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Osama Bin Laden And Mullah Omar Are Alive. Really.
An Afghan claiming to be a former Taleban diplomat says unemployed potentate Mullah Omar and the probably late Osama bin Laden are alive and in Afghanistan. Naseer Ahmed Roohi introduced himself as the former first secretary of the Taleban's embassy in the United Arab Emirates at a clandestine news conference in Pakistan. He told reporters he met with Mullah Omar just two weeks ago in Afghanistan. "Almost ran over me with his motorcycle!" He said that Osama bin Laden is also alive and in Afghanistan and never went to Pakistan. Part of that statement may be true. Probably not both halves, though... Mr. Roohi spoke to half a dozen reporters who had been summoned by telephone to a private office in Peshawar. Cameras were forbidden, and journalists were asked not to identify the office. Reporters at the private meeting - who were described as having had close relations with the Taleban - identified Mr. Roohi as a senior official of the militia. Mr. Roohi said he now belongs to a pro-Mullah Omar movement called Jamiat-ul-Shabab-ul Muslimeen (party of young mujahedin). Is that what the Talibs are calling themselves these days? The objective seems to be to confuse us by operating under 7,248 different names. Man, those orientals are inscrutible! Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-09-29 |
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