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Afghanistan
Hek is proud to be branded a terrorist
2003-02-25
Afghan rebel commander Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said he is proud that the US has branded him a terrorist and echoed Osama bin Laden's call for suicide attacks against Americans, according to a statement released Sunday.
"Yeah. A bunch of you guys, you kill yourselves so I can be in charge, okay?"
Calling the US the big Satan of the world, Hekmatyar, a former Afghan prime minister, also vowed jihad against US troops in Afghanistan for the 7,246th time, The Irish Examiner report said. "I ask the Muslims of the world to wage a Jihad (holy war) by using suicide attacks," the statement said. "Now is not the time for large group assaults, but for individual attacks," he said.
"Let's get some meat flying, you guys!"
The Pashtu-language statement was provided by a security officer in Hekmatyar's Hezb-e-Islami group at an Afghan refugee camp in north-west Pakistan. Hekmatyar's signature was confirmed by a former member. The statement urged Iraq to respond with suicide bombings if the US attacks.
But naturally, in Pakistan. Where else?
The former Hezb-e-Islami member, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Hekmatyar was seen in Afghanistan's eastern Kapisa province two weeks ago and has been shuttling between Kapisa and the nearby regions of Nangarhar, Laghman and Kunar. US special forces are stationed in Kunar, where Hekmatyar is believed to have a significant force. A Western diplomat in Kabul said Kunar was of particular concern because of its proximity to Pakistan and hills where fighters can hide. US troops there have come under regular attack, often the target of ambushes.
It's the old safe haven trick. Eventually, our guys are going to have to don false noses and chin whiskers, go across the border, kill them all, and then look stoopid when somebody asks if it was them...
In the statement, Hekmatyar denies being affiliated with the Taliban and with al-Qaida in Afghanistan.
Is the alliance off again? Hek is hard to work with, isn't he?
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#2  Hek:

Your website is full of Maududi bafflegab. That would make you a partner with the Maulana's 400 pound successor - Qazi Hussain Ahmad. Why don't you admit your connection to the JI/MMA, so that Congressman Pallone can pressure the Oval Office to re-sanction the Pakistan ratopolis? As soon as the brainwashed majority in your part of the world, realizes what your type of social idiocy does to countries and peoples, you might discover what happens when a bullet enters a jihadi's wretched forehead.
Posted by: Anon   2003-02-25 19:31:52  

#1  You first, Hek!

At least Admiral Ugaki, one of the developers of the kamikaze tactic, had the decency to carry out an attack himself.
Posted by: Dreadnought   2003-02-25 16:05:06  

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