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| Afghanistan |
| Mullah Omar hiding in Afghanistan |
| 2003-08-27 |
| Taliban spiritual leader Mullah Mohammad Omar may be hiding with 800 Taliban fighters in mountains pounded by US and Afghan forces in a fresh offensive this week, an Afghan military commander was reported saying Wednesday. General Garni, military commander of the restive southeast border province Zabul, made the claim in an interview with the private Afghan Islamic Press. "Mullah Omar may be hiding in the mountains of Dai Chopan in Zabul, along with around 800 Taliban," AIP quoted Garni as saying. That’s it, huh? Well, if there are 800 Taliban, there’s sure to be a high ranking command group with them. Hek at least, maybe Omar. Be nice to bag the lot. Since Monday allied US and Afghan forces, backed by US military craft, have been raiding bases in Zabul’s Daichopan district, some 300 kilometres (190 miles) southwest of Kabul where they believe hundreds of resurgent Taliban have been hiding. Local officials said at least 15 suspected Taliban militants were killed in air and ground assaults on Monday. The mountains lie some 180 kilometers from the border with Pakistan, where many Taliban are believed to be regrouping to stage an increasingly bloody guerrilla campaign against aid workers, soldiers and officials in Afghanistan. If they are that far from the border, I don’t think we are going to make the same mistake we did at Tora Bora and let them get away. Garni said the fighters hiding with Omar included Afghans, Pakistanis and Arabs. The usual suspects. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 Keep the MOAB close, boys!! |
| Posted by: smn1957 2003-8-27 7:29:57 PM |
| #2 I'll believe it when they have his dead head in a bag....the bigs never put themselves at risk when there's fodder to be found |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-8-27 4:20:52 PM |
| #1 I hope that they cut off the line of retreat so they can't PAK-track, and then take them all out. I still find it hard to believe that Biker Omar is in Afghanistan, where things get hot, rather than in Pakistan or NWFP where it is not so hot for his sorry behind. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-8-27 4:14:30 PM |