emilyw on 16 Apr 2001 16:37:37 -0000


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Re: [Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> disposal of surplus buddhas



At 09:10 16/04/01 -0700, Bill Spornitz <spornitz@pangea.ca> wrote:
>don't) is that the Taliban were upset with the cultural mission that came to
>discuss the statues but would not allow the restauration funds be used for
>aiding people/refugees.  It was at this moment that they decided to trash
>the statues. In short, the tolerate-no-icon  reason given by the clerics was
>not the main reason.
>
>Anyone know more about this?

For a more complete picture you may want to peruse

http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/cgi-bin/htsearch?config=htdigen&words=afghanistan



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