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| Mullah Dadullah Threatens Afghan Elections | |
| 2004-02-18 | |
| A notorious Taliban commander warned Wednesday that Afghans who take part in elections this year will face attack, the first direct threat the guerrillas have issued to the U.N.-backed polls. Mullah Dadullah, a top militant commander blamed for ordering the killing of a foreign Red Cross worker last year and for a series of massacres during the Taliban’s rule, warned Afghans not to vote in the poll that is supposed to be held in June. "The people of Afghanistan must not participate in the election," he said after contacting Reuters from an undisclosed location. "If they do, they will come under Taliban attack." As opposed to being attacked by you for the last decade? Dadullah is one of elusive Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar’s most trusted lieutenants and a member of a 10-man leadership council set up last year. It was the second time in three days he has called Reuters to issue a threat. "Please stay on the line, your call is important to us. You will be handled by the next available aircraft, er, operator! The Taliban threatened late last year to disrupt a Loya Jirga, or Grand Assembly, called to approve a constitution to pave the way for the elections.
The assembly was held successfully amid tight security, but guaranteeing safe polls will be a much taller order for the foreign peacekeepers and a U.S.-led force based in Afghanistan. Already voter registration has fallen behind schedule with only one million of the 10.5 million eligible voters so far listed and threats from the guerrillas will not help, especially in southern provinces where they have mounted repeated attacks. U.N. officials have already expressed concerns about registration in the south, especially of women in what are ultra-conservative Islamic heartlands. Expressing concern being what the U.N. does best. Dadullah reiterated a Taliban vow to target Muslims working for foreign aid agencies or assisting the United States and threatened more suicide attacks against U.S. soldiers and NATO-led peacekeepers. "Everywhere there are U.S. and ISAF forces, we will do suicide attacks," he said. "We will kill all those Muslims who are working with America and its 52 other non-Muslim allied countries," he said when asked why the Taliban was targeting Muslims working for aid agencies. "And their baby ducks too!" "We will build our country with Islam, not with roadbuilding... for every part of the road they asphalt they make 300 Muslims non-Muslim." Is that all it takes, asphalt? Fire up them road pavers, we’re heading for Riyahd! | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 We will build our country with Islam, not with roadbuilding... for every part of the road they asphalt they make 300 Muslims non-Muslim. What an orator! |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-2-18 10:39:57 PM |
| #5 OP, if they try to send you one for free, they're just trying to make a missile sump out of you. It's a modern day blip enhanse. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-18 1:13:02 PM |
| #4 DAMN! Now I know why Lockheed/Martin, Litton, and a half-dozen other companies in Colorado Springs are suddenly interested in cellphone technology! They're designing a cellphone-homing JDAM! Another good reason why I don't have one, and don't want one... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-2-18 12:15:14 PM |
| #3 "52 other non-Muslim allied countries" Surprised Reuters printed that. Seems to contradict the Unilateral thing, and recognize Rummy's Ad Hoc Coalition's he talked about in 2001. But then I realized that in order to be "multilateral" you need 54 countries (unless you have 54, then you need 55). Keep moving the bar, and they'll wonder why the moon isn't participating in our "so-called" Coalition. |
| Posted by: Beets 2004-2-18 12:04:02 PM |
| #2 I hope he hasn't trade marked his name. It would be a hell of a handle for a rap artist. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-18 11:31:36 AM |
| #1 I thought the Mullah Dadullah was that little squishy thing next to the Mullah Oblongata? |
| Posted by: BH 2004-2-18 11:27:16 AM |