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To: zonder who wrote (52588)	10/17/2002 6:30:56 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Well, I'm no lawyer myself. But considering your friend can't get these facts correct raises considerable doubts in my mind as to his accuracy: Anyway the point is that the convention is clear on the fact that the fact a government isn't recognised (and the Taliban WERE recognised by a number of countries, and armed by the US - "How do we know Saddam has weapons of mass destruction? We checked the receipt." - Bill Hicks) The Taleban were recognized by three, count them, THREE countries - Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and I believe it was Yemen. Where he gets that the Taleban were armed by the United States, I have no idea. Maybe he is making the common mistake of the uninformed in equating Taleban with Mujahadeen. And to say that the Northern Alliance was the internationally recognised government is so wrong it's almost funny. Nobody knew who it was (and it barely existed) until the US decided to set it up and support it to give them exactly the kind of excuse for bombing the hell out of everything else that your "friend" is appealing to. I never said the "Northern Alliance" was the government, did I? I said the Afghan government in exile, headed by Burhanuddin Rabbani, was the recognized government of Afghanistan and was represented in the Northern Alliance. Your friend asserts "nobody knew who it was" and yet Rabbani's Afghan government continued to hold Afghanistan's seat at the United Nations. During the war, the Afghan representative to the UN gave numerous press appearances. Perhaps your friend can lighten up on the zippy, tres cool editorializing and check his facts a bit more before commenting again. A nice timeline on Rabbani's career and the ups and downs of modern Afghanistan: chron.com A little bio on Rabbani: Burhanuddin Rabbani Afghan president in exile Born: 1940 Birthplace: Faizabad, north Afghanistan After graduating from Kabul University in 1963, Rabbani received a graduate degree in Islamic philosophy from Cairo's prestigious al-Azhar University, in 1968. He then taught theology at Kabul University. A Tajik, Rabbani joined the fight against the Soviets, becoming leader of one of the five major factions of the mujahideen. After the fall of the communist regime in 1992, Rabbani became president of the interim government that lasted until 1996, when it was overthrown by the Taliban. He has since joined forces with other former mujahideen and continues to lead a government in exile. They are recognized by the United Nations and most other nations as the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan. teachervision.com Derek