Interesting one this - the West relying on the East for military maps - it
was not long ago old Ron Raygun was finding it hard to talk with "the goddam
commie with the skidmark on his head" (Steve Bell).
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Megoran [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 12 September 2003 11:50
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Terrain Analysis of Afghanistan
Hilary,
This was a 1980s Soviet map: Bin Laden's cave at that time was built by the
CIA, so you might need other maps to find it...
Nici
--On 09 September 2003 12:58 +0000 Hillary Shaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'll want my money back if it doesn't show any weapons of mass
> destruction - or at least, Bin Laden's cave,
> Hillary Shaw, Geography, University of Leeds
>
> In a message dated 09/09/2003 05:42:35 GMT Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << East View Cartographic is proud to announce the publication of the
> first in a series of books called Terrain Analysis of Afghanistan, which
> will eventually be followed by similar geographic analysis books for
> additional countries such as Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, China, and others.
> The contents of this 390 page volume are derived from detailed ground
> level survey work of Afghanistan performed during the 1980's by the
> Soviet military mapping agency VTU (Military-Topographic Directorate). >>
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