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Osama's Friends The Afghans


More Afghan unhappiness over being colonized by Arabs is expressed in this article from the Boston Globe.

When Kandaharis first got used to seeing Arabs in their city several years ago, he said, ''we thought they were just mujahideen [anti-Soviet holy warriors], innocent people. Then when we heard our new government was called `The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,' we knew it had become the country of Osama bin Laden.''

Shah Wali, a 21-year-old neighbor who memorizes the Koran at a religious seminary, shook his head when he was shown a paper calling for war by all Muslims against all non-Muslims. ''Even if they say this is a jihad [holy war], why didn't they do it in their country, Saudi Arabia,'' he asked, ''instead of ruining ours?''

I don't recall an explanation of this in Osama's video. I also didn't hear him asking "Why do they hate us?"

The article also discusses a lot of evidence discovered of generalized plans for terrorist activities over here, along with an inventory of US naval assets and locations.

Posted by Rand Simberg at December 14, 2001 06:49 AM
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