Talk:Saur Revolution

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"Coup"

There is considerable evidence that what developed in Afghanistan was a genuine revolution. For example, see Emine Engin's, "The revolution in Afghanistan"

"At this time, the party member and trade union leader, Ahbar Hayber, was murdered. His funeral turned into a huge mass demonstration. Thousands of people poured into the streets. The demonstration was marked by speeches by leading members of the PDPA. Due to these speeches, the decision was taken to arrest six PDPA leaders, including Tarakki, Amin and Karmal. The government lived in fear. Tarakki was arrested on April 25 1978. Immediately afterwards, Amin was arrested. There existed a strong party organisation within the army under the direction of Amin. Before being taken to prison, Amin issued an order to this party organisation. The next morning, on April 27, the insurrection began. After 10 hours of fighting, the revolution ended in victory."

"In January, 1978, another uprising broke out as thousands of Afghans demanded the release of the jailed PDPA members. The police were unable to put down the rebellion, and the army was called in to smash it instead.

"PDPA members in the military, with the support of tens of thousands of others, began an uprising against the Daoud government on April 27, 1978.

"Two days later, hundreds of thousands of Afghans marched through the streets waving red flags and celebrating the victory of the Saur Revolution."

RZimmerwald (talk) 21:21, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dubious

We just don't make statements like "it is said..." without some sort of attribution; otherwise it appears to be original research. - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 18:36, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Soviet Involvement

I came to this article in hope of clearing up a discrepancy between two of my regular sources. Chomsky asserts that the Saur Coup (It wasn't a revolution, that much is immediately clear) was entirely organized by the USSR in the hope of turning Afghanistan into a satellite-state, while Zizek states the exact opposite, that the coup was a purely Afghani movement, independent of any Soviet influence. Maybe there is some confusion or disagreement amongst historians, but I wouldn't learn that from reading this article. Is this subject so unimportant historically that it deserves such a tiny article? Wasn't this coup the catalyst for the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, the rise of the Taliban and Northern Alliance, the September 11th attacks and current NATO occupation of Afghanistan? 90.196.36.175 (talk) 21:05, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Alleged 'suppression' of Islam by PDPA

Under the heading, 'Communist Rule' is is stated that the PDPA 'moved to promote state atheism and suppress the Islamic faith.' William Blum (in Chapter 53 of 'Killing Hope' ) on the other hand asserts that there's no evidence of the suppression of religion, and talks of the separation of church and state rather than 'state atheism.' The cited webpage doesn't doesn't really present any detailed evidence; just makes assertions without references to any text.