Posted on 11/03/2001 1:09:43 AM PST by stilts
Kabul, Nov 3
"I thought I was going to die — the earth was raining from the skies," a Taliban survivor told the Sun while describing how an entire unit was buried alive in a strike by US B-52s.
Osman Rakhim, 23, said the explosions caused by the giant US bombers started a landslide on his mountainside position.
He said dozens of troops were killed when hundreds of tons of earth and rock came down on top of them.
Rakhim wandered away from the carnage in a daze and later surrendered to the Northern Alliance. He said a whole unit of fighters dug in behind him were buried.
Rakhim told the Sun: “I could not see, I couldn’t breathe. Everything was in darkness ... There were many, many bombs. The earth shook and it rained rocks and shrapnel.
“The hillside was falling on us. There were about 300 of us there dug in with sandbags. I have no idea how many were killed.
Stay well - stay safe - stay armed - Yorktown
say what? There is only virtue and honor in standing for what is right--even if it means you are the last one to do so. Show me the pissant who is too scared to die for his family and country, and I'll show you the worst scum of the earth.
Wait, you mean Bush ISN'T Hitler. Dern, how did I get that impression? We know that the Democrats would never lie about something like that.
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