journalists attempted (possibly succesfully) to assasinate the one man who could have led Afganistan in opposition to Taliban rule.

General Masood is believed to have died when the camera used in the interview exploded hitting him with shrapnel in the head.

This too place some hours before the US attacks got underway.

We saw the whole thing live as it unfolded - was on HK TV and Mainland Chinese TV almost non-stop for the past 10 hrs.

Our sympathies go out to all in Washington & NY.

Doug Marker