A special country. He land from above. Start september 16th on d, w ah, september 11th, 2001 at the United States came under attack the targets, new york city and the capital washington dc. The anti world was shocked. Al qaeda, a terrorist group in afghanistan, led by Osama Bin Laden claimed responsibility for the attack. Just 2 days earlier on september the 9th, he had his only opponent assassinated, a local hero in the afghan resistance. Commander Ahmed Shah Masood young man with museum. I remember mustard saying theres some one whos very dangerous to you. Been that 5 months before the 911 attacks suit visited, france, when he issued a stop warning to the western world. Did you run . He told us he only had one message sick. It was that Osama Bin Laden was preparing a major strike against the United States. Something extremely dangerous. On mobile bible. He did not really that he then thought my not gonna be in gear much good, nathan, hold on, man. Get out while its on by the get on, get on that he thought about the b b just data image study asking about, ha ah, must suits, warning, was loud and clear. Why did no one listen . Was it the trade agreements or the army sales to pakistan . Made the usa and other western countries look the other way. Why did they refuse to helpless to the last line of defense against the taliban . And the terrorists . Ah ah ah ah. With after 10 years of war to seize control left canister on, the soviets finally conceded and withdrew in 1999 when cobbles, communist regime crumbled 3. He is later civil war broke out between rebels from various ethnic groups to shakes new specs, hazardous and patch tunes. Afghanistan spiraled into chaos. This ethnic conflict gave rise to a new movement. The taliban. Ah, in pasco talib, literally means theology student. The taliban ernest lamp fundamentalist group that focus on the study of his lamp. Their Supreme Leader was milan mohammed omar. A hot co fundamentalist who welcomed terrace into his ranks from saudi arabia and he, him. These were al qaeda jihadists and their leader. So some have been on in september 1996, the taliban ceased cobble, and most of the country imposing a tyrannical islamic regime and shimmery a loo. Only one mandate resist. Come on to Ahmed Shah Masoud a t g from the pan she valley ah, based in the isolated northern mountains, he achieved folk hero status after defeating the red army during the soviet occupation, and then led the Northern Alliance to struggle to resist the taliban. The pre 2 boy could, i was pretty good in school. The study that the fancier military academy ha constantino. And i spent 3 great years in francis finest school meeting, receiving a military education, but also learning engineering reduced to a history and geography of while decree and good subjects needed to understand the modern world and dont say to the boot. And thats how i started my career as a military officer and the french army major. But after several disappointments, i resigned in 1999 and became a free civilian again. To present them a suit, i introduced myself to my food as a former french officer and told him about the time i was on a diving mission where we planted mines under boats and sabotage, propeller the but to the said with the disease. Great job that the taliban didnt have any boats. And then i said something that finally caught his attention. Saucy to fit. I was a certified French Commando instructor to come on. It was going to that it turns out that my sued had a team of Commando Group that was a mix of both young recruits and veteran assembly balmore. He gathered them at a Training Camp and told me youre a commando instructor. Here you go, do your thing and teach them whatever you want. I had carte blanche. Thats what i was just at that time. I think we had about 15000 fighters on the various front. So the diesel off of us. We were up against 10 times as many men, but we resisted that. He von, the taliban was well acquitted and had a lot of support from pakistan which wanted them to take over the country. He bought samples or lost them to be armed by pakistan and supported by ok to fight as the taliban quickly gained control. 90 percent of afghan territory ah, in the heart of their oppressive regime, a single french representative remained in office in cobb the shade affair. John eve, but to call me folks, you know sandra, own smile, i had a position with United Nations Assistance Mission and ghana standard and that ones muscle again. He stole pause. He, a goal was to establish peace in a country that was being ripped apart at the time on plant issue. Model poker is jacqueline rim is actually continued to do my job in afghanistan to me on. But i also became a charged affair, said i glanced today. I could, i coincided with what came a few months later that matter. When unfortunately, the taliban took control of the country again, the star equal submission in the previous 20 to 30 years. Many westerners had adopted a false understanding of diplomacy between offered it was a kind of western triumphalism that we only