{"product_id":"afghanistan-jean-moretti-9780595368723","title":"Afghanistan: Aftermath of 9\/11","description":"War in Afghanistan was inevitable since the rigid Islamic government of Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar insured safe harbor to Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaida terrorists who killed 2,978 innocent people September 11, 2001, in Manhattan, the Pentagon and a Shanksville, Pennsylvania, pasture. \u003cp\u003e Bin Laden said the U.S. was targeted in retaliation for: 1] its support of Israel, 2] building a military base in Saudi Arabia, home of Islam's holy sites Mecca and Medina and 3] its \"decadent\" popular culture. There was an additional human factor that encompassed U.S. troops in a strange land. Thus, the story wound itself around feuding warlords, poppy fields, political clout of the Northern Alliance Tajik, Uzbek and Hazara clans who supported the U.S.-led war and the larger Pashtun clan that allowed the terror. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Taliban government was overthrown in a month, al-Qaida's power was greatly diminished. Afghanistan held a Loya Jirga, adopted a constitution and the\u003ci\u003e people\u003c\/i\u003e elected a president for the first time in the nation's 5,000-year history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The collective \"we\" (U.S., Great Britain, Australia, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Italy et al.) did that with the will of the Afghan people!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Moretti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595368727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595368723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jean Moretti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441106235647,"sku":"9780595368723","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c52abd16-c328-4658-89c5-5da488beba7e.jpg?v=1777188727","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/afghanistan-jean-moretti-9780595368723","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}