A coup attempt against the American puppet, Hamid Karzai, has apparently been foiled. I would be very scared if I were this guy. One of his ministers has already been assassinated and his government has a tenuous grip on power in Afghanistan. In reality, the US has secured only Kabul for the interim government. A tiny little chunk out of a large country. Thousands of American and British troops are required for his government to even hold on to this tiny perch. Karzai like all the other traitors (inlcuding Khalizad) to his country was once on the payroll of oil giant Unocal. He is also a wholly owned creature of the CIA. The Afghans seem to be a very independent people. I would not assume they would put up with an American stooge for too long.