Posted by: kankaiRiver February 5, 2005
North Korea Welcomes Nepal Change
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This just came in from Kathmandu. The government of Nepal banned the public display of the following items in any libraries, newspapers and books. The list: 1. The pictures of execution of Afghan president Najibullah and his brother (also called Butcher of Kabul). The pictures are given below so that Sajha readers won't commit any crime in Nepal by inadvertently carrying it with them. The government said it was a necessary measure, "those heinous crimes were done by world's most hated terrorists, the Talibans." the spokesman for Nepal government said. "We want to show to the world that we are against the terrorists." Asked if it has anything to do with the fact that brother of Najibullah, also nicknamed "butcher of Kabul", shared a part of his nickname with the crown prince, also nicknamed, "butcher of Kathmandu", the government spokesperson laughed it off. When asked whether the fight of RNA against the Maoists will be considered more or less same as the fight of Najibullah against the Taliban, the government spokesperson said nothing in reply, but later asked this newspaper reporter to be cooperative and not to ask any such ludicrous questions. "Remember, " He said, " Until yesterday, you journalists asked the question, we replied. From now on, we dictate something, and you write it in your paper".
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