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Offline Boroda

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« on: May 30, 2006, 12:10:45 PM »
Maybe I missed a thread dedicated to current situation in Afghanistan?

Russian TV shows it in every news programm, in "headlines". Euronews channel mentions it after something greatly important as municipal elections in Italy.

Does American media show this riots? Anything about Afghanistan at all?
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Offline Flit

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« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2006, 12:19:11 PM »
Not much- A heavy vehicle suffered a breakdown ( which probably means he lost his brakes) and caused a accident in which several afghani's were injured and killed.
 Several more were killed after the locals rioted and threw rocks.
I did'nt see anything on al jezzera or the drudge report, so I guess that your local media is focused on the wrong story
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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2006, 12:26:34 PM »
Saw a bit on the Afghan riots on the Today show this morning.
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« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2006, 12:33:17 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2006, 12:34:33 PM »
Russian TV shows massive street-fights, both sides using automatic arms. They also reported similar riots in other cities, people shouting "death to Amereeka" etc.

They said that a truck smashed several cars killing people, and it's not clear who started shooting at the angry crowd, if it was the truck crew or local police. The whole Kabul is "on the horns", people dug out their guns and hunt "invaders". I already heard some unprintable comments from my friend who was  there in 85-87 (airborn troops, wounded, Combat Merit medal). He doesn't understand how can people be so naive to seriously think they have control over the situation in a way he sees it in the news.
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« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2006, 12:35:50 PM »
It was on fox news and CNN numerous times..  

butch of people yelling they hate the US, and want us to leave...

nothing really new.. stuff like that is played here on the news all the time.
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« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2006, 12:55:18 PM »
So much for your propoganda-theory of U.S. mass medi subdueing the press of negative news there, eh Boroda? :rofl
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Offline Yeager

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« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2006, 01:08:59 PM »
I read about a bunch of afgan people geting killed after a convoy of hvy vehicles plowed into a traffic jam.  When they reported over 100 civies wounded during the ensuing RIOT I pretty much figured a major incident had taken place.  

We hear all sorts of bad news boroda, trust me.
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« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2006, 01:12:25 PM »
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So much for your propoganda-theory of U.S. mass medi subdueing the press of negative news there, eh Boroda? :rofl


I am just curious, and find it interesting comparing different media opinions on certain events. BTW, Russian TV probably has much more material on this "events", now Afghanis have another target, most of them still remember "Shuravi" and even speak Russian.

So far difference in media coverage is much less then what I witnessed in mid-80s. Soviet media showed events in the same way American media does now. At the same time Voice of America radio hallucinated about "thousands of Soviet invaders killed by Freedom Fighters" and Soviets using chemical weapons against civilians.

Russian media doesn't have any obvious propaganda goals now regarding the situation in Afghanistan, so IMHO the truth is closer to what we see on our TV.
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« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2006, 02:01:00 PM »
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Russian media doesn't have any obvious propaganda goals now regarding the situation in Afghanistan, so IMHO the truth is closer to what we see on our TV.


wow


obvious..ya i guess to some folks....

Im sure the russians just want a Great big American Presence all along the southern portions of mother russia..I can see the mother land now.....saying USA....A... OK!!!

I think they would 1) rather have control of those "stans"
                     or      2) See continued fighting between rival warlords

because option 3)  USA creates democracy and USA base's out there

well..I cant see the KGB enjoying that one
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« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2006, 02:04:57 PM »
I have no doubt it is played down on our news and played up on Boroda's. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
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« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2006, 03:12:02 PM »
The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
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Offline john9001

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« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2006, 06:56:45 PM »
Boroda hates the USA because it destroyed his beloved USSR.
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« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2006, 07:03:12 PM »
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Russian media doesn't have any obvious propaganda goals now regarding the situation in Afghanistan, so IMHO the truth is closer to what we see on our TV.


ROFL!!

...and your observation has nothing whatsoever to do with your continued desire to see the U.S. lose as many troops in Afganistan as Soviets did.... which at the current death rate would be in about (checks calander) 1/2 an eon, or the better part of a forever or two.
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« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2006, 07:06:11 PM »
boroda doesnt wish us ill does he? :(
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