[Shermy]

The second anniversary of 9/11 is fast coming. But tomorrow is the anniversary of the assassination of Shah Massoud too, a piece of the same puzzle.

> Italian photojournalist's Massoud tribute page

[Shermy]

Ping. 9/9 is the anniversary of Massoud's death.

[Andy from Beaverton]

Probably the only Islamist I would be proud to fight along side. He is very missed!

[Ex-Dem]

As the post mentioned, the full article (I believe it was called "The Lion In Winter") is published in his book Fire, one of the last chapters. Worth reading. The book tells quite a bit about the way he operated and the kind of man he was (had a sense of humor).

[HAL9000]

FR Archives -

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

9/11/2001 - 3:34 AM - A lion cornered - The attack on Masood is bound to strengthen the Taleban

[IronJack]

This is the guy succeeded by Rashid Dostum, the Uzbeck warlord who recaptured Mazar-e-Sharif. Dostum wasn't nearly the unifying force Massoud would have been, and Hamid Karzai has been able to dilute Dostum's influence in the post-war Afghan government.

Massoud's assassination definitely changed the face of Afghan politics. By all accounts, he would have been the new president.

[marron]

I was saddened that the most powerful military in the world was contemplating a campaign against one of the poorest nations on Earth. The irony was that there appeared to be no Afghans among the 19 hijackers.

Annoying remark. We didn't launch a campaign against the Afghans. We helped the Afghans win their war against the Taliban.

And the fact that their weren't any Afghans among the hijackers is not irony. It is tragedy, the tragic fact that Bin Ladin hid himself among them and at least some of them willingly gave him refuge, even knowing what he did to us. Anyone who would give him refuge knowing what he did to us willingly accepted to share his fate. Thats fine.

[piasa]

anniversary bump

[US] Post[al] worker Ahmed Abdel Sattar may be implicated in the Sept. 9 slaying of Northern Alliance Gen. Ahmed Shah Massoud. The government has described Sattar as a “”communications center” for the blind Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman who is serving a life sentence for plotting attacks on the WTC and other NYC landmarks. 1 posted on Monday, May 13, 2002 1:46:28 AM by LarryLied

[piasa]

1995 : (NY : SHEIKH OMAR ABDEL RAHMAN IS CONVICTED OF PLOTTING TO BLOW UP THE WTC IN 1993; FROM HIS PRISON CELL IN THE U.S. HE WOULD LATER DIRECT -WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HIS LEFTWING LAWYER, US POSTAL WORKER AHMED ABDEL SATTAR, AND EGYPTIAN YASSIR SIRRI - THE MURDER PLOT WHICH ENDED IN THE ASSASSINATION OF AFGHAN NORTHERN ALLIANCE GENERAL AHMED SHAH MASSOUD ON SEPT 9, 2001; THE ASSASSINATION TOOK PLACE JUST DAYS BEFORE THE 9/11 ATTACKS ON THE USA) — “U.S. man’s letter links to Afghan killing,” Middle East Times, 2002, http://www.metimes.com/2K2/issue2002-20/eg/us_mans_letter.htm (* My note: So much for the ‘criminal justice method of dealing with terrorists...)

[Jet Jaguar]

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