[lbo-talk] Amanpour on self-censorship

[Chris Doss]

Last post. Just anecdotal information, but I met one of the former stars of 
the Afghan soccer team a few months ago (now a businessman in Russia who 
hasn't been back to Afghanistan for 15 years). He was very proud to have 
shaken Najiboullah's hand three times. According to him, the first thing the 
muj woyld do when coming into a town was shoot all the police, then go into 
the girls' schools and slit the throats of the teachers, and then go on a 
rape spree.


> > Unless al-Q is used by the US to fight a guerrilla war. Then they are
> > "freedom fighters."
> >
> > DP
>
>When the Mujuahedeen were fighting Soviet occupation, they were "freeedom
>fighters" in the same sense as the NLF--which is why it's very stupid to
>apply the term "freedom fighters" to any group whose ideology is 
>essentially
>anti-liberal.  Why not stick to the more neutral "anti-occupation forces"?
>
>-- Luke
>
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