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	Adolph Dubs, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, Foreign Service Officer
		Adolph Dubs, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, was killed in an exchange of gunfire between Islamic extremists who kidnapped him and Afghan security forces.
		Within months Dubs died in a hail of gunfire from Afghan troops, under Soviet advisers, as they sought to 'rescue' him from four kidnappers in a Kabul hotel room.
		Shortly after 8 that morning, Ambassador Dubs, 56, a career FSO, was on his way to the embassy in his bullet-proof vehicle, when men dressed as Afghan police stopped it near the USIS compound.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /adubs.htm (867 words)

	Adolph Dubs
		Adolph "Spike" Dubs was a career diplomat and a fluent Russian speaker.
		Dubs was killed in a firefight with Afghan security forces after he was kidnapped.
		Reports at the time were that the room was stormed and Dubs was unfortunately killed, but the facts are otherwise.
	www.nndb.com /people/914/000112578 (130 words)

	U.S. considers reopening of embassy in Afghanistan
		The last American ambassador to serve in Afghanistan was Adolph Dubs, who was killed in 1979 in a shootout in Kabul after being kidnapped by Afghan Muslim extremists.
		Dubs, 58, was seized while being driven to the U.S. embassy.
		Dubs was killed in the cross fire of bullets, although it was unclear if he was deliberately targeted.
	lang.sbsun.com /socal/terrorist/1201/01/terror14.asp (596 words)

	Afghanstation.com - The Centre of Afghan Web
		Dubs was no doubt surprised when he was suddenly taken hostage.
		It was possible that the mujahidin who were holding Dubs hostage also knew Russian and/or German and that this would cause a problem.
		The life of Adolph "Spike" Dubs ended in a blaze of gunfire, as shots from AK-47s ripped through all three hotel room walls.
	www.afghanstation.com /war.htm (3657 words)

	History of the War in Afghanistan
		Dubs was no doubt surprised when he was suddenly taken hostage.
		It was possible that the mujahidin who were holding Dubs hostage also knew Russian and/or German and that this would cause a problem.
		The life of Adolph "Spike" Dubs ended in a blaze of gunfire, as shots from AK-47s ripped through all three hotel room walls.
	www.ishipress.com /afghans.htm (2363 words)

	Usa Dubs
		USA Dubs is one of the world's leading providers of broadcast media duplication including audio duplication, dvd authoring, dvd duplication, cdr duplication.
		USA Dubs and Replication is one of the world's leading provider of all format media duplication with state of the art technology.
		This problem is compounded by the fact that most of the dubbing (65%-75%) of the American dubs are contracted to two studios: Animaze (Los Angeles) and.
	wheeljungle.com /usa_dubs.html (886 words)

	ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Adolph Dubs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It seems on the same day, Adolph Dubs, the US Ambassador to Afghanistan was kidnapped by Afghani Muslim extremists, and killed in a shootout between his kidnappers and would-be rescuers.
		I don’t know if that was a consideration because Dubs’ death was blamed not on Islamists but on the Soviets.
		Badakhshi’s arrest led to the kidnapping and assassination of U.S. Ambasador Adolph Dubs…”
	www.cominganarchy.com /archives/2006/07/09/adolph-dubs (528 words)

	TIME.com: Death Behind a Keyhole -- Feb. 26, 1979 -- Page 1
		Since taking over as U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan last July, Adolph Dubs, 58, an affable 29-year career diplomat known to all as "Spike," had traveled a similar route to his office every day, without a security escort and without incident.
		As Dubs reached a midtown intersection last Wednesday morning, on schedule at 8:45 a.m., four armed attackers, one of whom was dressed as a Kabul traffic policeman, stopped his chauffeur-driven Oldsmobile at gunpoint and jumped into the car.
		In the cordite smoke, Dubs was found slumped in a chair, dying of multiple wounds; it was unclear whose bullets had hit him.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,920158,00.html (691 words)

