Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai
... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a
Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use...
is calling on holy mans to speak out against a recent wave of turban bombs. These tactics violate Islamic values, his front man said Wednesday.
The call comes after attackers carried out two high-profile suicide kabooms last month by hiding explosives in their turbans, which are traditionally worn by many Afghan men and are symbolic of Islamic belief.
The first attack killed several people at a memorial service for Karzai's assassinated brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, and the second the mayor of Kandahar, the biggest city in southern Afghanistan.
Following the attacks, Karzai met members of an influential holy manal council, the Ulema Shura, to urge them to speak out against this means of attack, his front man Hamid Elmi said.
"The Islamic fascisti have recently resorted to using the turban to hide suicide bombs. This act is against the values of Islam and Afghan traditions," Elmi said.
"The turban is a symbol of dignity and religion in Afghanistan. The president called on the Ulema to denounce this act of Islamic fascisti in the mosques and amongst the people."
The front man said Karzai also called on holy mans to condemn faceless myrmidons hiding bombs under the burqa, the garment worn by Afghan women to cover the head and the whole body.
A number of men wearing boom jackets under burqas have been nabbed in recent months.
The Taliban have been leading an insurgency against Karzai's government and Western forces in Afghanistan for nearly 10 years and suicide kabooms are one of their most deadly tactics.