Massoud: An Intimate Portrait of the Legendary Afghan Leader

Sep 9, 2009

Half King Bar and Restaurant

Marcela Grad talked about her book, Massoud: An Intimate Portrait of the Legendary Afghan Leader (Webster University Press; February 17, 2009). The book focused on the life and impact of Afghan resistance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, an enemy of both the Soviets and the Taliban. He was assassinated on September 9, 2001, in what is believed .. Read More
Marcela Grad talked about her book, Massoud: An Intimate Portrait of the Legendary Afghan Leader (Webster University Press; February 17, 2009). The book focused on the life and impact of Afghan resistance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, an enemy of both the Soviets and the Taliban. He was assassinated on September 9, 2001, in what is believed to be a preemptive move by Al-Qaeda to limit the response to the September 11th attacks. In the book, Ms. Grad compiles testimony from people who knew and covered Massoud over the years. She also responded to questions from members of the audience.

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00:00:00 Unidentified Speaker SUPREME COURT WEEKS THAT SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, ON C-SPAN. TO COMPLEMENT OUR ORIGINAL PRODUCTION, C-SPAN...
00:00:18 Unidentified Speaker MARCELA GRAD TALKS ABOUT AHMAD SHAH MASSOUD, AN ENEMY OF THE SOVIETS AND THE TALIBAN. AHMAD SHAH MASSOUD...
00:00:44 Unidentified Speaker I FIRST OF ALL WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE WHO HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY FRIENDLY. SEBASTIAN BECAME A...
00:15:39 Unidentified Speaker BUT WHAT I AM MORE INTERESTED I HOPE YOU HAVE A DEEP LOOK IS THE ESSENCE OF MASSOUD AND THE ESSENCE...
00:16:30 Unidentified Speaker I AM SURE I AM MISSING THINGS THAT YOU CAN ASK ME LATER BUT THIS IS SOME OF MY FAVORITE STORIES. ...
00:26:03 Unidentified Speaker I NEVER MEANT MASSOUD BUT I WAS VERY MOVED BY THE ARTICLE THAT I READ. IT TOUCHED ME IN A STRANGE...
00:26:33 Unidentified Speaker LET ME SEE IF I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION. IT IS HOW DID HE SEE HIMSELF? WHAT AN AMAZING QUESTION....
00:28:12 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS BARBARA AND I HAVE READ THE BOOK. I THINK MY RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION WOULD BE ONE OF...
00:29:31 Unidentified Speaker I COMPLETELY AGREE. HE BROUGHT A RIGHT TURN TO THE BATTLE POETRY WAS CONSTANT IN HIS LIFE AND CONSTANTLY...
00:32:08 Unidentified Speaker YOU SAID MASSOUD WAS BATTLING THE TALIBAN QUITE A BIT BUT THE TIMING OF HIS DEATH WAS THE AXA THEM....
00:32:36 Unidentified Speaker WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TALES LIKE CANNOT TELL YOU FOR SURE SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN IMPROVED AND OTHER...
00:36:11 Unidentified Speaker YOU MENTIONED IN HIS SON AND I WANTED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM HAVE YOU MET HIM AND HIS FAMILY?...
00:36:22 Unidentified Speaker I WILL NEED TO THEN IN EUROPE SO IT WILL BE VERY EMOTIONAL TO MEET AFTER SO MANY YEARS. AND YOU NEED...
00:37:43 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU KNOW, IF MASSOUD SON IS PLANNING A POLITICAL CAREER?
00:37:48 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T KNOW BUT THERE'S A CERTAIN ATTITUDE IN HIM THAT I NEED TO PREPARE MYSELF ENCASE I AM 18 IN...
00:39:33 Unidentified Speaker GEORGE.
00:39:38 Unidentified Speaker HELLO. I WAS WONDERING AFTER HEARING YOU TALK IN EXPLORING THE CHARACTER OF MASSOUD HOW YOU FEEL...
00:40:00 Unidentified Speaker CAN YOU SAY THE FIRST PART I UNDERSTOOD THE LAST PART.
00:40:06 Unidentified Speaker THE IDEA OF HOW DID THE HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN CREATE THE LEGEND AND LORE THE MYTH OF THE MASSOUD...
