Taliban get $15M high-end Killing Field

by Barry Artiste | February 25, 2008 at 11:51 am | 372 views | add comment

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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
You know sometmes you just shake your head, and really, really, want to use the What in the F**K are you thinking, when it comes to absolute stupidity, where Money and Brains go out the goddamn window.
An Afghan builder and his investors (Most likely the Taliban, after who else would invest money in this Ground Zero Killing Field?) have built a 15 million dollar high end Hotel in not just the poorest part of town in full view of the have-nots, but right in the middle of a war zone. Who cares that security consists of arming the entire compound with police, most who are the lowest paid on the planet are always susceptable to bribes with loyalties to the highest bidder in most cases.

Not to mention every damn government in the world has warned it's citizens to stay out of Afghanistan and in particularly Kandahar, certainly didn't faze this Afghan builder of realizing a Taliban Dream, get as many foreigners in one place so we can blow the whole damn thing up. The Hotel owner stated to the media that prices are negotiable to stay in these opulent and potential mausoleums suites.

KANDAHAR CITY, Afghanistan -- He has built it, and Muhammad Abid now hopes they will come -- intrepid foreigners, willing to throw caution to the wind and book rooms at the Royal Afghan, this city's first and only luxury hotel.

It's an unlikely endeavour. The five-storey, $15-million hotel is the most attractive new building in southern Afghanistan.

Therein lies the problem. It's in southern Afghanistan. A war zone.