Taliban illusions.

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Here is view of NEFA Senior Investigator Claudio Franco

The Taliban staged a graduation ceremony for “martyrdom” recruits allegedly assigned to strike targets in the West. Mansour was filmed addressing the recruits, and the young volunteers were shown issuing on-screen threats to their assigned target nations...

Mansour follows the trail forged by his brother, who pioneered the Afghan use of suicide bombers. Among his recruits, he claims, there are several Western volunteers ready to strike targets in the USA, the UK, and other European countries, such as France and Germany. The training of Western operatives, says Mansour, will continue and increase in accordance with the late leader’s plans. The Taliban have learned a great deal about their enemy since 2001. Now they know who to target in order to take advantage of the divisions in NATO’s heterogeneous forces, and they are fully aware of the conflict’s impact on Western public opinion.

( IN THIS VIDEO A MASKED MAN MAKES A SHORT SPEECH IN ENGLISH.

BUT HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE WORDS HE SAYS, HE HAS LEARNED THEM BY WROTE, SPEAKING SYLLABLES WITH OUT INFLECTION OR COMPREHENSION.

THE SAME WAY THE CHINA NEWS REPORTERS ON CHINA'S SHORTWAVE ENGLISH STATION. THE TALK IS A BUNCH OF WORDS STRUNG TOGETHER, WITHOUT EMPHASIS OR ANY INFLECTION. There are no English bombers.. Gerald)



Claudio Franco :
The footage was circulated in the Western media in June18, and the Taliban released their own cut of the video in August 2007. Interestingly Mullah Dadullah, too, was introduced to the Western media through a video which depicted the veteran commander addressing a group of suicide bombers.

It was the first time “martyrdom seekers” were presented openly as the Taliban military campaign’s weapon of choice, and Dadullah gained instant notoriety.

Relatively young and inexperienced, Mansour, as a 38-year-old, newly-appointed leader, would have been an unknown quantity, but for the family connection to his notorious elder brother.

The bombers' convention served its purpose well, however; the video, probably conceived by Mansour's faction as a propaganda tool, successfully portrayed him as a key player on the Afghan stage. The ceremony itself was clearly a carefully staged event, and it seems possible that most of the bombers filmed with Mansour were “extras” recruited from among the idle youth of Miramshah.

Taliban illusions, hundreds of suicide bombers, and some English. NOT.

Gerald