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posted by martyb on Saturday May 24 2014, @10:55AM   Printer-friendly

Wikileaks revealed Friday that Afghanistan is the second of two countries, the first being The Bahamas, to have every phone call recorded by the NSA.

My personal opinion: While this may not come as a surprise to many (given Afghanistan's recent history and strategic location) one must not forget the ramifications of having an NSA hub in the Middle-East, as that may have been a contributing factor to Hamid Karzai's animosity towards America and its continuing involvement in Afghanistan.

Another note: I was the first person to guess the country here, based on an unusual experience years ago as outlined in the linked post -- I was told in a bong shop by the daughter of an NSA employee stationed in Afghanistan years ago!

Cf SN's earlier story: Wikileaks Threatens to Name NSA-target

 
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by NoMaster on Saturday May 24 2014, @11:47AM

    by NoMaster (3543) on Saturday May 24 2014, @11:47AM (#47088)

    "... one must not forget the ramifications of having an NSA hub in the Middle-East, as that may have been a contributing factor to Hamid Karzai's animosity towards America and its continuing involvement in Afghanistan."

    What a strange and ignorant thing to say.

    It's more likely (and like a long line of others in Asia, South America, etc before him) he just got sick of being a puppet and watching his country getting fucked over by experts (again - it's not like the US is the first...)

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by frojack on Saturday May 24 2014, @06:28PM

    by frojack (1554) on Saturday May 24 2014, @06:28PM (#47155) Journal

    Hmmm, don't know If I'd go with that assumption.

    Karzai was about as corrupt as they come. He's mostly pissed because the Coalition was refusing to cross his balms. And he was this close to calling off the elections (in which he was not eligible to run, but he didn't have the backing of the army).

    Instead both of the two leading candidates are vastly more pro-western than Karzai.

    Abdullah Abdullah, a former Afghan foreign minister and anti-Taliban figure who won 45 percent of votes in the inconclusive first round, and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, a former John Hopkins University lecturer who secured 31.56 percent, are competing in the runoff.

    There is broad agreement that the country has had enough of the Taliban, who are (as usual) threatening to disrupt the elections yet again.

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    • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 24 2014, @10:47PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 24 2014, @10:47PM (#47195)

      Karzai was about as corrupt as they come.

      indeed. i was there during the elections in 2004 and we got reports that his goons were going around threatening and strong-arming people into voting for him. basic thug tactics. still, they are far better off now than they were under the taliban, who wouldnt let them have electricity or running water, and listening to music would get you killed. the really sad thing is that there is way too much corruption and taliban agents in the afghan national army for them to fulfill their purpose.