tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26129073.post2675795730579957808..comments2023-12-06T19:46:26.522-05:00Comments on The Greenbelt: Pointless "news". No, worse than pointlessThe Ridger, FCDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26129073.post-24227760331742448892012-03-20T09:35:41.554-04:002012-03-20T09:35:41.554-04:00NPR "Morning Edition" did a report this ...NPR "Morning Edition" did a report this AM profiling some of the child victims (although only the boys, given Afghan culture).<br />"Grieving Afghan Father: 'All My Dreams Are Buried'" by Quil Lawrence:<br />http://www.npr.org/2012/03/20/148974952/afghan-farmer-lost-11-relatives-in-shooting-rampage<br /><br />Re the female family victims, just this:<br /><br />"Men from Kandahar don't traditionally talk about their wives or daughters in public, and certainly not to the media. Wazir's daughters were 12, 8, 3 and 2 years old. Their names were Massoma, Farida, Palwasha and Bibya. His 60-year-old mother, Shakarina, also was killed, along with his wife, Zahra.<br /><br />"'I loved them all like they were parts of my body,' [the husband/father] Wazir says. 'I miss all of them terribly.'"Kathienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26129073.post-45864051701677730942012-03-20T06:21:59.477-04:002012-03-20T06:21:59.477-04:00That's actually not a crazy belief at all. In ...That's actually not a crazy belief at all. In some ways, easier to swallow than the one guy sneaking out and managing to do all that, including setting fires...The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26129073.post-65780647396096371492012-03-20T01:44:30.319-04:002012-03-20T01:44:30.319-04:00U.S. media hardly mention the widespread belief am...U.S. media hardly mention the widespread belief among Afghans that Bale is simply taking the fall for a whole squad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com