Writer:	Trey Parker
Director:	Trey Parker
Star:	Trey Parker (Voice of Stan Marsh; Eric Theodore Cartman; Herbert Garrison; Officer Barbrady; Terrance; Timmy; Ned Gerblanski; Satan; Randy Ma),  Mona Marshall (Voice of Sheila Broflovski; Linda Stotch; Various Others [ episode 50+ ]),  Eliza Schneider (Voice of Mayor McDaniels; Liane Cartman; Mrs. McKormick; Wendy Testaburger; Shelly Marsh; Sharon Marsh; Various Others [ episode),  Isaac Hayes (Voice of Jerome "Chef" McElroy),  Matt Stone (Voice of Kyle Broflovski; Kenny McKormick; Gerald Broflovski; Pip Pirrup; Jesus; Jimbo Kearn; Phillip; Saddam; Various Others)
Recurring Role:	Vernon Chatman (Voice of Towelie)
Guest Star:	Naush Bout (Voice of Unknown),  Mohammad Babak (Voice of Osama Bin Laden)

Except for Osama Bin Laden, the Afghans in this episode all speak authentic Farsi, the official language of Afghanistan. (edit) This episode was used to consider this series for the Emmy Award for "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour). Unfortunately, this episode lost to Futurama. (edit) This episode at one time had the working title of "Osama Bin Laden Has a Tiny Penis", something made evident during the course of the episode. (edit) Fleetwood Mac featuring "Stevie Nicks" is actually performing the Stevie Nicks solo song "Edge of Seventeen" from her Bella Donna album of 1981. (edit) The February 27th, 2002 rerun of the episode occured in the week following the death of legendary Warner Bros. cartoon director Chuck Jones. (edit)

Osama Bin Laden: (after being blown up) Terrorists is the KWAZIEST people! (edit) Cartman: It's an Afghanistan goat, so it can't say here or else it will choke on the sweet air of freedom. (edit) Kyle: Stan, I don't think we're supposed to be in the military base; they might shoot us.
Stan: I don't care; we're going!
Towelie: (appearing in front of the boys) Don't forget to bring a towel!
(Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny groan.)
Cartman: Oh, no. Not Towelie...
Towelie: When going some place new, you should always bring a towel!
Stan: Okay. Thanks, Towelie.
Towelie: You wanna get high?
Cartman: No, we don't wanna get high!
Towelie: So... You mean you don't like having Towelie around?
Cartman: That's right!
Towelie: So am I to understand there's been a..."Towelie ban"?
(Towelie laughs and the boys groan loudly.)
Stan: Goddamnit, get the hell out of here, Towelie!
Towelie: (leaving) Alright, see ya! (edit) Stan: Hey look what the postman brought me! It's a big brown package from Afghanistan! (edit) Randy: Sharon, you've been watching CNN for about 8 weeks now. Don't you want to watch something else? (edit)

In the season 4 episode Fingerbang, a crazed homeless guy is shown telling the mall cops that he will soon unleash anthrax in the air of North America. At the beginning of this episode, everyone is wearing gas masks to avoid getting Anthrax. It is possible that this is a reference to that episode. (edit) When the Afghan boys come to rescue Stan and the others, their assault rifles have scopes in them. But when they exit Osama's lair, their assault rifles are different, obvious AK-47's. (edit) Cartman was not correct about referring Jawas as "Sand People" from the Star Wars movies. Tusken Raiders are the creatures that are called "Sand People", not Jawas. (edit) When the group gets out of the storage area of the plane, the goat runs off to the left side of the screen. However, after the runway guy dies from Cartman's fart, they walk off to the right and the goat is waiting for them! (edit) When Cartman pulls down Bin Laden's pants, magnifying glasses go over his crotch. TEN magnifying glasses are used, if this is so his penis would appear upside down but it appears the right way up. It should be upside down because if you put one magnifying glass over the other the image presented in the magnifying glass at the top becomes inverted. This would be the same for: 4 magnifying glasses, 6 magnifying glasses, 8 magnifying glasses… (edit)

Fleetwood Mac:

At the end of the episode Fleetwood Mac and the goat perform a song, which is a parody of the 1981 Stevie Nicks song "Edge of Seventeen." (edit) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:

Towelie's advice to "bring a towel when you go someplace" is a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where the only safe way to travel in space, if you have a towel with you. (edit) Newsreel of the Air:

Osama Bin Laden: Terrorists are the craziest people!

The "Russian Rhapsody" animated cartoon(and this episode's quote) are actually referring way back to the 1930's/1940's "Lew Lehr Newsreel of the Air" short clips that used to be shown in theaters (instead of commercials) before full-length movies.

These usually started with a clip of monkeys doing wild stuff, with Lew Lehr the announcer saying "Monkeys is the KWAAAAZIEST peoples!" in a very distinctive way. (edit) Looney Tunes:

The Cartman and Osama confrontation was a parody of the Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd confrontations in the classic Looney Tunes cartoons. (edit)