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To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (12665)	12/4/2001 4:46:19 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Well, according to this report, [from that link you gave], the killings of women were very infrequent. One in three years is not a lot! <KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Thousands of people watched as a woman, cowering beneath a pale blue all-enveloping burqa, was shot and killed today in the first public execution of a woman in Kabul since the Taliban religious army took control three years ago. The woman, identified only as Zarmeena, a mother of seven children, was found guilty of beating her husband to death with a steel hammer as he slept. The reason for the killing two years ago was a family dispute," according to a Taliban soldier, who didn't give his name. Zarmeena was taken from the back of a pickup truck that drove into the sports stadium. Two female police officers, both in deep blue burqas, held Zarmeena's arms. Witnesses said the convicted woman walked slowly, each step followed by a pause. When she reached the center of the field she was ordered by one of the women to sit. Behind her a young Taliban soldier, his head wrapped in the traditional turban, took aim with his Kalashnikov rifle. But suddenly Zarmeena stood up and tried to flee. A policewoman stopped her and forced her to sit, said witnesses. The Taliban soldier moved closer and shot her three times. Afterward from the crowd several people shouted "God is great." The stadium was packed with men and women, many of whom had brought their children. One woman in a burqa, who did not give her name, but was running quickly toward the stadium seats pushing her small children ahead of her, said: "This is the first time a woman has been killed. I wanted to see." > I guess women get executed for murder too. They used to hang people in Mount Eden gaol which is next door to Auckland Grammar School, and the students could see. We used to have near zero murders per year, but now we have many, many, many for gratuitous ends [not crimes of passion or madness]. I would not want to see, nor push my children to see, the sorry outcome of the human mess. I couldn't cheer! But a lot of people do. I won't cheer when Osama is finished either; it's a sorry, but necessary business, reflecting the pathetic way we run life and the development of children. I took a look through some of those scenes and some were simply untrue. For example there was a photo of "mass graves" which actually showed a single grave [or hole in the ground] being dug. Propaganda is common. As you say,<I believe there's enough international focus on Afghanistan this time that the chaos that reigned after the USSR pulled out will not repeat itself. > with the USSR out and the UN focus, I'm hopeful that Afghanistan will get civilisation back on track [meaning those minimal freedoms many countries take for granted].