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Eight Ace · 07-10-2004, 11:39 PM

[quote="Fluffy_Bunny":73763][quote:73763]The Lions Grave: Dispatches from Afghanistan (Jon Lee Anderson , Thomas Dworzak)
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Does that include the First Afghan War when 16,000 Brits marched into Afghanistan & only one came back?[/quote:73763]
No, the Lion reffered to is Ahmed Shah Massoud aka The Lion of the Panjshir,
the northern alliance leader assasinated 9/9/01.

...for a good account of that series of massacres in the First Afghan War,
I recommend "The Great Game" by Peter Hopkirk...ripping yarn par exellence. beer:

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Eight Ace is Offline Major Posts: 6,139 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sydney	07-10-2004, 11:39 PM [quote="Fluffy_Bunny":73763][quote:73763]The Lions Grave: Dispatches from Afghanistan (Jon Lee Anderson , Thomas Dworzak) [/quote:73763] Does that include the First Afghan War when 16,000 Brits marched into Afghanistan & only one came back?[/quote:73763] No, the Lion reffered to is Ahmed Shah Massoud aka The Lion of the Panjshir, the northern alliance leader assasinated 9/9/01. ...for a good account of that series of massacres in the First Afghan War, I recommend "The Great Game" by Peter Hopkirk...ripping yarn par exellence. beer: