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Hunting Down Terrorists
Doesn ’t Solve Problem
Former Portland newspaper writer shares Afghan views in new book
the m ost fanatical, m ost hating,
m ost bloodthirsty, m ost intoler­
ant, m ost ruthless terrorist alive
T a m in A n s a r y , a f o rm e r
and you kill him,” he said. “T here's
Portlander, form er A fghan and
the next most fanatical, most.. .one
now a bridge builder betw een sev­
less adjective, out there to take his
eral cultures, w as in tow n recently
p la c e . A nd if y o u k ill h im ,
w ith a new book and advice on
th ere’s...tw o less adjectives out
how to deal w ith A fghanistan and
there to take his place.”
the M uslim w orld.
H e added, “C N N is broadcast
A nsary, the son o f an A fghan
all o ver the w orld. People in Is­
official and a Finnish-A m erican
lam ic countries w atch A1 Jeerza,
m other, achieved instant fam e
but they w atch C N N too. R em em ­
w ith an e-m ail m essage he wrote
ber those broadcasts w ith a map
last Sept. 12, in the afterm ath o f
o
f A fghanistan, and little arrow s
the day o f terror. In it, he w arned
raining
dow n on K andahar and
against too hasty or broad a m ili­
“West
of
Kabul,
East
of
New
the
com
m
entators saying we were
tary response.
York,"
is
mostly
an
bom
bing
only m ilitary targets?
T he author offered no defense
autobiography,
but
also
offers
W
ell,
people
in the M uslim world
o f O sam a bin L aden and the
unique
insights
into
Islam
as
saw
the
sam
e
pictures, but they
T aliban, w hom he called “N azis,”
practiced today.
d id n ’t hear the com m entary.”
and “ignorant psychotics.” H ow ­
A nsary said A fghans by and
ever, he urged people to separate
large
are pleased w ith the U.S. for
Beginning
in
1979,
trips
back
to
them from the Afghan people, who
chasing out the hated T alibans.
A fghanistan and the death o f his
he said were fellow victims. M ore­
“ L eft to itself, A fg h an istan
father helped him rediscover his
over, he said, too broad an attack
w ould becom e an Islam ic state,
roots. H e is now active in A fghan
could escalate into a w orld
and a conservative Islam ic state
expatriate circles in this country.
w ar betw een the w est and
at that,” he said. “ If this country
At a book-signing session at
Islam.
can stom ach that, th e re’s a chance
P o w ell’s B ooks, he said he was
“A nd guess w hat?” he
for a friendly relationship.”
pleasantly surprised by the re­
wrote. “T h a t’s B in L ad en ’s
He suggested aid for sm all-
straint o f the U.S. military response
program .”
______ scale projects, including
“W est o f Kabul,
o n e th a t g iv e s lo c al
East o f N ew Y ork,”
[Ansary] said he was pleasantly
p e o p le tr a in in g an d
is m ostly an au to b i­
eq u ip m en t to rem ove
ography, but also of­
surprised by the restraint o f the
an d d e - a c tiv a te lan d
fers unique insights
U.S. military response and the
mines.
into Islam as prac­
A sked about A m eri­
ticed today, includ­
results it produced. In particular,
can bom bing o f civilians
ing the custom s o f
he said, the Taliban had helped to
in the w ar he said, “A f­
A f g h a n is ta n an d
g h a n is ta n h a s b e e n
shatter its own mystique by
other parts o f the
bom bed so m any tim es
Third W orld. W ith
breaking under fire and running. '
in the last 27 years, it’s
an easy, engaging
im possible to say w hose
style, the book is at
bom b did what. It’s like exam ining
and the results it produced. In
tim es hum orous, at tim es
R odney K in g ’s head after the
particular, he said, the T aliban had
m oving and often thought-
beating and trying to figure out
helped to shatter its ow n m y s­
provoking.
ex a ctly w h ich c lu b p ro d u ce d
tique by breaking under fire and
A nsary and his fam ily
w hich bump. You have to say,
running.
lived in A fghanistan until
‘O kay, it happened, now w hat do
U ltra-orthodox Islam speaks of
he was 16, at w hich tim e he
w
e do about it?” ’
an apocalyptic struggle betw een
em igrated to this country
A nsary had a sim ilar response
good and evil, and one o f the
with his m other, brother and
to
the
conflict in Israel, w here he
sym ptom s o f such a struggle is
sister; his father stayed b e­
says
he
is philosophically som e­
the em ergence o f a cadre o f pure
hind, and only cam e to visit
w
here
in
the m iddle.
holy w arriors. M any in the M us­
tw ic e b e fo re h is d e a th .
Asked
a pointed question by an
lim
w
orld
saw
the
T
aliban
as
this
A nsary spent m uch o f the
apparently
pro-Palestinian ques­
strain
o
f
pure
w
arrior,
he
said.
H
ad
next 16 years becom ing a
tioner
he
said,
“T hat sounds like a
they
fought
to
the
last
m
an
and
th o r o u g h ly a s s im ila te d
legal
brief.
Suppose
you could write
died
as
m
artyrs,
the
m
yth
w
ould
American, li ving first in Port­
a
docum
ent
that
proves,
beyond
have
persisted,
he
said.
land, w here he w as a “h ip­
any
doubt,
who
is
right
and
who is
H
o
w
e
v
e
r,
A
n
sa
ry
w
a
rn
e
d
pie” in his w ords and w rote
w
rong?
The
next
day
people
would .
against
hunting
dow
n
all
terror­
fo r the altern ativ e p ap er
still
be
out
there
throwing
rocks
ists
as
a
long-term
solution
to
the
Portland Scribe, and later in
and shooting guns.”
problem . “Suppose you could find
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