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| Pakistan Arrests Taliban Chief Mullah Omar: Reports |
| 2010-07-07 |
| [Quqnoos] The Pakistani spy agency detained the leader of the Afghan Taliban insurgents, Mullah Mohammed Omar in Karachi, unconfirmed reports say Detention of the Afghan Taliban leader is neither confirmed by Pakistani officials nor by the Pentagon. A spokesperson for the Taliban, Qari Yusuf Ahmadi, has rejected the news of Mullah Muhammad Omar's arrest and has said that he is safe and sound and in full command of his fighters, according to the reports. The unconfirmed report is published, while an influential US Senator, John McCain in his visit to Afghanistan called the success of the Kandahar push, success of the Afghan war. The Kandahar operation is expected to oust the Taliban out of their southern strongholds and to establish central government control in the province. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Goat herder - meets expectations Karachi. Where men are men and goats are afraid. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-07-07 23:02 |
| #8 He is in Pakistan for his annual performance eval: Ability to evade - exceeds expectations Goat herder - meets expectations Strategic 'vision' - inconsistent |
| Posted by: airandee 2010-07-07 19:52 |
| #7 Pakistans interior minister sure seems too have alot of info abbout where Omar is and is not. |
| Posted by: chris 2010-07-07 18:02 |
| #6 48 hour rule invoked. |
| Posted by: Glomock Tojo6610 2010-07-07 15:50 |
| #5 Pakistan denies arrest of Mullah Omar Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik Wednesday denied reports that Taliban chief Mullah Omar had been arrested in the country, saying Omar was still in Afghanistan. Mullah Omar is not in the custody of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and is still in Kandahar in Afghanistan, Xinhua quoted Malik as telling Dawn News channel. Malik also said that Osama bin Laden was neither in Pakistan territory nor near the international border areas near Afghanistan. This was the first official response by the Pakistani government to recent reports in the media that Mullah Omar was arrested by the ISI in Pakistan following an American blogger's claim that the Taliban chief was captured in Karachi March 27. Mulla Omar is wanted by the US for sheltering Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda operatives prior to and after the Sep 11 attack on the World Trade Centre in New York. |
| Posted by: tipper 2010-07-07 15:16 |
| #4 i bid three Krugerrands for his head. You can keep the rest. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-07-07 14:34 |
| #3 Maybe the ISI is waiting for the net to come back up in Pakistan to offer him on eBay to the highest bidder [in gold, no paper]. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-07-07 11:41 |
| #2 In this case, the rumor may be more important than the reality. Both al-Qaeda and the Taliban are very brittle right now, and bad news, or even rumor, could convince a lot of the rank and file to split. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-07-07 09:04 |
| #1 The ISI captured his body, but Omar captured their hearts. |
| Posted by: American Delight 2010-07-07 06:48 |