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| Osama can get shelter in Waziristan: Nazir |
| 2007-04-21 |
| Mullah Nazir, a local Taliban leader who led a weeks-long battle against Uzbek militants in South Waziristan, said on Friday he would protect Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden if he sought shelter with him. Mullah Nazir told a rare press conference in Wana that he had never met Bin Laden, but would help him in line with local traditions. “Bin Laden has never come to this area but if he comes here and seeks our protection then according to tribal laws and customs we will protect him,” the 32-year-old Taliban commander said. Nazir said that “peaceful foreigners” were welcome in South Waziristan, but the area would not be a “safe sanctuary for miscreants now”. He announced an amnesty for foreigners and their local supporters if they surrendered, but warned that fighters loyal to Uzbek militant leader Tahir Yuldashev would not be spared, Reuters reported. Nazir denied receiving anything more than medical aid from the Pakistan Army during the fighting, and said that the remaining Uzbek militants may have moved to Mir Ali. Nazir made conditional talks offer to President Musharraf to resolve the Waziristan issue, adding that they would not run a parallel administration in the area. He denied that tribal militants from Waziristan were crossing into Afghanistan and said his men would “fight the US and the infidel forces if they attack our territory”. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 According to OUR "Tribal Custom," thrn you die. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-04-21 17:31 |
| #1 "if he comes here and seeks our protection then according to tribal laws and customs we will protect him,” the 32-year-old Taliban commander said." Deja vu. Exactly what Taliban said to us when they 'governed' Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-04-21 09:18 |