talked about little who shared our values. And thats absurd. Diplomacy existed for exactly the opposite reason for where it was designed as an alternative to war for addressing conflict. Its based on being open to dialogue with any one and every one to understand their position, you will receive both. Then you are just the level of talks. There are symbolism. But once we understood the level of control, the taliban had enough ghana standard. There was no way we can get involved, even though we thought we should be helping masoud or well i could pick tickets that you know. They love the moment they arrived and campbell in 99 percent of the taliban publicly had ex president , legible that at his brother it was an introduction to their barbaric interpretation of the koran. The religious students in virtuously claim they were bringing back people on the. But it came at a huge cost to the 70000000. 00 afghans. The mala professed to be fighting mice with virtue and did so by him. Housing, the most of his gear and, and in humane islamic system on the planet is moving slow. Mcgee, my name is more of a column or dean. And im the leader of the revolutionary Islamic Movement in afghanistan. Whoa, whoa. I was the taliban minister for propagation of virtue and prevention of vice. Here. Oh me morrow. My goal was to heavily promote virtue until all vices disappeared. Naturally. Womach god, we never wanted to directly or brutally intervene. Wall. Youll push. Thats why we trained people with young people when they went to the mosques in small groups, to raise awareness and worn against all types of temptations. Oh, this was necessary to get uneducated people to follow islamic precepts was leading to teach them to abandon their vices and renounce everything that islam prohibited. Oh, that didnt get shielded tele bowl. Had good news for giovanni, i. So taliban delegation that we invited to islamabad for peace negotiation, as we said in a small guest house next to our offices lest house a good did and, and behold, in 0, cilla st. It. So happened that the un mission, litter secretary, was staying in the same guest house cabinet. Taylor, them guest house, a key i either met ave cuz she came in the next morning looking very tired that i saw because the taliban and the room next door had been watching at horn until 4 in the morning. Thats called and this poor lady was unable to solicit. My goal is to cut down the dough meal doctors. I wont go. Pigs that had helped to these. The taliban are terrorists and they dont believe in peaceable youth. Their philosophy is to create eternal war. Must had a jihad, a view jihad as a religious principle. And this law mc obligation that forces the taliban to fight constantly, brooklyn and gen brooklyn. Otherwise they believe in it, therell be lost to sin. As i really believe that jihad guarantees them entry to heaven. Um and that god will grant the mercy, molded the damage the taliban. Of absolutely nothing in common with the Afghan People or afghan society. Medina, wellness and mcdonald and pakistan, backed by western nations. And an ally of the us wanted to control afghanistan. It was in pakistans, koranic schools, the taliban were born and trained becky stall, it didnt look. So chunk measure pakistan, was the taliban major supporter . Event there. Hey, why . Yeah, pakistani is thought it would be good to have a regime under their influence and cobble and got blue. Is the soviet, tanya called, but they quickly realized that they didnt really control it at all. So le mars sometimes their puppets went their own way. Old uncle told them, but in our meetings with the pakistanis houston, we asked them to rein in the taliban them. And they said it wasnt that easy. I mean, because of course they were on control alisha panel underneath lee the may can no problem with that. The american didnt have a counterpart in afghanistan the far they knew they couldnt recognize the taliban regime organ, ispa needed bar. They couldnt be associated with it. And it dont goose soup levies. You are merely kindred. As though the American Vision of afghanistan was what was seen through pakistani eyes who got that yak as dan was a us ally and told washington that the taliban was simply part of traditional afghan culture and that they needed to accept that fair qu, miss hooted. Are they said masoud was dumbly upon shitty . What was on that as eager a group that didnt mean much, and that had never ruled added anastasia archy, they werent a proper solution to lead the country or border b, but boxley nero additional rate. The pakistan is had a tense relationship with commander masula within. They knew that armor charmer suit would never recognize a pakistani public government. The pakistani saw that as resistance and as direct opposition to their its truth because my brother would have never accepted a pro Pakistan Government in kabul. And thats the real reason why the United States never helped him, regardless of what they claim ah, in june 2000, a European Parliamentary delegation traveled to pen chair to meet commander