence that might lead to an arrest. And insurgents tend to shy
away from the urban centers where theyre being hunted, particularly
while carrying evidence of their own transgressions.
Officials have guessed at what the unusual details of Ashans arrest
might tell us about the state of the insurgency its desperation, its
lack of resources, its defiance of law and order.
But, for now, the consensus has landed on the singularity of Ashans
act, and the intellectual
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