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| Afghan poet slaughtered in NWA |
| 2003-03-06 |
| MIRAMSHAH: An Afghan intellectual Maulam Mohammad Raheem was slaughtered and his body cut into pieces in North Waziristan Agency. His body was found some 15 kilometres from Spinwam. Raheem was known for his progressive and democratic views. Local people said that he was taken to the outskirts of Miran Shah at around 4.00 pm on February 24 and slaughtered. Two days later the people of the area with the help of a shepherd found pieces of his body. Family and friends of the deceased said that they had no enmity with any one. However, they believed that he was killed because of his enlightened views. They said he was a poet, writer and intellectual in love with his soil and people. Sounds like he wasn't devout enough for the locals... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 Rest in peace. takes real courage to be a democrat in a place like that. I won't forget. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-07 07:22:48 |
| #4 Somehow, some time, this stinking PakRathole has got to be cleaned up, and then Afghanistan can make some real progress in getting out of the hole that it is in. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-06 14:47:24 |
| #3 This is what stifiling of dissent looks like. Perhaps Amiri Baraka would like to do a tour of North Waziristan? |
| Posted by: Hermetic 2003-03-06 14:15:52 |
| #2 Wait'll they get Karoke. What a bloodbath that'll be. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-03-06 13:56:26 |
| #1 ...or they tried introducing open-mike poetry night. |
| Posted by: Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-06 13:23:02 |