Politech: FC: U.S. to Afghans: Do not confuse food with bombs

From: Declan McCullagh <declan_at_well.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 17:04:41 -0800

>For latest unintentionally hilarious tragicomic screwup, you can't beat
>this link, which contains text distributed by US govt to Afghans, warning
>them not to mistake food rations for bombs and vice-versa:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/monitoring/media_reports/newsid_1624000/1624787.stm

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