Human Rights Watch on Kurds (Corrected)

[Dennis Perrin]

>    Much more than tens of thousands of landmines left
> by the fSU in Afghanistan. (A previous post, "Re:
> Afghan War Dead, " from Sun, 15 Sep 2002 09:10:58
> -0700)
>    1.5 million killed during  the Soviet-Afghan War
> from '79  -'89 according to Ahmed Rashid  in his
> book on the Taliban. Larry  Goodson in, "Afghanistan's
>  Endless War, " says nearly 2  million. Plus the
> Soviets laid down nearly 30  million landmines,
> unmarked  and unmapped.


> Michael Pugliese

Thank you, Michael. I erred on the conservative side. But no matter: tens of
thousands or 30 million, the likes of Yoshie could care less since it was
the beloved Soviets who did this. Jesus, can you imagine the outcry if Bush
was responsible for the above numbers? The crocodile tears reserved for a
bombed wedding party would fill several Olympic-sized pools.

DP