3 Great Satans of the Empire

The deaths in Southeast Asia of three of the West’s ‘Great Satans’ were announced in recent weeks: Mullah Omar and Jalaluddin Haqqani in Afghanistan; and Pakistan’s Lt. Gen.  Hamid Gul. I never met Mullah Omar though I was present at the birth and expansion of his movement, Taliban. Mullah Omar was a renowned combat veteran of the 1980’s great jihad against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.  In 1989,   the Soviets wisely withdrew. Afghanistan was convulsed by civil war between the eleven mujahidin factions, many of whom were supported by CIA through Pakistani intelligence. American Raj: Liberati… Eric Margolis Best Price: … Continue reading 3 Great Satans of the Empire