Posted on 04/09/2002 2:16:01 AM PDT by Diogenesis
UNBELIEVABLE
CAPTION THIS PICTURE = A FREEPER EXCLUSIVE
At the Shibirgan prison, the Red Cross
-flush with a billion dollars from Americans
who THOUGHT they were donating to the victims of families murdered in the 911 Atrocities,
have the utter gall to give the money to the Taliban.
In this picture, Taliban fighters receive money from the Red Cross in Shibirgan.
Is there anyone left in the US who thinks all of the donated money went to the victims' families?
The Red Cross claims it is giving ALL the American donations to the victims of 9/11. Bill O'Reilly (FOX News Network) should get this photo if you can document with more than just your say so.
Trust but verify!
Don't forget the whole name of the organization:
RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT
Donations help fund organizations like the Palestinian Red Crescent Society,
which cranks out propaganda like this:
Israeli Army Shoots at Innocent Civilians & Pregnant Women
Isn't it comforting to know that the selfless contributions
of well-meaning Americans are going to support these "Red Crescent Societies"?
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A.Copyright 1998 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Inc.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 2, 1998, Wednesday, FIVE STAR LIFT EDITION
SECTION: NEWS, Pg. A14
LENGTH: 468 words
HEADLINE: SHAVING BAN EXEMPLIFIES FREEDOMS LOST FOR AFGHAN MEN AS WELL AS WOMEN
BYLINE: Amir Zia; The Associated Press
DATELINE: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
BODY:
Professional beard trimming is a clandestine business in Taliban-ruled Kabul, where shaving is a crime that can land you in jail or get you beaten.
Inside their homes, barbers trim the beards of the brave few who sneak a quick trim while getting a haircut.
The ban on shaving was imposed by the Taliban army - Islamic religious students turned guerrilla fighters - after it took control of Kabul in September 1996. They follow a strict version of Islamic law. "It is not just women who have suffered under the Taliban. . . . Men have also borne the brunt," said Zulmair Khan, who was having his beard trimmed. He said the beard interferes with his eating.
His frustration exceeded his fear of punishment.
"The Taliban can punish me for this, but this long beard - especially when it is untrimmed - really makes my life miserable," he said.
The job was done quickly and only after the barber posted his 8-year-old son as a sentry to watch for patrolling Taliban soldiers.
"Don't fall asleep. . . . Warn us if you see them," said Zahir, who gave only one name.
He snipped briskly, worrying his young son's vigilance would wane.
"Some men really beg and implore me to shorten their beards . . . so I have to take the risk," Zahir said.
He said he wasn't worried that Taliban authorities might be able to identify him from a news story, because his name is common in Afghanistan.
In Kabul, once a relatively sophisticated capital where European fashions were worn by the city's well-to-do, music has been banned by the Taliban along with most forms of light entertainment.
"Men miss even small things in life, which comes so normally everywhere else," Khan said while getting his beard trimmed.
The Taliban's no-shaving edict comes from their belief that Islam's prophet Mohammed ruled against shaving. Barbers have been given strict orders not even to touch a beard with a pair of scissors because it is "un-Islamic."
Taliban leaders also have their own idea of an "Islamic hair style," Zahir said.
The forehead should be free of hair so as not to interfere when a man prays and touches his forehead to his prayer mat. Center parting is fine and closely shaved in the back is best.
About 1,000 Taliban militiamen patrol the streets, often armed with steel wires, to beat any offender.
One shopkeeper, Innyat Ullah, said he misses the looser rules of the days of communist rule under late President Najibullah, who was hanged by the Taliban for prolonging the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and contributing to the deaths of 1.5 million Afghans.
But for Ullah, those days were memorable for other reasons.
"I used to shave my beard daily . . ., wear trousers and live a normal life, but now all those days are a memory. The present is bitter and dark."
GRAPHIC: PHOTO Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - An Afghan barber, Zahir, trims Zulmair Khan's beard in Kabul last month. Trimming beards violates the strict Islamic law of the ruling Taliban militia, and both men could be punished.
LOAD-DATE: December 2, 1998
B.Copyright 2001 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Inc.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 13, 2001 Tuesday Five Star Lift Edition
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A1
LENGTH: 958 words
HEADLINE: TALIBAN ABANDON KABUL;
NORTHERN ALLIANCE TAKES CAPITAL OF AFGHANISTAN WITH NO SUCCESSOR GOVERNMENT READY TO TAKE OVER
BODY: The Taliban army deserted the capital of Kabul at dawn today. Opposition forces from the northern alliance quickly filled the vacuum, riding into the capital in beat-up pickups.
----break to last section----
In other developments:
* Two French radio reporters and a German magazine journalist perished when they came under Taliban fire while traveling with the northern alliance, their employers said.
* As the Taliban retreated from Kabul, they took with them eight jailed foreign aid workers, two of them American. The eight are accused of trying to spread Christianity in Afghanistan.
* In newly freed Mazar-e-Sharif, residents threw off the strict religious rules of the Taliban. Many men shaved their beards (jacking up the price of razor blades), and many women set aside scarves and all-covering burqas.
C.Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company
The New York Times
November 18, 2001, Sunday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section 4; Page 5; Column 1; Week in Review Desk
LENGTH: 1017 words
HEADLINE: Ideas & Trends;
Hair as a Battlefield for the Soul
BYLINE: By ELAINE SCIOLINO
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
BODY:
CELEBRATING their liberation from Taliban rule in Afghanistan last week, men shaved off their beards, while women unveiled their faces and revealed bits of hair. Suddenly, ordinary people needed to show they had regained control over their looks. But why?
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