Now i understand why war zones are called 'theatres'

Kim Segupta reports:

.... it is in Afghanistan that British forces are now directly facing fellow Britons on the other side. RAF Nimrod aircraft flying over Afghanistan at up to 40,000ft have been picking up Taliban electronic "chatter" in which voices can be heard in West Midlands and Yorkshire accents. Worryingly for the military, this has increased in the past few months, with communications picked up by both ground and air surveillance, showing the presence of more British voices in the Taliban front line.

Something of a new twist on the King of Hearts/Roi de Coeur theme. Imagine the US deciding to militarily overthrow Hugo Chavez and finding the palace protected by groups of Chicanos from East LA. i suppose that's one way to ensure more security on the home front and obviously, it follows a long tradition of europeans trashing other people's countries in order to assert supremacy on their own continent. Totally insane. Kudos to Zbigniew Brzezinski for the constant reminder that what's (still) going on in Afghanistan is all part of The Great Game.