00:40:30 Unidentified Speaker YES. I ANDERSON AND YOUR QUESTION. THE FIRST PART IS HOW PEOPLE WHAT IS THE MEANING FOR THEM? I...
00:43:27 Unidentified Speaker ALSO BECAUSE MASSOUD EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A LEADER HE IS INVOLVED WITH POLITICS BUT IN THE INDEPENDENT...
00:44:18 Unidentified Speaker . . PRESERVING THE MUSLIM TRADITION AS A AND MODERN TRADITION, AND I THINK FIGURES LIKE MASSOUD TRANSLATE...
00:46:37 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU THINK THAT BY HAVING A MODERATE OUT OF THE WAY THAT MADE IT EASIER FOR THE AMERICANS TO DEMONIZE...
00:46:52 Unidentified Speaker I THINK I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION, BUT I -- REPEAT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE SURE.
00:46:57 Unidentified Speaker WHAT I MEAN IS WITH A MODERATE OUT OF THE WAY AND ONLY THIS INTOLERANCE SIDE OF THE TALIBAN THERE...
00:47:31 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS A VERY IMPORTANT FORCE IN AFGHANISTAN AGAINST INTOLERANCE. THERE IS A REAL WAR GOING ON,...
00:51:27 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE]
00:51:32 Unidentified Speaker YES. BUT I THINK THEY NEED HELP. WHETHER THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE THERE OR THE COMMUNITY HELPING...
00:52:16 Unidentified Speaker THEY WERE FIGHTING TWO WARS, AGAINST AMERICANS AND -- [INAUDIBLE]
00:52:20 Unidentified Speaker AGAINST THE AMERICANS? YOU THINK THEY ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THE AMERICANS?
00:52:27 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE]
00:52:28 Unidentified Speaker YES. SORRY, WE SHOULD WAIT FOR THE MICROPHONE. YEAH, I AM ALSO FAMILIAR WITH THOSE THINGS SO I CANNOT...
00:52:44 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE] YOU ARE A WRITER AND TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU GOT THESE STORIES, BUT IT TOOK...
00:53:04 Unidentified Speaker NO. I DIDN'T GO TO AFGHANISTAN, BUT I WENT. WHEN I SAID I WENT, I MEAN I LEARNED YOU DON'T HAVE TO...
00:53:16 Unidentified Speaker WHILE THAT WAS MY QUESTION. YOU WERE INSPIRED BY SOMETHING YOU SAW IN A FILM, AND THEN YOU LEARNED...
00:54:26 Unidentified Speaker THE FIRST QUESTION I'M GOING TO ANSWER YOU FIRST. IT REALLY IS A IN AN ADVENTURE. IT ISN'T SOMETHING...
01:00:33 Unidentified Speaker I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION AND DEDICATION AND ALSO EXPLORATION TRYING TO WHAT SEEMS TO BE MORE LIKE...
01:01:12 Unidentified Speaker FREE LEEDY QUESTION. THE FIRST QUESTION, LET ME REMIND MYSELF, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, WHAT MASSOUD...
01:03:51 Unidentified Speaker WHAT WOULD MASSOUD SAY IF HE WAS HERE TODAY?
01:03:57 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT HE PROBABLY WOULD SAY -- I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I CANNOT TALK FOR MASSOUD BUT I THINK HE...
01:05:33 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS A BRAZILIAN RUBBER TAPPER ASSASSINATED AS WELL NAMED CHICO MENDEZ AND HAVE AN INTERESTING...
01:06:06 Unidentified Speaker IT'S BEAUTIFUL WHAT YOU SAY AND IT SOUNDS VERY PUBLIC THE WAY THAT YOU SAY THIS. YES BARBARA.
01:06:16 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION ONE ANECDOTE STORY FROM YOUR BOOK THAT ILLUSTRATES ON A PRACTICAL LEVEL OF...
01:07:34 Unidentified Speaker YES, I AGREE WITH YOU. YOU JUST REMINDED ME THAT YES, I MEAN, MASSOUD HAD A VERY PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP...
01:09:14 Unidentified Speaker I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT IT IS TIME WE WRAP IT UP HERE FOR THE EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, ...
01:09:44 Unidentified Speaker LET ME THANK YOU. THE QUESTIONS, I AM SO BLESSED. THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE. DIMOND NEW YORK,...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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