Abdul Salam Zaeef is one of the founding fathers of the Taliban. He was their senior spokesman when the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks happened and later became their ambassador to Pakistan before he was captured and sent to Guantanámo Bay, where he was imprisoned for nearly four years.
He gives a unique insight into why he still believes in the movement, defends its position on women and recounts what he experienced in prison.
Link - read an excerpt from Abdul Salam Zaeef’s book.
Web extra - in 2001, the Taliban destroyed the statues of the Buddhas in Bamyan, Afghanistan - a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Host Jonathan Groubert asked Zaeef to justify their actions - click to listen
You can download a transcription of the interview as a Word document here (note - transcription has been edited for time and comprehension).
This story was taken from the latest edition of The State We're In - Us and Them
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Awww... "didn't mean to..." and "didn't know..." I can't decide whether this sounds more like a preschooler with hands in the cookie jar or a Nuremberg defendant. I can just picture this man's sad face on 9/11.
I would rename the book "Pinnocchio Goes To Kabul" and file it under fiction. The following links on Taqiyya are a suitable accompanimemt:
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Quran/011-taqiyya.htm
http://the-koran.blogspot.com/2008/07/taqiya-or-islamic-subterfuge-part-...
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