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THANK GOD WE’RE THE “SECOND CITY”
WOMEN USED AS SEX SLAVES FOR TALIBAN, AL QAEDA
November 15, 2001, Chicago Tribune. The Chicago comedy team Second City explained how they had begun to joke about September 11, remarking, “If, as the famous saying goes, tragedy plus time equals comedy, then time moved much faster than anyone could imagine back in September.” But they had waited until two months after the attacks to do such a show, which they called, “Holy War, Batman! Or The Yellow Cab of Courage.” It was a success: “It was amazing how the audiences warmed up to the terrorist stuff so soon after it happened,” said the director. and “Thank God We’re the SECOND City.
February 13, 2002 While reports of the Taliban’s involvement in the trafficking of Afghan women was long reported by Afghan refugees fleeing Afghanistan during the Taliban’s rule, more detailed and numerous accounts continue to emerge following the collapse of the brutal regime. According to Time magazine, government officials and witnesses have revealed that the Taliban routinely kidnapped women from Tajik, Uzbek, Hazara and other ethnic minorities to be trafficked and used as sex slaves. Some women were also forced to “marry” Taliban and al Qaeda soldiers, who often raped and later abandoned them.
OSAMA HAS A NEW FRIEND
Business Oct 10, 2001 12:00 PM. Washington. EVIL Bert, meet Evil Osama. Right now, he two appear to be inseparable -- at least on ubiquitous posters carried by pro-Taliban demonstrators. Reuters photographs of a rally this week organized by Jaamiat-e-Talabaye Arabia, a radical Islamic organization, show that protesters created a pro-bin Laden sign that featured a Bert muppet sitting on the left side of the man responsible for the 9/11 attack.