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More on b) seems there was one, and seventy death threats: Reported earliest at[4], not sure if this is real: [5]

Irrelevant: was reminded by the slashdot thread that wikileaks offered the pentagon the chance to redact the documents, but the pentagon refused.

[4] http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/08/02/taliban-see...

I don't understand why a journalist would not then link to the name of Khalifa Abdullah in the leaks. It means I have to do it. I have doubts that his name is contained within. Also, the point has been made that many of the names are spelled phonetically and that the Taliban probably aren't past masters of English pronunciation.

[5] http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1748726&cid=3319943...

Khalifa Abdullah wasn't found in the leaks at the time either, if the author of this post is to be believed: [6]

[6] http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1748726&cid=3319951...




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