masood, leading the charge was general felipe memorial, who previously served as command review and forces in the former yugoslavia and was a well established peace advocate. The man who instigated to visit was a long time friend of commander muscles patrol, calais, he sought to raise political when its about the afghan conflict with this issue. Oh, isnt it though . Some will, will pay them of them mostly do focused on them burly, your own islam, east that polio on play. This is Jonathan Jones can affect his i think that pakistan im convinced that pakistan the goal is a lot more religious in nature. Than it is geographical folder, issue, gothic or so. So im in london, he osama bin lad museum whos much talked about in afghanistan. These days was trained by the americans back in the day when they cant deny it. Not at all. Its in that context that he took control of all the big mattresses on pakistans. Koranic schools on david, this is neither a source, the resistance is so much bigger than that. It has. It encompasses every one who is g claim to rush. June has ara and anyone else who understands the threat because they all oppose it from this moment forward. All the ethnicities need to unite against this foreign invasion. We are living in the 21st century. And globalization is bringing us closer together with no one can continue to exist in isolation without any outside contract. Its a natural phenomenon with a tolerant and moderate islam. Our people can live in peace, both internally and within the International Community. Um, other than the hustle was you could follow the digits. I wore a pocket like a local. I speak the language and since i didnt use french in front of them, they thought i was afghan, which suited me just fine. And i attended a number of those meetings. My food wasnt a fool, he was sharp, you know what he needed above all else with military support. If an intellectual or a politician rally behind him for their own personal interests and so be it. But regardless of what mattered was, they showed up and brought back a vision that counteracted what many others and harris were saying. Kelly, do have a lot in the western world in the us and european like lobbyists for arms, dealers were numerous and powerful, and pakistan was a lucrative client in their eyes. Food posed a problem, mostly that it had always sued, was very good. He convinced them easily. Its all about as you see where that leads in political terms. But i think were slowly moving forward. Is that a country like i cant stand . Its so far removed from the current concerns of European Parliamentary representatives. But this is how well get things to evolve. Second, 2 trips like this one is to put together what theyre productive. The game is suited for safe travels home to live. My heart is here with you. And well be back. Well be back to bring you to parrot and to washington street, going to lower your movie. Oh, return. Distrustful movie like convince nicole on tenfold, president of the European Parliament deal to officially invite my food, which had never been done by anyone, anywhere. School school lecture, left halls attempt i think frances hands were tied by its relationship and economic connections with pakistan, but which were valuable back then. I guess your list of, of course, french Intelligent Services were in contact with masoud. You the same way they were in contact with the taliban yankee yamaha quinte. They met with him regularly to ask questions about the situation and get you to understand how he saw things we will, youd issue and also to ask about al qaeda or al qaeda says, cant i see . That was the major points of interest of the French Intelligence Services. And you more did chemist whod be given that masoud had a Significant Network of informants in the country whos he might learn things about bin laden or al qaeda and share that information with the french. Oh, so hes will say, i shared military insights about the show molly plain front with French Intelligence Services with my students permissional to last anymore for i was a messenger mister, just opposite. Eventually reports transmitted by the western secret Services Including the cia gaining traction. But america still insisted on sparing pakistan. Washington decided instead to pressure the un security counseling new york city, the Council Voted to impose sanctions on the cobble regime. Taliban is the 1st one. Yeah. So he could have wanted to let them use it on us. You know, even though we actually dont this on 2000 is the genie shown on the focus could be a pretty United States was in what i call the hyper power phase. What i mean was that basically any other power, almost anywhere in the world, you had to take u. S. Policies into account would put that didnt mean they needed to agree with those policies from the put in fact, which the french governments position with regard to the u. S. At the time was to be a friend and ally, but not necessarily aligned with them. And me that was unacceptable to the americans, which they thought, if youre an ally, you have to be aligned with them. Otherwise youre useless. Youre hear about children, mo, mo, united, a moment. International sanctions were put into place. The said, i knew the taliban would become even more radical. I can use it all copies, it goes. So the modem that the moderate favorite keeping Communications Channels with the western world open would essentially no longer have it there way. So i know if you guys, as a result it would be the radicals who would use our i tried to tell them that to say that i tried repeatedly, it costs more the radicalization of the taliban had brucell, inhumane consequences for women. Their rights regressed even further. And as those rights disappeared, any woman under suspicion could wind up imprisoned, beaten, or even stone over new allows and came to the stadium. A woman die, a woman was face will never see. We only know her as for me now. Thats her in the middle between 2 female guards, taliban leaders, sentences her to death for adultery, the least said to me now, 7 children watched her execution from the stands. Their uncle was the one who pulled the trigger. Freedom for women. Its false to say that they had no freedom they were not prisoner than granted. They did not have western freedom, but they had islamic koranic freedom. So saw hulu and in our country. Its true that stoning as prescribed by islam is allowed it by women. Here are like ghosts, all shrouded in the same covering. The chair, the child re, these clandestine images were filmed and see criminal in afghanistan, one cant even look at women from behind. And here even their underwear is a mans business. Seldom come, no women selling clothes at all. I know no way of islam wouldnt allow it renege because of this interpretation of the koran him. Womens fashion in afghanistan is entirely decided by men from the cut of the pattern to the actual style. With the sword, the taliban of rod didnt. Capital women played a major role in afghan society. They held 80 percent of administrative positions and a 3rd of medical jobs. Masoud encouraged equality and advocated womens return to public life. Mess with the disorder for them approved only from them with duties. Then masood believed islam, fundamental values that give women autonomy and the right to have an education at which they fully belong in the organisation of political life in full school. And i think masood pushed for those ideas and equal befuddled when womens groups came to him, asking him to sign a charter for womens rights in which he did get a senior. He was fully aligned with everything they brought up. Isnt he agreed with all of it . It could be all though he still added a line about how these clauses had to respect afghan culture. Could you again another indication of the taliban. Radicalization was its intent to destroy all non islamic symbols. After food beating children to play with kites, to listen to music and to take photos of themselves. Taliban latest now opposed looking at any work of lita as though a do you as a good good of the Afghan Government with help from france and a protocol signed in 1921 . Well had promoted National Archaeology literally been lo. See by destroying those archaeological fines, the taliban wanted to prove that afghanistan had no other culture than that instilled by the pakistani seminaries, the semi them. But kid Stanley Black studio has to access these beautiful raw carvings. One must take tunnels that lead to an opening above them. One discovery is beautiful frescoes that have already been utilized and vandalized by our trafficking organized by the country. This past sunday authorities and cobble tried to reassure a western Diplomatic Team who had come to investigate the destruction of artworks, lamar, discipline, not just 2 hours after our last meeting went out, omar announced the decision to systematically destroy all anti islamic works and awful guar. I gave them of course there were obvious ideological and religious reasons to prove to them these statues represent idols and must be destroy, mr. Gooses, but thats also a clear sign of radicalization. I did tell you this is your pa contact of a co, new minnesota. I felt it told her i contacted the minister of Foreign Affairs and told them that if they did this, they needed to understand that those artworks would forever be destroyed. As im there are curly fmla. You do to tell us is dawning women was hard enough to swallow them, but here you had something that had been around since the 5th century in which wasnt bothering anybody. Keener dallas their son l. Visitors si fi more upon i said look, if youre really afraid that people will come and worship the statues. Im sure i can find you a company somewhere that would be willing to manufacture and donate. Hercules do is woke readily do it. No, he looking for up to cyrils room, you can cover the statues and just open the curtains when people come to observe their splendor, the monument, as opposed to worshipping that ball to post only. How can, when he did that, he said that was a great idea and that he would relate to