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November 01, 2006

Picnic site or terrorist hideout? It's BOTH!

Christina Lamb of London's Sunday Times reports from Tora Bora that efforts are underway to transform bin Laden's former redoubt into a tourist destination. Nangahar governor Gul Agha Sherzai, rarely accused of being the sharpest knife in the pantry, had this sparkling insight:

“I don’t just want one Tora Bora hotel...I want three or four. Long before anyone had heard of Osama, Tora Bora was known as a picnic spot and now it can be both.”

ShimmerAnyone remember that classic Saturday Night Live skit with Gilda Radner and Dan Akroyd?

 

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