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Personifying Friendship and Terror

Published on 2010/01/05 in Passport Report. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , .

The man on the left is Jalaluddin Haqqani. He was aided back in the 80s by the CIA in his battles with the Soviets in Afghanistan. He even helped form the post-war government back then. He visited the Reagan White House, and was claimed to be “goodness personified” by Charlie Wilson (Wilson was played by Tom Hanks in a biopic that re-wrote history to say that it was US aid instead of the mujahadin that won the 1980s Afghanistan war).

He is also the prime suspect in the planning of a very successful suicide bombing around the new year that took out seven CIA employees in Afghanistan. Continue reading ‘Personifying Friendship and Terror’

Location bloody location

Published on 2009/11/19 in Passport Report. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Distractions

First of all, I’m shocked to find out from Stim that “Izzy” was Asper’s nickname. Because that was my nickname as a child from the paternal side of the family. Coincidence? Yes, totally.

Incidentally, Comcast is planning to soon bulk up by taking over NBC-Universal. And you thought it was going to end with the latter.

But, this is an excellent segway into all things Israeli.

What has the country been up to? Other than bombing a few more settlements – the whole set-fire-to-the-apples-to-kill-the-worms strategy – it has also gone ahead with planning more settlements in Al Quds. Even the French were a bit miffed. As always, there’s more than meets the eye. Israel has what’s known as a heinous plan afoot. Continue reading ‘Location bloody location’