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| Text Message Says Mullah Omar Dead, Taliban Deny |
| 2011-07-20 |
 Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid today denied sending a text message to journalists announcing the death of Mullah Omar, saying that his telephone had been hacked. Another Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, also denied by phone that Mullah Omar has died.Journalists had earlier been sent a text message in which Mujahid announced on behalf of the group that the "Amir-ul-Momineen," or "commander of the Muslim faithful," was dead. That title is reserved for the Taliban leader. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #9 Talibunny hackers - we need one where Blinky declares that he's moving to England and marrying his long-time gay lover, Mahmoud the Weasel... |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-07-20 14:59 |
| #8 I guess we could ask him too, Alan. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-07-20 13:52 |
| #7 Now if it had been his Twitter account... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-07-20 13:39 |
| #6 Barbara, didn't you mean Obama? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2011-07-20 13:36 |
| #5 Easy way to check - just ask Osama; he'll know. Oh, wait.... |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-07-20 13:27 |
| #4 Interesting idea -- hack the mouth piece's phone. He's easy to find. Send out the bogus message. People freak out and try to independently confirm or deny. If you are watching the right ones, then they just led you to your soon-to-be corpse. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2011-07-20 13:08 |
| #3 Bring forth the body and |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2011-07-20 12:59 |
| #2 48 Hr Rule |
| Posted by: Nero Shurt5199 2011-07-20 12:30 |
| #1 saying that his telephone had been hacked Calling Mr. Rupert Murdoch! Mr. Murdoch to the white courtesy phone! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-07-20 09:01 |