	Conejo Players start the year with a bang By Sharon Makokian Acorn Staff Writer
		Living with them is Boo’s brother, Adolph Freitag (Scott Mansfield), a patriarchal voice of wisdom, and Adolph’s widowed sister-in-law, Reba (Christine Scholle), and her studious daughter, Sunny (Kiah Gordon).
		Gordon gives a strong portrayal of Sunny, especially when she emotionally tells Joe about a time in her childhood when she was kicked out of a country club swimming pool because she was Jewish.
		Faulkner gives a polished performance as Boo, whom Adolph dubs the "Jewish Tallulah Bankhead." Scholle is comical and convincing as Reba.
	www.theacorn.com /News/2001/0201/On_The_Town/47.html (494 words)

	Batter up! Meet the Mayfield nine of 1898
		Ed was a member of Palo Alto High School's pioneer class of 1887, and after attending Stanford University had a career as a dentist.
		Adolph Dubs, centerfielder and team captain, was the son of Michael Dubs, another native of Alsace-Lorraine, who was a business partner of Lambert Dornberger.
		The family home was on Page Mill Road, where Adolph most likely was born.
	www.paloaltoonline.com /weekly/morgue/spectrum/1998_Oct_14.HISTORY.html (792 words)

	Dubs, - The Dubs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		All MP3 files were encoded by Shawn McHorse directly from the Rocky Horror Remixed Dubs bootleg CD.
		KRA dubs KNA as stooge of AR : 03rd jul05 ~ E-Pao!
		Adolph Dubs Adolph Dubs (August 4, 1920 - February 14, 1979) was the US ambassador to Afghanistan from 1978 to 1979.
	easy1st.com /?q=dubs (435 words)

	UnitedtoDefeatTerrorism.com
		Feb 14, 1979: U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Adolph Dubs is kidnapped in Kabul by four Afghanis who demand the release of prisoners.
		Dubs is killed, along with his four captors, when police raid the room where he is being held.
		Nov 20, 1979: A group of 200 Islamic terrorists seize the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
	unitedtodefeatterrorism.com /docs/look (1776 words)

	U.S. to open diplomatic office in Kabul on Sunday
		He then hopes to fade away provided the operation goes smoothly and be succeeded first by a deputy ambassador and then a full-time U.S. ambassador.
		The last U.S. ambassador, Adolph Dubs, was kidnapped by Islamic militants in 1979.
		He died in the cross fire in a rescue attempt by Afghan security agents.
	lang.sbsun.com /socal/terrorist/1201/15/terror15.asp (373 words)

	Vanderbilt Television News Archive: Dubs Kidnap-Murder In Afghanistan (NBC)
		(Studio) Details with regard to kidnap/murder of United States ambassador Adolph Dubs in Kabul, Afghanistan, given.
		Dubs reported to be in Washington, DC when murder occurred.
		The Library of Congress, the National Science Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, provide support to the work of the Archive.
	openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu /1979-2/1979-02-14-NBC-3.html (304 words)

	World Campaign - Activate
		If approved by the Senate, Khalilzad would succeed Ambassador Robert Finn, who was the first ambassador to Afghanistan in more than two decades.
		Adolph Dubs was killed in 1979 in a shootout in Kabul after he was kidnapped by Afghan Muslim extremists while being driven to the U.S. Embassy.
		Khalilzad would continue to serve as special envoy, said White House spokesman Scott McClellan.
	www.worldcampaign.net /forum/view.php?id=1019 (400 words)

	The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
		In 1979, Adolph Dubs, the American ambassador to Afghanistan, probably didn't receive flowers from the people he spent Valentine's Day with, since he was kidnapped by Islamic extremists in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.
		Dubs was shot in a standoff between the extremists and police.
		On Valentine's Day 1989, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, everybody's favorite Islamic revolutionary, issued an edict, called a fatwa, calling for the death of Indian-born writer Salman Rushdie because he supposedly insulted the Islamic religion in The Satanic Verses, his best-selling novel.
	www.jhu.edu /~newslett/02-15-01/Focus/1.html (409 words)

