Mullah Omar is reasserting direct control over insurgency in Afghanistan, ordering attacks and shuffling field commanders, United States officials say.Until recently, a Wall Street Journal report says, the ground-level conduct of the fight against the United States-led coalition was left to local commanders. Omar, who heads the Taliban shura, has typically focused on choosing leaders and giving strategic advice.
Since the start of the year, however, he has ordered a spate of suicide bombings and assassinations. US officials believe that the effort by the Taliban leadership council to re-establish direct control over the fighters marks a significant new stage in the war in Afghanistan.
| Let's see... how long was it in Iraq after al Qaeda started serving sheikh's sons up as dinner casserole that the Iraqi Sunnis formed the Sons of Iraq to run them out of the country? Go, Mullah Omar, go! Do your worst! |