According to the newish books/writing website wwword, our former/future allies the Taliban just love to curl up with a good British newspaper or, uhh, Time Magazine.
Who would have guessed that the Taliban reads the British Sunday Telegraph? But they do, and they quoted it in their monthly online magazine, Al-Samoud, in July, though sadly without signing off as “Disgusted of Kandahar”—a title that would also have suited the tone of their protests in the wake of the Time magazine August cover story about a Taliban commander ordering a woman’s nose cut off.
But just like their American counterparts, Taliban dudes are mostly interested in reading about themselves in the newspapers. And, because print editions of Western papers aren’t readily available in the Taliban hideouts of Afghanistan, they read the papers online. Probably for free, stealing their neighbor’s wifi. So, actually, the Taliban can’t save the newspaper business. Sorry, newspaper business! [wwword]
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They're just hoping they'll be named Time's Person of the Year. I know that's the only reason why I read Time.
can't you see the person of the year online as well?
I limit my online viewing of people to fetish porn exclusively. Including Wonkette.
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Top three downloads in the Taliban hideout:
(3) British Sunday Telegraph
(2) Time Magazine
(1) That pedophile book for Kindle that got everybody pissed off at Amazon.
They don't need the pedophile book, they already got the Koran.
The online version includes "Just for Men" ads.
I for one prefer the Tora Bora Picayune and the comedic stylings of its chief columnist Admiral Akbar; the Swat Valley Times is a total liberal rag.
Oh yeah; isn't his sign-off line at the end of every column, "It's a trap!"?
Apparently they are also big fans of reruns of The Odd Couple. Although admittedly it's because they are sure that each new episode will contain the scene wherein Oscar throws a gasoline soaked tire over Felix's head and lights it with the end of his cigar, to punish Felix for his decadence and self-love. Whereupon Murray the Cop begins stoning the Pigeon Sisters.
I hear they are also huge fans of The Honeymooners, on account of Ralph Kramden threatening his wife with physical violence, and all. Oh, and because he wants to send her to the crescent moon. Also.
Isn't stealing your neighbor's wifi punished with death by stoning?
Only for the wifi
That's worthy of one whore diamond.
They have wifi in caves?
It's amazing what you can do with a few old Pringles containers and some pigtail leads. The world's most advanced cave-based cantenna network.
Have they hacked their way through the Times of London's pay wall yet?
No one has, no one wants to.
They have a hard time reading any font except "Taliban Comic Explode"
According to Barrett, they're "wired up to the internet" so the likelihood of wi-fi is small. More like what the guy in Abu Ghraib was wired to.
But for serious journalism, they still prefer The Onion. It's the only publication that seems to share their logic.
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