mueller or marvin, or level car, he promised me that those buddhas wouldnt be destroyed. She shivered, gave me his word liberal dental by the time it was at the map behind in her. Ah, less shuttled italy bell and the taliban. Relentless destruction of the balmy on buddha statues in march, 2001 was a huge shock. Buskie, they didnt leave, it revealed an extremely deep seated way of thinking, which is why the world reacted the way a dead lead richie for them. Although we were watching the resurgence of a way of thinking that most believed was a thing of the past with all sickle clear that even us have were it was a doctrine that monuments and works of art from civilizations that are not our own carry ideological messages and oppose religious dangers. Am done, miss anne, that they must be eradicated. You doors, lou e r a had ski absolutely love a proponent in favor of a moderate islam. Then french minister alone matlab took a keen interest in afghanistan very early on, and visited the country on numerous occasions, which was recently open to you. I went to punch here explicitly to move my suit and spend some time with him. Oh, if he was a true force of nature, an extraordinary man saw the day. While i was there, my suit gave me a clear message. Warning of the dangers afghanistan presented to the world. Are for surely doric, if you could. He warned that the Afghan People needed to be freed from this tyrannical regime really does have go the so as im john, i told him that he needed to come to france again of us care. So track wrapper, propellers, ministry for Foreign Affairs was concerned for many reasons, mostly deeper. But the main reason, according to one of the senior officials at the ministry all done was weapons negotiations with pakistan. We couldnt upset sack stansell mcgill silly boy, did you . Yes, the ministry for Foreign Affairs didnt want him to come all he had, he did leave me, which was strange because in reality and for many reasons, the French Military had people on the ground there who knew the country. And they had a completely different opinion. He said, thank you for lady much. They knew we needed to help my suit was city, but their voices werent taken seriously. And military, diplomatic and government circles if humanities me dear, big deal, i talk to people and offered them solutions that you did that he ball faced. The taliban were losing popular support. And there were taliban commanders that we could have paid off. Ashley, or muss ethically, in march in the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs, invited a taliban delegation, was it provo i offered to greet them because i was curious if revolver that i wanted to see what they were lifeless lloyd after having read so many horrible things about them the cheaper foot, i remember they were completely closed off. Yeah. They never looked me in the eye even when we were 50 centimeters from one another. So they didnt say a word, but it was done. And it probably had to be digested to fail because we didnt know what was next up school could but a st. This march, 2001 meeting was highly secret. No. Can miss or media were present. Diplomacy require keeping all sides happy, so as not to endanger the weapons deal with pakistan. Invited by the European Parliament. Masoud made his 1st tongue in paris. Ah, i begin milofa could sure hold their ship. Oh, we had a good discussion with mister vedrine, while even though the meeting was extremely hurry, credit and bullets that wraps upon elbows with it began over breakfast and the following discussion evolved into an extensive deb. Back to my job, i typed it, the europeans came to realize they were dealing with a real leader who was on the same level as they were. But i did, you should be better, but i had many other meetings with mr. Ben green afterwards. And every time he mentioned that 1st meeting with commander, my sued. But my mission before that meeting was it was obvious that they didnt trust a set up because i presume he was ecstatic about coming to paris and very happy to be received by the minister that there is a certain prestige status attached to that disease. Then he asked if the de jesus could help more by providing weapons and their li city. If it movies it, he was trying to rally the International Community to his side of the fight and prove that his fight was just and his enemy was a serious threat. And believe me, not just to him but to everyone, but nothing came of it except talk. He told me france didnt even give him a kalashnikov cartridge up to, to, kristy raised his pinkie and set it in a diary, tomato, meek, elliptical, but not the 5 months before september, the 11th masoud came to europe to deliver a message. By on my bible she said, i got that estimate that. I mean, i saw that one is done about your nasha matter than the other one is on that really the see that you saw it go math not going to be much good enough to hold them and get out. One is on both of them and get it under the cough, but to be just be study scheduled. How does all, what masoud, digital equivocal