 | Yeah. Fine. Blame it on him. |
The giant Buddhas of Bamiyan were destroyed on the orders of Osama Bin Laden, both as an act of provocation and as a "rehearsal" for 9/11, according to Christian Frei, director of the acclaimed Swiss documentary on the two figures carved into the side of a mountain more than 1,500 years ago. He said there was documentary evidence that Mullah Omar and the Afghans who lived in Bamiyan had been opposed to the demolition of the historic figures, described by UNESCO as the heritage of not only Afghans but all mankind.
| Mullah Omar wasn't among the Afghans who lived in Bamiyan. They are, I believe, Hazaras, who're mostly Shiite, therefore apostates to the likes of Mullah Omar. Or at least heretics. |
The 90-minute documentary 'The Giant Buddhas', was shown to a large and appreciative audience at Washington's National Gallery of Art on Sunday. |