DEATH OF A HERO
Ahmed Shah Massud
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Tribute to
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FAREWELL MARJAN...
Marjan, the one-eyed lone
lion is no longer the king of
Kabul zoo
PICTURES from the grenade attack!
SIERRA LEONE, AN OVERLOOK [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

56600 Benguema, mid-way between the capital Freetown and Masiaka, often disputed by RUF rebel forces and Sierra Leone Army SLA
56599 In a village along Moyamba Road

56500 Freetown, Mountain Cut

56562 Freetown, secondary school girls

56559

56567 Freetown, shared taxicab

56648 Kissy Road Cemetery in Freetown

56514

56561 Water pit in Calaba Town (Freetown)

56529 Waiting to cross Kanduga bridge on Moyamba road

56499 Tyres repair shop and its young boss, here trying to jump-start an air compressor, with which to inflate the punctured tyre of my Mercedes-Benz, on the way back from Bo

56573

56641 Jamul-Amin mosque in downtown Freetown

56601 Bo

56552 Shared transportation at Mile 91

56591 Freetown

56546

56539 This almost capsized truck caused a biblic traffic jam to arise at Kanduga River. The Moyamba Road, leading from Freetown to Bo-Kenema district, was in June-July 2000 much, much safer than the main, paved road Freetown-Masiaka-Mile 91 which had been sometimes under attack from the RUF rebels. That is why, although unpaved and affected by this huge bottleneck, it was sustaining 90 percent of goods and passenger traffic between Freetown and (south) eastern regions.

56579

56595 Lakka peninsula beach

56576 In a friend's house in Bo

56526 Lessons are over!

56663 Wood-cutting is a widely spread resource in Sierra Leone

56508

56665 Freetown, Kissy Road

56590 Freetown, Mountain Cut

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Maria Grazia Cutuli
sketch courtesy and © F.Sironi

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Farewell, good ol' Marjan...
The lone king of Kabul zoo succumbs to his age at 48, after surviving years and years of deprivations and symbolizing to kabulis the spirit of resiliency itself

Well.....that's sad news, indeed. To my eyes, Marjan symbolized hope.  However, in thinking about that dear old lion's death I choose to believe that when he heard the swoosh of kites flying over Kabul, heard the roars from the football stadium, experienced the renewed sounds of music in the air and heard the click-click of chess pieces being moved around chessboards....well, the old guy knew that there was plenty of hope around and it was okay for him to let go and fly off, amid kite strings, to wherever it is the spirits of animals go.
Peace to you Marjan and peace to Afghanistan.
[Diana Smith, via the Internet]

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