Afghan Insurgents Cross-Dress To Escape U.S. Marines

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First Posted: 07- 6-09 06:33 PM   |   Updated: 07- 6-09 06:51 PM

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(CNN) -- Insurgents locked in a standoff with U.S. Marines tricked them by dressing up as women to escape, a task force spokesman said Monday.

Women and children had been caught in the standoff between the armed groups, but some of the women were not what they seemed, according to task force spokesman Capt. William Pelletier.

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(CNN) -- Insurgents locked in a standoff with U.S. Marines tricked them by dressing up as women to escape, a task force spokesman said Monday. Women and children had been caught in the standoff betw...
(CNN) -- Insurgents locked in a standoff with U.S. Marines tricked them by dressing up as women to escape, a task force spokesman said Monday. Women and children had been caught in the standoff betw...
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- slaxx I'm a Fan of slaxx 37 fans permalink
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there must be something in the koran about cross-dressing.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:36 AM on 07/07/2009
- Whinger I'm a Fan of Whinger 44 fans permalink
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This is news?

The uniform of a terrorist is that of the people!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:44 AM on 07/07/2009
- been2there I'm a Fan of been2there 11 fans permalink

I agree that sparing civilians is more important than nailing every one of the insurgents. The US has more need of civilian good will than of a "capture." The Marines were right to hold their fire.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:44 AM on 07/07/2009
- Raster I'm a Fan of Raster 22 fans permalink

This will be one of the chapters in a future edition of "Obama's Folly: Trying to Be the Lucky Seventh Empire to Win in Central Asia". The other six collapsed after engaging in war in the area.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:42 AM on 07/07/2009
- marco01 I'm a Fan of marco01 194 fans permalink
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This kind of thing was happening under Bush too.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:58 AM on 07/07/2009
- darthmaul I'm a Fan of darthmaul 17 fans permalink

I thought that one of the advantages of having women marines, was so that they could directly deal with Afghan women without violating local customs. Whats up with this?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:24 AM on 07/07/2009
- ltyr2002 I'm a Fan of ltyr2002 11 fans permalink

HELLOOOO!!!!!!

Who's shocked?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:56 AM on 07/07/2009
- Talossa I'm a Fan of Talossa 22 fans permalink
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Yet more evidence that don't-ask-­don't-tell is stupid policy!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:36 AM on 07/07/2009
- ohmetoo I'm a Fan of ohmetoo 26 fans permalink
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Which way did they go George, which way did they go! LMAO

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:32 AM on 07/07/2009
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Hey, I got it! Lets start a web campaign to out the gay Taliban, they do hate women after all. Lets brand them as a gay mens organization. That should really piss them off and throw a cog in their wheels.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:15 AM on 07/07/2009
- Ohioan730 I'm a Fan of Ohioan730 134 fans permalink
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When the anchor on CNN was reporting this earlier, I swear it looked like he was on the verge of giggling. The details of the story are something out of a Farrelly brothers movie the way he was telling it. "The soldiers noticed that the women had broad shoulders and hairy feet but they had a few kids with them..." (paraphrasing from memory)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:33 PM on 07/06/2009
- MikeDu I'm a Fan of MikeDu 135 fans permalink
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I wonder if this is all a "big lie", a psy-ops propaganda stunt. An excuse to explain why they're doing so poorly atfinding the enemy in their sweeps.

Do you recall when Ronald Reagan tried spreading absurd rumors about Qadaffi cross-dressing? Or how about that idiotic report about one of Hussein sons having a framed picture of a Jenna Bush? Or how about Noriega's camou fatigued teddy bear? The CIA seems to think we were born yesterday. You can't really trust a word of these press releases, y'know.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:13 PM on 07/06/2009
- Paula Ann I'm a Fan of Paula Ann 19 fans permalink

I believe it...many common robbers and thieves use this technique in the Gulf States.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:21 PM on 07/06/2009
- toadicux I'm a Fan of toadicux 2 fans permalink

They have to explain all the civilian casualties somehow.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:29 PM on 07/06/2009
- HC4BO I'm a Fan of HC4BO 31 fans permalink
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I knew those burkas had to be good for something ... !

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:06 PM on 07/06/2009
- KriTiKiT I'm a Fan of KriTiKiT 30 fans permalink
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see that's why you need gays in the military...
we have gaydar!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:45 PM on 07/06/2009
- PAposter I'm a Fan of PAposter 118 fans permalink
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hahaha...gaydar doesn't pick up on hetero cross dressing...does it? hahahaha!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:04 PM on 07/06/2009
- chronic I'm a Fan of chronic 69 fans permalink
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Um, yes it does.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:46 PM on 07/06/2009
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LOL

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:31 PM on 07/06/2009
- Ponderus I'm a Fan of Ponderus 273 fans permalink
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Really, in all fairness, the GOP has been disguising itself as human beings for years.

So what are we complaining about here?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:42 PM on 07/06/2009
- toushe I'm a Fan of toushe 8 fans permalink

they were dems disguised as perez hilton

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:25 PM on 07/06/2009
- slaxx I'm a Fan of slaxx 37 fans permalink
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wonderful...the army stopped firing on insurgents if civilians are nearby or if they use them as human shields, but now what are they supposed to do?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:38 PM on 07/06/2009
- MikeDu I'm a Fan of MikeDu 135 fans permalink
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Isn't if funny how every civilian the U.S. guns down in the street just happens to have been a 'human shield'? Like that Italian agent who had just rescued the woman reporter and was on his way to the airport. I understand there was an insurgent just standing there, right behind the car, when they shot it up, killed him and wounded her.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:57 PM on 07/06/2009
- escobar I'm a Fan of escobar 18 fans permalink

Go home where you belong and look for a usefiul job?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:33 PM on 07/06/2009
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