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To: Mephisto who wrote (6749)9/17/2001 3:44:00 PM
From: Mephisto  Respond to of 93284
 
The Rebel Chief Who Fought the Taliban is Buried

"Thousands of Afghan fighters streamed through the dusty mountain trails of the Panjshir Valley today to
bury Ahmed Shah Massoud, their legenday commander who held together the last resistance to
the Taliban government.


Mr. Massoud, who was 48, was laid to rest in his home village of Basarak, north of the capital,
Kabul, after dying on Saturday morning of wounds sustained in an assination attempt a week ago.

The audacious attack was carried out by two Arab men posing as joiurnalists, according to
witnesses. Am explosive device --- most likely concealed in a television camera--went off
as the guerrilla commander who had survived countless battles sat for an interview......"

The above is an excerpt from the article, Rebel Chief Who Fought the Taliban Is Buried ,
by Barry Bearak from The New York Times , Monday September 17, 2001, PB1