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2006-05-29 Afghanistan

Mullah Dadullah claims control of southwestern Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred 2006-05-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Northern Alliance, which I'm of the opinion we should have just gone ahead and recognized as the legitimate Afghan government, was quite as Muslim as the Taliban it was fighting. It just wasn't as well armed.

The western alliance was a conglomerate who went from the (in Afgahn terms) modernist and pro-woman Massood to the Wahabi Rasul Sayaf.

BTW, it was Sayaf who gave safe conducts to the peopplle who killed Massood. He claimed he had been duped and that a bikt after he tried to warn Massood.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-05-29 04:47|| 2006-05-29 04:47|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd have also had Rasool Sayyaf bumped off. He's one of my least favorite people, one step above Hek.

Posted by Fred 2006-05-29 09:51|| 2006-05-29 09:51|| Front Page Top

Rasool Sayyaf

As a convert to the Wahhabist version of Islam, Sayyaf was set apart from other Afghans and closely connected to the Saudis and their petro-dollars. The Saudis, through their chief of intelligence, Prince Turki, sent billions to Afghanistan to fight the communists and spread the Wahhabist creed.

Posted by RD 2006-05-29 12:03|| 2006-05-29 12:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Why the Hek haven't we bagged Hek yet?

Posted by Odysseus 2006-05-29 12:04|| 2006-05-29 12:04|| Front Page Top

#5 RD - Indeed. His duds didn't come out of a laundry detergent box.

Posted by Glineling Gleating9434 2006-05-29 12:20|| 2006-05-29 12:20|| Front Page Top

#6 He's one of my least favorite people, one step above Hek.

Do you keep a list Fred?

Posted by 6 2006-05-29 13:16|| 2006-05-29 13:16|| Front Page Top

#7 It's a mental list, but it's a long one.

Posted by Fred 2006-05-29 13:44|| 2006-05-29 13:44|| Front Page Top

#8 How many Mullah Dadullahs are there, as the original Muldul was supposedly arrrested a week ago.

Posted by john">john 2006-05-29 21:41|| 2006-05-29 21:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Turned out it was another one-legged guy, named Herb. Those one-legged guys are so hard to tell apart...

Posted by Fred 2006-05-29 22:21|| 2006-05-29 22:21|| Front Page Top

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