''This is what we do to the dogs who oppose Islam!'' You have to hand it to the Taliban: they alienate global constituencies with relish. Women executed for adultery, gays crushed by rocks, Shiites massacred, Buddhist monuments shelled. And, now, in a slap to a larger and more influential group than any of these - western animal lovers - dog burnings. [And please don't tell me - as a friend of mine said recently after watching the documentary on the persecution of women in Afghanistan - that all these stories are convenient western propaganda.] +-- The Taliban had shaved the heads of the three dogs and painted names of the men the regime most despises - ''Bush'' for the US president, ''king'' for the long-deposed monarch whom some want to return to power, and ''Rabbani,'' referring to Burhanuddin Rabbani, a leader of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance. The regional Taliban commander, Arif Khan, took out a can of gasoline, doused the animals, and then, according to eyewitnesses, lit a match, proclaiming, ''This is what we do to the dogs who oppose Islam!'' --+ Boston Globe: For refugees, a narrow escape
''This is what we do to the dogs who oppose Islam!''
