Raising a Child in Iran's Cultural Divide

"Coping with the gulf between Iranian private and public life is a difficult skill even for adults to manage. So what should we teach our children? My friend's eight-year-old son brought a DVD home from school the other day, a 10-minute collection of "highlights" from his...

All Traces Of The Mountain Fortress Were Obliterated By B-52 Bombers

"B-52 bombers made repeated passes over the Tora Bora area throughout the day, and huge plumes of smoke rose from the barren hills and ridges. Hundreds of anti-Taliban fighters watched from several miles away as dust filled mountain valleys."  

U.S. Bombers Miss Osama Bin Laden By Two Weeks

December 13, 2001 :: "U.S. bombers sent up huge plumes of smoke along a mountain ridge near the eastern village of Tora Bora. The range of hills and valleys is home to networks of caves harbouring an unknown number of Al-Qaida fighters and possibly Bin Laden, the man...

The Yemeni Horsemen Surrounded Him As If They Were Bodyguards

Year 2001. Approximately November 25, 26. It is believed Osama Bin Laden left Tora Bora alive. Approximately November 27, 28, 29. A group of about ten Yemeni horsemen were seen riding towards a mountain pass that leads to China. The man in the middle of this group was...

Dead Chinese Al Qaeda Fighters Points To Bin Laden Hideout In China

15 Chinese fighters found dead / mortar shells, anti-tank rockets and ammunition for various types of automatic rifles and machine guns of Chinese manufacture, abandoned by fleeing al Qaeda men / Chinese fighting alongside the Taliban and al Qaeda