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September 9, 2001 - Afghanistan - Opposition's military chief Ahmed Shah Massood injured in bomb explosion

September 11, 2001 (9/11) - A lion cornered - The attack on Masood is bound to strengthen the Taleban

[Irish Eyes]

Thanks for sharing the biography on Massoud. Have been fascinated by this man and his life. I believe things could have been much different had he lived.

[onyx]

BUMP.
Thanks.

[GOP Poet]

Thanks so much for this post. He is a man whose life was way too short. He was the first victim of the 9/11 attacks.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Sounds like a remarkable man. How would the reconstruction of Afghanistan be proceeding if he'd survived the assassination attempt? Would he now occupy Karzai's position?

[WVNan]

BTW, thank you for the bio of this hero of Afghanistan.

[fatima]

Thanks read the whole thing except for a few lines in the middle.I miss him.

[AmeriBrit]

I'm sure history would have been written differently if he'd managed to stay alive and had a strong US President such as GW Bush to back him instead of the egotistical, lying, coward clinton who couldn't be relied on for anything that didn't effect his public image and his bank book. I also believe with President Bush and Massoud working together, Usama bin Laden would either be dead or long behind bars today.

Afghanistan lost a great hero the day Massoud was killed and the free world lost a great ally.

[MadJack]

On the 9th of September, the Afghan people celebrated Rememberance Day for Masood. I was talking with one of our local subcontractors about it. "This is a sad day for us" he told me.
Killing Masood guaranteed no strong Afghan government for the foreseeable future. Karzai is a gentlemen, quite photogenic in his little fur hat and striped coat, and he's Pashtu to placate them, but he's not up to the task. He'd make a good mayor.
Masood would have been a president of epic proportions.

[Critical Bill]

One of my heroes. He captivated me after seeing a documentary of his life.

[GretchenM]

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[gusopol3]

In the year 1377 (1998) Olivier Roy and Christoph De Ponfilly wrote in an essay: “Massoud never understood why CIA and Pentagon decided to support his enemy Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in the fight against him. Massoud always dreamed of a united and equal people in Afghanistan and also of free elections in this country.”

and Bush has hade mistakes in IRAQ, compared to Toon's in Afghanistan?

[tentmaker]

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[gusopol3]

Maybe this is the real reason why Toon, Albright and Berger wanted the docudrama pulled.

[tkathy]

Sadly, muslims always butcher all their moderates.

[SE Mom]

Thanks for posting this..he was a great friend of ours, we should have been a better one to him.

[Kellykoop]

Ping and Bookmark

A great read about a great man.

[abner]

Thanks... Will read in full tomorrow.