In the last couple of days I have run across a couple of stories that will not be big news here in the US or for that matter not in Western Europe either…..this one stuck out in my mind…….

Afghan vice president Field Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, a leading commander in the alliance that fought the Taliban, died today at 57. Fahim was an ethnic Tajik who was an ally of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the charismatic Northern Alliance commander who was killed in an al-Qaeda suicide bombing two days before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. President Hamid Karzai’s office said Fahim died from an illness. Karzai called Fahim a true patriot and said his death was “a huge loss for Afghanistan.” Fahim served as a vice president and defense minister in Karzai’s first administration and most recently was the first of two vice presidents. But he was best remembered as a former warlord who fought the Soviets when they were occupying the country and went on to battle with Massoud against the Taliban, who were ousted in 2001. Karzai’s spokesman Aimal Faizi said the government has called for a three-day mourning period and flags would be lowered to half-staff. Presidential candidate Hedayat Amin Arsala said Fahim’s death “will affect the future political development,” but he didn’t elaborate.

What makes this one interesting to me is the fact that he was a fighter against the USSR back in the 80’s….he was part of the Northern Alliance of Massoud, a man who with a small band of fighters could hold off numerous Soviet attacks when outnumber more than 100 to 1.

This probably means nothing to most Americans but think about this….Massoud was killed 2 days before the 9/11 attack….this man would have been the leading ally when the US went in after the Taleban and AQ…his death should have been a indication of things to come.

Now another staunch ally of the US has died just before the presidential elections…..may be a huge coincidence, but I do not believe in them,….this needs to be watched….the Taleban is up to something and with the US on the way out the door….it could be BIG.

Just a thought.