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Musicmystery -> RE: Taliban supporter in U.S.: 'Moral Equivalent of Founding Fathers' (4/21/2012 5:08:03 AM)
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ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy
I am saying...
That if you are going to post a picture and say "This Guy is a TERRORIST" you should at least be able to identify him and link to the source.
The Afghan mujahideen leaders invited to the White House hosted by President Reagan:
Maulvi Yunis Khalis, a warrior as well as a writer, was head of the Peshawar-based Afghan Mujahideen Alliance at the time and was, therefore, heading the delegation to the US. Others accompanying him on the visit were Prof Burhanuddin Rabbani, Prof Sebghatullah Mojadeddi, Pir Sayed Ahmad Gailani, Maulvi Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi and other lesser-ranked mujahideen leaders and commanders.
It was during this White House meeting that President Reagan referred to the Afghan mujahideen as freedom fighters. He remarked that the Afghan mujahideen leaders were equivalent of the great Americans who founded and liberated America. After this meeting, the US assistance to the Afghan mujahideen was increased to enable them to put up a better fight against the Soviet occupying forces in Afghanistan.
Maulvi Yunis Khalis, who died some years ago, was fond of dying his beard with henna. He had a peculiar sense of humour. He helped Osama bin Laden to live near Jalalabad after he was forced to leave the Sudan and seek refuge in Afghanistan in 1996. In fact, they became neighbours and also friends.
Khalis Baba, as he was called in his old age, also backed the Taliban. He also supported them after the US invasion and his son Anwarul Haq Mujahid is now a commander of the Taliban fighting the American and Nato forces.
So a man who visited the White House and thanked President Reagan and the US for supporting the Afghan jehad ended up in the Taliban camp and befriended bin Laden.
As for Haqqani, he was always a Talib and wasted no time to join the Taliban when they emerged in 1994 to fight the mujahideen. He and his family is still loyal to the Taliban leader Mulla Muhammad Omar and now poses a major threat to the US-led Nato forces in Afghanistan.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=70175&Cat=7
Hekmatyar was invited, but refused to meet Reagan.
I'm glad that's settled.
Busted.
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