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Title: Afghanistan\'s lion dies
Post by: SER on January 26, 2002, 08:23:54 PM: KABUL, Afghanistan (news - web sites) (AP) - Marjan the lion, who reigned regally at the Kabul Zoo during 23 years of war and cruelty, knew only a few weeks of peace and kindness before being found dead in his cage Saturday morning.

He lost an eye to a grenade and lost weight in the deprivation of the war years, but never lost his aura of dignity. His death tore at people for whom he had come to symbolize Afghanistan\'s sufferings and aspirations.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20020126/wl/afghan_lion_dies_2.html

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He was blind as well.. Someone threw a grenade at him. Poor lion.
Title: Afghanistan\'s lion dies
Post by: theomen on January 26, 2002, 08:28:08 PM: i couldn\'t read the article, because for some reason any cruelty to animals sends me into a blinding rage, but my sympothies go out to the lion....
Title: Afghanistan\'s lion dies
Post by: lionken07 on January 26, 2002, 08:30:46 PM: poor lion........ :(
Title: Afghanistan\'s lion dies
Post by: SER on January 26, 2002, 11:33:39 PM: Quote
Originally posted by lionken07
poor lion........ :(

Just because you have lion in your name.... haha
Title: Afghanistan\'s lion dies
Post by: M4 on January 27, 2002, 12:53:49 AM: Afghanistan\'s metaphor has died; what a symbolic tragedy.
Title: Afghanistan\'s lion dies
Post by: Eiksirf on January 27, 2002, 07:41:57 AM: Quote
Originally posted by theomen
my sympathies go out to the lion

After almost 20 years, that\'s the first time I\'ve seen those words in the same sentence.

-Eik
Title: Afghanistan\'s lion dies
Post by: videoholic on January 27, 2002, 07:50:12 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Eiksirf

After almost 20 years, that\'s the first time I\'ve seen those words in the same sentence.

-Eik

Kind of like the sentence, "Will you have sex with me?"

hehe

I too feel sorry for this lion, but he\'s probably a lot happier in lion heaven or wherever he goes. He probably gets to eat something more than dirt. He also gets to see again.
Title: Afghanistan\'s lion dies
Post by: macabre on January 27, 2002, 08:05:23 AM: I read about the lion and the other animals in a magazine. They were treated real bad, the Taliban said the wild pigs and the bears were "impure" and tortured them for fun.
Title: Afghanistan\'s lion dies
Post by: Soul Reaver on January 27, 2002, 03:51:37 PM: Quote
Originally posted by macabre
I read about the lion and the other animals in a magazine. They were treated real bad, the Taliban said the wild pigs and the bears were "impure" and tortured them for fun.

This actually made me feel very annoyed.

Even more of a reason to torture Osama.
Title: Afghanistan\'s lion dies
Post by: fastson on January 27, 2002, 04:06:49 PM: Yeah I saw it in the newspaper today..
They had a story about him right after the war started.

RIP Mar Jan
Title: Afghanistan\'s lion dies
Post by: Eiksirf on January 27, 2002, 04:55:49 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Videoholic
Kind of like the sentence, "Will you have sex with me?"

Ouch. :D

-Eik
Title: Afghanistan\'s lion dies
Post by: SER on January 27, 2002, 10:30:38 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Videoholic

Kind of like the sentence, "Will you have sex with me?"

hehe

I too feel sorry for this lion, but he\'s probably a lot happier in lion heaven or wherever he goes. He probably gets to eat something more than dirt. He also gets to see again.

Not to sound smart or anything, but only humans go to heaven. :) muahahah
Title: Afghanistan\'s lion dies
Post by: CHIZZY on January 28, 2002, 10:52:16 AM: PROVE THAT!
Title: Afghanistan\'s lion dies
Post by: EmperorRob on January 28, 2002, 08:54:41 PM: [SIZE=8]IN DA JUNGLE
DA MIGHTY JUNGLE
DA LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
DOO DOO WEE DO DOO WEE DO DEEDOO
DA WEEM MUM MUM MUWAY[/SIZE]