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Afghanistan
Taliban commander reveals new info regarding the ex-leader Mullah Mansoor’s death
2017-08-11
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A senior Taliban
...Arabic for students...
commander'>Taliban Überstürmbannführer has made new revelations regarding the death of the former commander of the group Mullah Akhtar Mansoor.

The commander who has wished not to be named has told The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
that Mullah Mansoor ’knew something was happen’ before the dronezap claimed his life.

He said "Pakistain was making very strong demands."

Without providing further information regarding the demands, the former commander said "Mansour was saying you cannot force me on everything. I am running the insurgency, doing the fighting and taking casualties and you cannot force us."

Mullah Mansoor was killed in an Arclight airstrike on 21st May last year as he was travelling in a vehicle with a Pak passport.

He was believed to be more adept at managing money and was on his way back from a visit to Iran when he was targeted by the US forces in Afghanistan with an aerial strike.

According to reports, Mullah Mansoor had visited Iran to discuss with the country’s authorities regarding the growing issue of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Something to do with highway tolls, USD and Swiss Francs from Iran nuclear deal, that sort of thing ?

Possibly. The phrase "adept at managing money" is loaded with insinuation.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-08-11 11:12  

#4  Mullah Mansoor ’knew something was happen’ before the dronezap claimed his life.

"It's quiet. Toooo quiet"
Posted by: Frank G on the Road   2017-08-11 09:23  

#3  "...and he was splattered to the horizon!"

As if we didn't already know that.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-08-11 09:20  

#2  He said "Pakistain was making very strong demands."

Something to do with highway tolls, USD and Swiss Francs from Iran nuclear deal, that sort of thing ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-08-11 08:39  

#1  "Pakistain was making very strong demands."

Mansour didn't want to wear the leash, so Pak intel conveniently and discreetly handed Mullah's itinerary over to the Klingons?
Posted by: Pappy   2017-08-11 08:27  

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