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| Afghanistan |
| Mullah Omar calls for jihad. Wotta surprise. |
| 2003-02-08 |
| The former Taleban regime of Afghanistan has issued a rare statement urging Afghans to take part in a jihad against US-led coalition forces based in the country. It said the Taleban considered the possible US attack on Iraq as a continuation of the crusades against Muslims and an onslaught on Islam. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Attacking a secular kleptocracy is an assault on Islam. Islam seems to have a soft spot for kleptocrats, doesn't it? The message was faxed from an unknown location in Pakistan and signed by Mohammad Mukhtar Mujahid, styling himself as a spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the name used by the Taleban while they were in power. Back when Mullah Omar was a potentate... I notice the fax came from Pakland. Wotta surprise, that. A senior Taleban leader, requesting anonymity, later confirmed that the communique was drafted on the directive of their supreme leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar. He's not really big on writing, himself... Addressed to the "Muslim and Mujahid nation of Afghanistan," the communique accused the US of committing aggression against their homeland and turning it into a colony. It maintained that Afghanistan was insecure and unstable even after 13 months of foreign occupation. Arguing that Afghan religious scholars had endorsed jihad against the US and the "puppet" government of Hamid Karzai, the Taleban communique said all the Afghans should wage the holy war under Mullah Omar's leadership. "I think you should let me be in charge again. I was really got at being a potentate..." It said Omar had appointed two Taleban leaders - Mullah Biradar and Mullah Obaidullah (a former defence minister) - as commanders of the new jihad. As well they should be. They did one hell of a job, last time around. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Constantly hearing the word "jihad" gets really old, really quick. Every cleric that calls for it needs to be strung up. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-02-08 21:35:54 |
| #2 Frank --- He may only have one working peeper, but he rides a mean bike. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-02-08 14:22:26 |
| #1 Remind me again - why isn't omar dead? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-02-08 13:04:04 |