LAHORE: âOsama Bin Laden and Mulla Omar are alive and safe, and operating in Afghanistan against American forces,â MMA Naib Ameer Maulana Samiul Haq told Daily Times on Monday. âThey are sending out messages and therefore must be in touch with some people,â Mr Haq said in an interview, but added he did not know their exact whereabouts.
| They're not out in the guest house? |
Mr Haq, who is also chief of the JUI (Sami), claimed that US forces in Afghanistan were facing tough resistance from Taliban under the command of Mulla Omar. He rejected American claims that they had arrested several high-profile Taliban leaders. Instead, he said: âPraise be to Allah, the Mujahideen have killed many of their soldiers.â
| "Yep. They're stackin' 'em up like cordwood..." |
The JUI-S chief and hundreds from his seminary, the Darul Uloom Akora Khatak, actively participated in the Afghan war. Mulla Omar is a former student of the seminary. Mr Haq said the NWFP governmentâs Islamisation policies were steps in the right direction, even as the federal government was âconspiringâ against them. âIf they try to demolish our government, we will hit back in the Centre.â
| Sounds like the threat of civil war. War's always the preferable course, isn't it? |
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