met with my food and listened to him on false folk in france throughout europe. And of course, some were adamant that he should receive a message. Skillful, compulsory kill him. What you need to understand is that there were just as many people may be more influential who believed the opposite. Digital play key play branded masoud as a fundamentalist. Just like all the others could, can some one who would never have a political future in afghanistan. And that it would be ridiculous to back him to the music in a suit was officially greeted by european authorities, notably through his visit to the European Parliament in stressful welcome to the European Parliament. Im so happy to have you here. It seemed that his urgent message would finally be heard and taken seriously or stop in the position. You all know that for a long time now, the European Parliament has been very concerned with what is happening in afghanistan, the serious and repeated infringement of fundamental rights. And human good met. What is your appalling situation facing . Women, the family that threatens the country as well as refugees are not regina. I would venture to say that for destruction of the army on godaddy, and that was the straw that broke the camels back. Which confirmed beyond any doubt that the taliban simply have no regard for anything, nor do i speak for. Yeah, it wont have he does. You the invitation, i extended is 1st and foremost, the political acknowledgement on that of what commander masoud represents a c would. But i must also tell you that the pakistani ambassador will your letter it when his government learned that i had invited last 2 days, looked out letter gives me the opportunity to give a strict warning to the marcus. Donny authorities were severe, more are gathered, the lizard dog, they are supported, the taliban constitutes a threat. The entire region, ball it that dont follow you too. And in my response to this letter, i will formally asked pakistan to see supporting a regime which has ostracized itself. From the world with fanaticism and urine tis nissan, upscale cheese, senior bone, lack of you know that the national. How about the g d o . And then it grew big if it and that i find a song. But im tired of all cut out about on your car. What are you back to see this law . My son will play it yard. Im humble. You make one on miss it. A saw my beloved in a park is tiny as caught, it must be. But hum daughter my miss, i am, as you said, yes, william k ton ha ha, fair as you go to upon, as one is thought, ne ballot darcy as well. Then while everyone is on as bad as im on the ball come on, thats why i couldnt do that. I have to be home to go too far. But ive got a ticket on the jimmy focused on what this guy stuff about at the site focused on all of these you do miss who do on open t club when my food visit to europe was a very good thing already. But it was also the worst possible thing he could have done for himself. Im pretty convinced thats what gave the enemy the idea that my suit had to be physically eliminated. Miss wood. That idea was hatched in the sick minds of volcano. The leader of cater repressive illogical is su, foster ne, i had noticed the phonetic radicalization of the taliban. But i didnt really understand how much influence been loudon had at the time been and then this mac open let then of a conclusion. Yashira not far to do my mother in law and had arranged the marriage of one of his sons to a daughter of omar fis, he saw city of you, the more that meant the relationship became familial and dynastic. As to which posed a lot of problems look with problem. Look at do, or mallow marcy to the yellow gems, a gift to mullah omar in the sense that a gave him the last little piece of afghanistan. He was missing 1st as she near my shoe assassinating masood meant that he could launch a mass of operation to conquer upon sheer and the entire northeast ruling over the entire country b. O. All of this without bin laden sharing. What he was planning in the us mosque he script or was it as you had k dark lucille . Hey, can defiant al qaeda thought that one of my suits weaknesses was his willingness to accept visits from journal as he faced. And politicians live is it does on that is too rude and politic he, they decided to use that as a way to get close to hamlet up. Or she could, they would go and pretending to be journalists with a camera or batteries that were filled with explosive. All the disposition ah, the ah, on september the 9th, 2001 to al qaeda suicide bombers mit with command masoud. The 2 terrace pretended to be journalists, wicked, the arab media outlets. With him dash t. One of the suits, loyal lieutenants is one of the only 2 witnesses still alive today. Im the shack a day mother. Its always hard for me to talk about what happened on september 9th, 2001 that he, that it always brings back that horrible memories doesnt they give us the worst of my life . He was around 8 or 830 in the more nice destiny missile laughed as of when i came out of my room, i asked where those arab journalists had