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Afghanistan
Afghan Militant Wants to Join Bin Laden
2006-05-04
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- An Afghan warlord wanted by the United States said in a videotape broadcast Thursday that he and his followers want to support Osama bin Laden in battle. "We hope to participate with them in a battle that they lead. They hold the banner and we stand alongside them as supporters," Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said in the tape broadcast by the Al-Jazeera satellite network.
Hek, how ya doing? We've missed you
The tape appeared less than two weeks after top Islamist militants, including bin Laden, issued messages in quick succession. Bin Laden, his No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri and the head of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, weighed in on the so-called war on Islam and the political and security situations in Iraq.
Must be sweeps week
Al-Jazeera did not say how it received the tape.

Hekmatyar wore a black turban and eyeglasses, and sported a long grayish-white beard. A rifle was propped up against the wall behind him.
Hopefully Hek will be propped against a wall real soon
Posted by:Steve

#8  :) Notice also that "Who the Hek" is still a crummy warlord and not a mastermind yet. :)
Posted by: Inspector Clueso   2006-05-04 17:08  

#7  It does Inspector!
Posted by: 6   2006-05-04 15:50  

#6  Looks like Ben Stein's black sheep brother..

It's the Evil Twin Rule, you have to have a beard. Same as Spock did when Kirk was transported into that alternate universe.
Posted by: Steve   2006-05-04 15:48  

#5  Looks like Ben Stein's black sheep brother..I'm sure Hek would be impressed with that.
Posted by: Inspector Clueso   2006-05-04 13:03  

#4  It'n he the one they call "the Arm"?
Posted by: 6   2006-05-04 12:45  

#3  I think it was for the Al-Zawahri Lookalike Contest in North Wazoo. He finished third...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-05-04 12:33  

#2  When was the last time he popped up anyway?
Posted by: Spomogum Fleper7978   2006-05-04 11:41  

#1  Old news. Wikepedia: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
On December 25 of 2002, the news broke that American spy organizations had discovered Hekmatyar attempting to become a member of al-Qaeda. According to the news, he had said that he was available to aid them. However, in a video released by Hekmatyar September 1, 2003, he denied forming alliances with the Taliban or al-Qaeda but praised attacks against U.S. and international forces.

Too bad the Predator got his entourage, but missed him.
Posted by: ed   2006-05-04 11:23  

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