Mullah Omar captured?
Today I heard for the third time that Mullah Mohammad Omar (i.e. Taliban leader) was captured by Pakistanis three weeks ago in Karachi. I don’t really believe it, but since everyone’s talking about it I thought I’d post something here. You know. Just in case…
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And then there’s this: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Mullah-Omar-ready-for-peace-talks-with-west/articleshow/5826850.cms
Ian
19 Apr 10 at 8:16 pm
Yeah I found that article pretty problematic. It’s certainly not as clear cut or definitive as the Sunday Times or Stephen Grey would have you believe…
Alex Strick van Linschoten
19 Apr 10 at 9:55 pm
Another tidbit: the “official” denial from a Taliban spokesperson:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30185367/American-Colonialist-Agenda
MILNEWS.ca
20 Apr 10 at 5:14 am
No, it happened in Karachi, so it can’t be true… what would Mullah Omar be doing in Pakistan??? [/sarcasm]
Mike Camel
20 Apr 10 at 5:47 pm
Oh btw, I took the liberty of passing on your contact details to a friend of mine… [content removed at request of the individual in question]
Trust you’re well….
Mike Camel
20 Apr 10 at 5:49 pm
As they say in the info-mercials, “Wait, there’s more!”
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30253274/Statement-of-the-Leadership-Council-of-the-Islamic-Emirate-Regarding-the-Recent-Propaganda
“Quoting the Daily Sunday Times, some mass media outlets have reported that the leadership of the Islamic Emirate is ready to participate in a dialogue with the USA. The Sunday Times has published the report against all codes of journalism, on the basis of two unknown and alleged members of the Leadership Council of the Islamic Emirate. Other news agencies have published it without any alternations and verification from the official and well-known spokesmen of the Islamic Emirate. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, while believing that such farcical rumors is a fatuous propaganda stunt of the moribund enemy ….”
MILNEWS.ca
21 Apr 10 at 2:11 am