{"id":67,"date":"2009-07-15T19:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elcorreo.com\/motobloj\/?p=67"},"modified":"2009-07-15T19:51:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T19:51:00","slug":"la-guerra-santa-moto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elcorreo.com\/motobloj\/2009\/07\/15\/la-guerra-santa-moto\/","title":{"rendered":"La guerra (santa) en moto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><IMG src=\"\/motobloj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\" id=\"img_0\" class=\"imgcen\" title=\"Taliban fighters ride on motorbikes in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan July 14, 2009. Around 4,000 U.S. Marines and hundreds of NATO and Afghan forces are taking part in an offensive in various parts of Helmand province against the Taliban, the biggest by foreign troops since they ousted the Islamist group in 2001. The operation comes ahead of next month's presidential election, which is crucial both for Kabul and for a U.S. administration that has identified Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan as its top foreign policy priority. REUTERS\/Stringer \"><\/p>\n<p>Los talibanes usan en Afganist\u00e1n un arma de guerra que dif\u00edcilmente pueden superar las tropas aliadas: las Honda fabricadas en China y mantenidas y modificadas por los mec\u00e1nicos de la zona.<\/p>\n<p>Por si el prestigio de estas m\u00e1quinas no fuera ya suficiente, la leyenda afirma que el propio Mul\u00e1 Omar, el hombre m\u00e1s perseguido por EEUU y l\u00edder talib\u00e1n m\u00e1ximo ahora en Afganist\u00e1n, huy\u00f3 de las tropas occidentales a lomos de una de ellas, lo que magnifica su dimensi\u00f3n m\u00edtica.<\/p>\n<p><IMG src=\"\/motobloj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\" id=\"img_1\" class=\"imgcen\" title=\"This spread from the February 2003 issue of Vanity Fair magazine uses two photos of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. The photo on the left was taken in 1995 by Khalid Hadi, one of the Taliban's official photographers, and the photo on the right was said by Hadi to have been taken in late 2001. The rarely photographed Omar is still being hunted by U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan.(AP Photos\/Vanity Fair, Magnum Photos)\"><\/p>\n<p>Tras los atentados del 11 de septiembre, EE UU puso precio -10 millones de d\u00f3lares, unos 7 millones de euros, a su cabeza.<\/p>\n<p>La <A href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/\" title=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/\" id=\"link_0\">NPR<\/a>  (National Public Radio) norteamericana entrevistaba hace unos a\u00f1os -en el 2007- a un mec\u00e1nico que declaraba que dos tercios de sus clientes eran talibanes. Si control\u00e1is un poquillo de ingl\u00e9s <A href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=9605752\" title=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=9605752\" id=\"link_1\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>  pod\u00e9is oirlo e ilustraros al respecto: lo bien que pagan si les deja las motos finas &#8220;para trabajar&#8221;, los accesorios que le meten -bocinas ensordecedoras para avisar de los controles de la polic\u00eda, mantas para hacer m\u00e1s confortable el asiento&#8230;-, las balas que se encuentra de vez en cuando incrustadas en el motor&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>Ni el propio pr\u00edncipe Enrique de Inglaterra -el hijo de Carlos y Diana-, cuando estuvo destinado en el frente afgano, pudo sustraerse al atractivo de una de estas Honda, abandonada en el desierto:<\/p>\n<p><IMG src=\"\/motobloj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\" id=\"img_0\" class=\"imgcen\" title=\"A photograph made available on February 28, 2008, shows Britain's Prince Harry riding an abandoned motorcycle past his Spartan armoured vehicle, in the desert in Helmand province in Southern Afghanistan, on February 21, 2008. Prince Harry, the youngest son of Prince Charles and the late princess Diana, has been fighting the Taliban on the front line in Afghanistan, the defence ministry in London said Thursday. The 23-year-old, an officer in the Household Cavalry regiment, has spent the past 10 weeks secretly serving in the volatile southern province of Helmand, where most of Britain's troops are based. AFP PHOTO\/John Stillwell\/POOL\"><\/p>\n<p>Conociendo el terreno y con estos cacharros, que pueden subir por donde suba una cabra, con dos t\u00edos armados de kalashnikov, granadas y walkie-talkies,  no les arriendo la ganancia a los Humvee y dem\u00e1s trasto-blindados americanos, brit\u00e1nicos&#8230; y \u00a1ay! espa\u00f1oles.<\/p>\n<p><IMG src=\"\/motobloj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\" id=\"img_0\" class=\"imgcen\" title=\"A view of a small village in the mountains of Afghanistan is pictured as soldiers of the 27 \u00e9me BCA (Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins) fly over aboard a French Army Airbus on D\u00e9cember 11, 2008.  General David McKiernan, the top commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, has said that it would take three to four years to build up Afghan security forces sufficiently to reach a \" tipping=\"\" point\"=\"\" leading=\"\" to=\"\" less=\"\" reliance=\"\" on=\"\" some=\"\" 70,000=\"\" foreign=\"\" troops.=\"\" afp=\"\" photo=\"\" joel=\"\" saget\"=\"\"><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los talibanes usan en Afganist\u00e1n un arma de guerra que dif\u00edcilmente pueden superar las tropas aliadas: las Honda fabricadas en China y mantenidas y modificadas por los mec\u00e1nicos de la zona. 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