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1 posted on 09/09/2006 10:20:39 PM PDT by John Carey

But if the U.S. started fighting, he added, its economy would suffer a major blow and it would face the same destiny as the Soviet Union — whose ill-fated 1980s occupation of Afghanistan heralded its disintegration.

Cavemen shouldn’t play at economics.

2 posted on 09/09/2006 10:23:34 PM PDT by dighton

3 posted on 09/09/2006 10:27:08 PM PDT by HAL9000 (Happy 10th Anniversary FreeRepublic.com - Est. Sept. 23, 1996 - Thanks Jim!)

Hell, even todays' journalists are only posing as journalists.

4 posted on 09/09/2006 10:32:22 PM PDT by printhead

"mujahedeen hero Ahmad Shah Massood"

I often wonder how different things would be had he lived.

I would love to hear opinions from people that have a view to, if he was just someone that could help us at that stage, or would he still be an asset at this stage of things if he had lived, ( and would this stage of things be different)?

7 posted on 09/09/2006 10:52:32 PM PDT by ansel12 (Life is exquisite... of great beauty, keenly felt.)

I saw a National Geographic piece on this guy. He was a genuine bad a$$.

His efforts against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan went a LONG way to helping us win the Cold War.

9 posted on 09/09/2006 11:16:01 PM PDT by Washi (Support the country you live in, or go live in the country you support.)

With all of the phony 'men' in the world today, this guy truly was a LION.

12 posted on 09/10/2006 2:48:41 AM PDT by AmericaUnited

This is why there are no moderate muslims. All moderate muslims have been murdered.

20 posted on 09/10/2006 5:04:15 AM PDT by tkathy (Einstein: Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance.)

CNN show "In the footprints of Osama Bin Laden" yesterday. Except for the romantization of Bin Laden, it was a very well down piece. I think CNN's showing it, was their answer to "Path to 9/11".

In any case, they had the wife of one of the Arab murderers of Masood. She was very proud of her husband and his "martyrdom" for jihad. She received a payment directly from "Sheikh" Osama. Muslims go out and murder other muslims in the most brutal way, kill themselves in the process and this is celebrated as muslim "martyrdom".

Where are the "moderate" Muslims decrying the terror killings of Muslims by Muslims? Harmless Mohammed cartoons have set off countless terror attacks due to the "humiliation" of Muslims. Brutal murder of innocent Muslims by Muslims is completely overlooked.

9/11 hijacker/mass murderers, in their own words, say they were inspired to attack America, because of the brutalization of Muslims in Chechnya and Bosnia. Ah, what does Chechnya have to do with America and America helped Bosnian Muslims.

22 posted on 09/10/2006 6:51:33 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Jabba the Hutt's bigger, meaner, uglier brother.)

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25 posted on 09/11/2006 9:19:06 PM PDT by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")

Ex-Taliban Chief Details Massood Slaying
AP ^ | 9/10/06 | MATTHEW PENNINGTON

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Posted on 09/10/2006 10:38:04 AM CDT by Valin

:-)

33 posted on 09/12/2006 2:37:28 AM PDT by Valin (http://www.irey.com/)

"But if the U.S. started fighting, he added, its economy would suffer a major blow and it would face the same destiny as the Soviet Union"

Bet we surprised you, Osama. Look who's hiding in a cave while the USA rolls on. Scott Beamer would be proud.

35 posted on 09/12/2006 5:31:42 AM PDT by kittymyrib

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