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| Mullah Omar can contest Afghanistan election, says Karzai |
| 2013-04-03 |
[Dawn] 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... has told a German newspaper that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar could run for president in elections next year. Karzai's government has agreed the Taliban can open an office in Qatar if the group breaks all ties with al Qaeda and renounces terrorism. Karzai was in Qatar Sunday to discuss the issue. Karzai said in an interview published Tuesday by the German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung that authorities have "sporadic contacts" with the Taliban. He said that the Afghan constitution is valid for all Afghans and "the Taliban also should benefit from it." Asked whether Mullah Omar ... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality... should seek the presidency, Karzai was quoted as saying: "He can become a candidate for the presidency and give Afghans the opportunity to vote for or against him." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Telling Mullah Omar he can run for office is a blatant invitation to be shot if he even shows himself in public. Are we sure he isn't a deader already? I mean he's been kinda like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster for a while...so we actually have Elvis sightings on ole Omar? |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2013-04-03 09:40 |