Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 9, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday August 9, 2006 world a9 Afghanistan general sounds Taliban alarm by Donald Mcarthur Kandahar Afghanistan ? if the Security situation in Afghanistan a volatile South does to improve Over the next few months civilians who have yet to choose sides in the conflict could cast their lot with the Taliban and the country could be used once More As a staging ground for International terror attacks the British general in charge of the nato led Mission Here said yesterday. . David Richards who met with nato officials and troops at Kandahar air Field after a grim week in which five Canadian and four British soldiers were killed said nato will be redeploying troops and police Over the next four to six weeks. They should know within three to four months whether we be made a Dent in the insurgency and an impression on the floating population of afghan civilians yearning for peace and stability. The 37-nation nato led International Security assistance Force assumed command for operations in the four Southern provinces including Kandahar last week and Richards made it Clear nato was going to keep taking the fight to insurgents so that development and reconstruction projects necessary to win popular support for the government of afghan president Hamid Karzai could proceed. Richards said private polling that was accurate and empirically sound suggested 70 per cent of afghans supported natos presence Here compared with the one to five per cent who positively Don to like he said the Battle for Afghanistan can Only be won if nato convinces those in Between ? the civilians waiting to see which Way its going to go ? to support the government instead of the Taliban. The people we talk to say yes were frustrated with the Lack of perceived improvement but they do not want to go Back to the Taliban. And the reason they do not want to go Back to the Taliban is because All this International support which they know is vital to their future and their children a future will go As the Taliban comes in said Richards. ? can West news service rape hearing told of soldiers despair Anthony Yribe is accused of failing to by Ryan Lenz report the attack but is not alleged to have participated. B Baghdad ? a . Army private testimony during the article 32 hear yesterday described the Ever pre ing the military equivalent of a grand sent fear of death gripping his jury has painted a picture of a femoral unit whose members stand accused of sized unit drained emotionally after the raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl deaths of comrades and exhausted after and killing her family in Iraq a Infa the frequent attacks in the mostly sunni Mous Triangle of death. Arab area a stronghold of Al Aida in you re just walking a death walk Iraq and other religious extremists. Pet. 1st class Justin Cross told a hear it drives you nuts. You feel like every ing to determine whether five fellow sol step you might get blown up Cross told Diers must stand trial in the March 12 the hearing. You just hit a Point where attack near Mahmou Diya. You re like if i die today i specialist James Barker sgt. Paul to Cope with the stress he said sol Cortez pet. 1st class Jesse Spielman Diers turned to whiskey ? a violation of and pet. 1st class Bryan Howard Are . Regulations in Iraq ? and accused of raping and murdering the painkillers to ease their fears. Girl and killing her parents and five ? associated press year old sister. Another Soldier sgt. 3 arrested in phone tapping probe London ? British police arrested intercepted raising potential Security three men including a newspaper Edi issues the police said. 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