gone on cousin keith. I was in a gotcha that guess of a modem. When told me they had already gone to the commanders headquarters to intervene while caught him at the time by the part of my workers and which i had was to record videos, milestone. I grabbed my camera and headed to the commanders headquarters. While on the same with b, as you couldnt say, i should for the interview started. And so all the commander asked them to share what questions they were planning to ask. You know, says that our last how, what arab sitting next to the commander listed a dozen or so questions mostly about al qaeda. The taliban been like a lot of pakistan sell the lower. I will land them out at the outlet. Thou thought of all book a song, john, it was always the same questions back them on. But last the case, us cousin, i sent the interview was about to begin. I sat in a chair behind my account and prepared my camera to films. You know, let me show system. I was suddenly blinded by a very strong yellow light. Wagner as out of my eyes closed instinctively. And then i realized that i was burned and wounded. Norris asked by this oscar himself. Since ive been setting up my camera, the 1st thing i thought was that there may have been a short circuit buzz in that and that had had exploded in my face for the much will within filing cabinet. Him about the shots or the motion of the main figure mom. He managed to open my eyes and i saw there was dust and smoke everywhere. But then i thought all the windows had been blown out. The light on the semi again, was in missouri. 2 people carried the commander from the room with his pocket covering his face of the boys. If he had injuries to his head and legs, muscles of most seriously to his chest. Last there must have changed that commander masood was killed for the 1st time in my life. I realized what a great responsibility that man had been carrying up until that time. Ill leave that out of that and everything depended on him. Was our haws, millions of us felt it was embodied and we werent Strong Enough to carry the weight of that responsibility yet. But of the act here once wrote a sentence in a book that said, well betide a nation of shell need of heroes. Why bother melissa . Come back when the commander was still alive. I thought that author was stupid. Mother can make them. He know he didnt understand that it was great to have a he remy farmer. I left the i thought i one should be so lucky was about to collapse. But when missouri died last illness, i finally understood what the author was trying to say. And i guess, as you know, he said that if what he meant was that its sad when people need a hero. Lemme let the because when that hero disappears, oh i was lost. Neil, this is awesome. Mm. 7 ah, todays austin, the suit assassination on tuesday, september the 11th 2001. At 845, i am. An airliner crashed into the north tower of the world trade center, new york. Just 18 minutes later, a 2nd plane hit the south tower. Then a 3rd crashed into the pentagon in washington, d. C. And a 4th in pennsylvania. It was considered the worst terrorist attack in Human History the door. The sabbath shuddered. The 2 events are closely connected. Happening before the 911 attacks al qaeda wanted to eradicate the leader of the resistance. So there would be no more opposition to the taliban in afghanistan. Youd better troubleshot. Good. Been a complete yes. Only. Bin laden, certainly understood that must suit was his enemy put at men foster haps, he thought that the u. S. Would retaliate against afghanistan. After the attack on the twin towers could not had triplets. You also get and if such a response occurred, he needed to ensure my suit was gone left because he represented the many opposition dionte shortly the rest would work itself out. But the connection between those 2 events is absolutely obvious to do more. If you dont, ah, after september 11th to the United States, went after public enemy number one, a summer, been loudon, and took military action in afghanistan, helped by the americans. The troops of the light command to most suit liberated capital in november 2001. The telephones departure was a relief to the local population. Masoud lives on the memories of many for the people of afghanistan. Lagossi, the sioux city, shark militia, my biggest regret, is my own personal failure. I think that must suit. I think he counted on me, at least a little bit, were that of the metal the he counted on me to relay his message, but that didnt work to. So its a personal failure on my part. That said, the collective failure is even more consequential than my personal one when they say to says he, he said bessy come in touch. Do you like it all happened like a greek tragedy and on the tragedy played out accordingly. This was from his own place. He and the bull. Well, regardless of how much we tried, things always took a turn for the worse than usual. The only piano, even still to this day. Im calling ah, ah, ah, ah, a in a stand whats behind news africa . 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