DEATH OF A HERO
Ahmed Shah Massud
> TRIBUTEWi> INTERVIEW
> MESSAGE TO THE
PEOPLE OF THE USA

NEW YORK, NEW YORK!
Tribute to
a defaced city
FAREWELL MARJAN...
Marjan, the one-eyed lone
lion is no longer the king of
Kabul zoo
PICTURES from the grenade attack!
SOMALIA, US ARMY VOL. 2WVOL. 1
39011
39077 Searching for weapons, December 1992
39087 1992 Christmas Eve under "Arco di Trionfo Popolare" at Kilo 4 in South Mogadishu for this US Marines patrol
39243
39245 US Army Medical Officer treating a somali women struck by a local hit-and-run driver
39061 Collecting laundry at UNOSOM compound, December 1992
39129
39269 Teen-agers thieves arrested in Mogadishu seaport, caught while stealing 2 lb... rice bags
39242 On the way to Baidoa, December 1992
39171 Deal with moneychangers in Mogadishu, March 1994
39274
39153 1993 Christmas Eve ashore for this beauties from U.S.S. Tripoli
39010 UNOSOM compound, July 1993
39025 Times Square, New York, September 1993
Anti-US intervention in Somalia rally
39089 Teen-agers theft arrested in Mogadishu seaport and handcuffed with plastic strips (in white)
39225 Searching vehicles for weapons, July 1993
39068 In front of the UNOSOM compound (former US embassy)
39248 The US Marines were equipped also with motorbikes like this monocylinder Harley-Davidson equipped with radio set, rifle holder, plastic bags and even an infrared lighting device to be used with infrared goggles for 100% light-less night driving
39316 US Marines checkpoint with AAXP7A1 armored vehicle (Assault Amphibian Vehicle model P-7-A-1) near "Arco di Trionfo Popolare" located at Kilo 4 in Mogadishu, December 1992
(Thanks, Dave)
39337
AFGHANISTANW>>
Maria Grazia Cutuli
sketch courtesy and © F.Sironi
AFGHANISTANW>>
Farewell, good ol' Marjan...
The lone king of Kabul zoo succumbs to his age at 48, after surviving years and years of deprivations and symbolizing to kabulis the spirit of resiliency itself
Well.....that's sad news, indeed. To my eyes, Marjan symbolized hope.  However, in thinking about that dear old lion's death I choose to believe that when he heard the swoosh of kites flying over Kabul, heard the roars from the football stadium, experienced the renewed sounds of music in the air and heard the click-click of chess pieces being moved around chessboards....well, the old guy knew that there was plenty of hope around and it was okay for him to let go and fly off, amid kite strings, to wherever it is the spirits of animals go.
Peace to you Marjan and peace to Afghanistan.
[Diana Smith, via the Internet]
AFGHANISTANW>>
INTERVIEW
with A. S. Massud
ENGLISH••ITALIAN
EX-JUGOSLAVIAW>>
AFGHANISTANW>>
SIERRA LEONEW>>
PORTFOLIO
Children at War
SIERRA LEONEW>>
We welcome landslide
re-election of
President Khatami!

PORTFOLIO
Iran, New And Blossoming
KOSOVOW>>

SUPPORT FREE PRESS
IN IRAN !
All documents in this website copyright © A. Raffaele Ciriello 1989 - 2002
Postcards From Hell, War / Conflict Photojournalism © 1999-2001
All Rights Reserved.
This website's contents may not be published, reproduced, or distributed in print or electronic
and / or digital media without the express written consent of the Author.
PRIOR TO ANY DOWNLOAD PLEASE READ COPYRIGHT INFOS