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To: Sig who wrote (104109)	7/5/2003 1:12:01 PM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Respond to of 281500

With weapons of knowledge - A Bavarian builds schools for Afghan children in Tora Bora ... The stranger has been here already twice. The first time around he told them, he would now build a school here in the mountains, because otherwise Afghans would remained defenseless if they did not learn. Then soon again a foreign power, like Russians, Americans, the Taliban from Pakistan or the Arabs of the Al Qaida, would come and take the land away from Afghans. The men nodded, because it probably did not matter to them. They have already heard many promises, in any case, few hours later, the stranger drove away again in his jeep, escorted by a pickup, full of bodyguards. They held AK-47s between their legs and one had a rocket launcher on his shoulder. That was in the autumn last year, and the Afghan television reported about it. When the stranger came back the second time, on the New Year's Day, he brought the education Minister with him. At that time between the mountains and caves there was this U, made of Tora-Bora stones, which the Education Minister called a school. The men were impressed. Most of them cannot read and write, but everyone can handle a AK-47 or a rocket launcher. The older even fired American Stingers at Soviet helicopters: a practical achievement with immediate effect; a school however has remained abstract to them like some UNESCO statistics. ... The day before Erös did, what he always does when coming back, he went to see the military commander of Djalalabad, the Commander Musa, a powerful man with a grenade scar on his forehead. Erös was served green tea and then asked Commander Musa for a military report:" Security situation? No changes" said the Commander. He has 1800 men, but just 80 uniforms. There's as yet no pay from Kabul coming in, but the morale is OK, Karzai is a good man, Taliban in Pakistan and al Qaida are gone or dead. But the opium, says Erös. The commander ducks the question and asks about schools instead. Schools, says Erös and watches the commander, schools will someday make opium superfluous. textnart.de