With a hero like Che Guevara, Arafat Khan can't be courteous

"I fired an .32 calibre bullet into the right hemisphere of his brain which came out through his left temple. He moaned a few seconds, and then died".

The victim of this cold blooded murder was Eutimio Guerra, an ordinary peasant and army guide. And the bold executioner who later described this act is none other than Ernesto Che Guevara, Arafat Khan's hero. No rational being should therefore take pride in eulogizing Ernesto Che Guevara. In Botswana we don't hero-worship those who revel in the cold blooded killing of their political opponents as Guevara. For Arafat Khan's own information Guevara falls in that category.

Talking about the execution of another victim of his orgy of summary executions, Guevara said, "I carried out a very summary inquiry and then the peasant Aristdio was executed. It is not possible to tolerate even the suspicion of treason". Chilling stuff from Arafat Khan's idol!

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