Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Onely I have to wonder what she thinks about the operation. Of course by the time we get to hear from her she will have been carefully guided via financial incentives and indoctrination to see herself as the poster woman for her newly liberated country. A conmplete makeover! Twoly Please keep in mind that the Talaiban and their disproximated islanmic utopia came to power as a reaction to annoying little practices on the part of the previous rulers, like selling 14 year old girls off into prostitution. You know what I mean, the same thing happening to those lucky Albanian girls about now. Ultimately Now here's something interesting to think about The original cruise missile attack against Afganistan in around 1998 came without. This is unusual in the the US likes to build up to these things. If political folklore is on the money and Clinton ordered it as a way of shifting public attention away from himself and if we consider the 9/11 attacks to be at least in part retalliation for the cruise missile attacks, then we can conclude that Bill and Monica are ultimately responsible for 9/11 and Senator Hillary. The two biggest calaminities of the recent past. Javier Tina Manley wrote: > > At 06:53 PM 3/13/02 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > You might want to subtract the bomb damage from that total figure > > > > > > > > > >And wasn't the latest estimate 3 - 4000 civilians killed in the bombing...? > > > >tim > > And ... > > Afghanistan > > Thousands of civilians killed > following Taleban takeover of Mazar-e Sharif > > Taleban guards deliberately and systematically killed thousands of ethnic > Hazara civilians during the first three days following their military > takeover of Mazar-e Sharif on 8 August 1998, according to new information > received by Amnesty International. > > Since their arrival in Mazar-e Sharif, the Taleban have sealed the area to > foreign media and independent observers. Amnesty International's > information is based on testimonies from eyewitnesses and surviving members > of the victims' families. > > The vast majority of those killed were from the Hazara ethnic group living > in Zara'at, Saidabad, and Elm Arab areas of the city. The victims were > killed deliberately and arbitrarily in their homes, in the streets where > their bodies were left for several days, or in locations between Mazar-e > Sharif and Hairatan. Many of those killed were civilians including women, > children and the elderly who were shot trying to flee the city. > > "This latest information shows yet again how the Taleban disregard > internationally recognized humanitarian laws on the treatment of civilians > in armed conflict," Amnesty International said. "The Taleban leadership > must give clear and direct orders to their troops to uphold international > safeguards." > > Following their takeover, Taleban guards imposed a curfew in the city. In > the Uzbek populated areas, they told people to hand in their weapons, while > in the Hazara area, they told people to stay in their homes. They then > entered Hazara houses one by one, killing older men and children and taking > away young men without any explanation. In some houses, they also took away > young women as Kaniz (maid-servant) saying they would be married off to the > Taleban militia. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html