	Afghanistan
		Although the reforms threatened to undermine Afghan cultural traditions, widespread resistance did not begin until the summer of 1978 when revolts spread throughout Afghanistan's provinces and cities.
		On 14 February 1979, in one of these outbursts of violence, the U.S. Ambassador Adolph Dubs died.
		14 February 1979, U.S. Ambassador Adolph Dubs kidnapped and killed.
	novaonline.nvcc.edu /eli/evans/his135/Events/Afghanistan79.htm (1319 words)

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		Other revolts, largely uncoordinated, spread throughout all of Afghanistan's provinces, and periodic explosions rocked Kabul and other major cities.
		On Feb. 14, 1979, U.S. Ambassador Adolph Dubs was killed, and the elimination of U.S. assistance to Afghanistan was guaranteed.
		Hafizullah Amin became prime minister on March 28, 1979, although Taraki retained his posts as president of the Revolutionary Council and secretary general of the PDPA.
	www.sabawoon.com /afghanpedia/History.CivilWar.shtm (1071 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| Embassies raise flags in Kabul
		The embassy has been watched over by Afghan custodians since early in 1989, when the last of the American staff left.
		The last US ambassador, Adolph Dubs, had been kidnapped by Islamic militants a decade earlier and killed during a botched rescue attempt by Afghan security agents.
		In September this year -- one week before the US started its bombardment of Afghanistan - the embassy compound was stormed by Taleban supporters.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1715298.stm (433 words)

	Afghanistan: Lessons from the Last War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		To make matters worse, in February 1979, the U.S. ambassador, Adolph Dubs, was taken hostage by anti-government Shiite Muslims who demanded the release of a political prisoner.
		Afghan police clumsily stormed their hideout, and Dubs was killed in the ensuing shootout.
		In March 1979, Afghans in the western city of Herat responded to rebel calls for a jihad by massacring hundreds of DRA officials and Soviet advisors who were in charge of introducing the women’s literacy program there.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB57/essay.html (9981 words)

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		The building displays detailing by sculptors Charles Keck and Adolph Weinmann.
		Con artist Charles Ponzi is deported to Italy.
		Cleveland Still, first tenor with The Dubs**, is born in New York City.
	home.eznet.net /~dminor/NYNY1934.html (3067 words)

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	www.e-paranoids.com /a/ad/adolph_dubs.html (142 words)

	Today in History;Adolph Dubs Assassinated by Muslim extremists,February 14,1979 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Today in History;Adolph Dubs Assassinated by Muslim extremists,February 14,1979
		In 1979, Adolph Dubs, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped in Kabul by Muslim extremists and killed in a shootout between his abductors and police.
		Lieutenant Commander Adolph Dubs,United States Navy Foreign Service Officer(1920-1979) of Maryland.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1342592/posts (268 words)

	CBS News \| Reflection And Gunfire In Afghanistan \| September 12, 2002 07:08:36
		Inscribed on it: "We serve because they cannot"
		It was flanked by other headstones, one a marble tribute to U.S. Ambassador Adolph 'Spike' Dubs who was assassinated in 1979 in Kabul.
		The second one, a fl marble headstone, commemorates the dead in last year's terrorist attack.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/09/12/attack/printable521761.shtml (1120 words)

	CNHI News Service Column: At last, Bush names the enemy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		After it builds one nuke, it will build more nukes.
		The warning shot in the Islamic jihad against the U.S. was fired on Feb. 14, 1979, with the assassination of Adolph Dubs, the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, when he was kidnapped on Feb. 14, 1979.
		The war began in earnest with the seizure of the 1979 seizure of the American embassy in Tehran — by “students” who included Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, now president of Iran.
	www.cnhi.com /cnhins/opinionrollup/cnhinscolumns_story_243154658.html (768 words)

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