Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 05, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba C m y k Page a9 Winnipeg repress. Com world Winnipeg free press sunday october 5, 2008 a 9                                                                                     " # $ % / $ /0 1 $ # $ 2" 3 " ,. 0 # $ " 1 # 0. " 4 4                                                                                                                                                                     5                                                             6                          7                   l Ondon the senior British commander in Afghanistan says that a decisive military Victory there is impossible and the Taliban May Well be part of a Long term solution for the country. The sunday times newspaper quotes Brig. Gen. Mark Carleton Smith As saying that the Alliance is not going to win the War. He says the Issue now is about reducing the War to a manageable level of insurgency thatus not a strategic threat and can be managed by the afghan army. General Carleton Smith says the Alliance May Well leave Afghanistan while there is still a Low but steady Rural insurgency. He also said a Deal with the Taliban might be on the table. The British commander says that if the Taliban is prepared to sit on the other Side of the table and talk about a political settlement thatus the sort of Progress that could conclude the insurgency. Although Britain and its nato allies Are engaged in a fierce Campaign against Taliban militants in Afghanistan British officials have voiced interest in trying to talk the Taliban into laying Down their arms and joining the government. On saturday the British government denied a claim that the us believes the military Campaign in Afghanistan is doomed to failure after a French newspaper reported that lond ones ambassador to Kabul had said foreign troops added to the country is woes. On wednesday Frances weekly be canard enc Haine published what it said was a leaked French diplomatic Cable recounting talks Between Bri taints ambassador Sherard Cowper Coles and a French official. The newspaper said the French Cable reported that Cowper Coles had said Afghanistan might Best be governed by an acceptable dictator and that the Cable quoted him As saying foreign troops were adding to the country is problems by helping Shore up a failing government in Kabul. Cowper Coles was quoted As saying that the american strategy is destined to fail and that the presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan was part of the problem not the solution. The Prospect of a dictatorship is the Only realistic one and we must get Public opinion ready to accept it the report quotes the alleged Cable As saying. The newspaper a weekly publication known for its investigative stories published excerpts of the Cable including a passage that quoted the British ambassador As criticizing both u. S. Presidential candidates Over pledges to Send More u. S. Troops to Afghanistan. It is the american presidential candidates who must be dissuaded from getting further bogged Down in Afghanistan an extract of the Cable quoted Cowper Coles As saying. French foreign ministry spokesman Eric Chevallier said the Content of the alleged Cable does not correspond at All with what we hear from our British counterparts in our discussions on Afghanistan. The associated press afghan War cant be won commander pushes Deal with Taliban by Jill Lawless drug death toll explodes Tijuana Mexico police have found nine More bodies dumped around the mexican Border City of Tijuana where nearly 50 people have been killed in a week of violence related to the drug Trade. Municipal police found five of the bodies Between two Small shopping centres in the Eastern part of the City. They had been beaten and had their hands bound. The bodies of two beheaded men were found wrapped in blankets on a Road elsewhere in the City. More than 400 people have been killed in drug related violence in the City across from san Diego this year including at least 49 this week. Fugitive once a mountie a fugitive Canadian who escaped peruvian prison in late september while awaiting extradition to the u. S. For an alleged role in moving hundreds of kilograms of cocaine across three continents once worked As an ramp officer according to an Interpol document disputed by the ramp. Montreal born Jerry Turcotte 48, was arrested by Perus Federal police in May and escaped from a jail cell in Lima on sept. 22 after overpowering a jail guard who had entered his cell to take out the garbage according to peruvian police and the u. S. Drug enforcement Agency. On april 24 Interpol issued a red notice on Turcotte which also stated Turcotte once worked As an ramp officer before becoming a private investigator the red notice said. Official records show we have never had a member by that name said ramp sgt. Sylvie Tremblay. Ditch Gas guzzler get car Caracas Venezuela give up your Gas guzzler and get a free car. Thatus president Hugo Chavez is offer to venezuelans. Chavez says he plans to Start a program next year that will give away cars running on less polluting natural Gas to people who turn in Gas guzzlers. The socialist Leader says hell even throw in a year of free fuel though thatus a minor Bonus in Oil Rich Venezuela where gasoline goes for three cents a litre. Venezuela has signed accords with companies from More than a Hal dozen countries to exploit its mostly untapped natural Gas reserves. From the news services the world Gerald Kuchling / the associated press slow Start an 80 year old female Yangtze giant soft Shell Turtle rests at a zoo in Suzhou China. Attempts to Breed the Turtle the species last known female with Chin ass last known male failed saturday because the eggs did not Hatch disappointed conservationists say. But they Hope the pair will try again when they re ready. A 09_ oct 05 08. Ind a9 10/ 4/ 08 9 39 16 pm ;