Before this crisis, i had received church reports on the plight of the red
cross workers who were slated to be executed by the taliban oligarchy. They
were accused of 'christian proselitization' because they had some bibles and
church literature in their possession (hardly a shocker for a few red cross
workers, far from their homes). In all of the reports of the t.v. news since
tuesdays' terrorist attack, the plight of these specific red cross workers
(apart from those who left the country) was not even mentioned.
The taliban are the chief crooks (and not even native afghanis) in a country
that exports more heroin than any place on earth and is full of the most land
mines on the planet. They have nothing to with the obviously magnificent
heritage of islamic culture which built the taj mahal.
Therefore i hope too that the poor afghanis who suffered the soviet invasion
and now the taliban will not be
hurt by the U.S. I am hoping for special forces to take out bin laden and if
the taliban can be overthrown, well tough beans for them...
For a bare bones fact sheet on afghanistan:
http://www.graphicmaps.com/webimage/countrys/asia/afcia.htm
shane
