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| Afghanistan |
| Mullah Omar tells Taliban not to kill civilians |
| 2011-11-05 |
| [Telegraph UK] Taliban leader Mullah "Blinky" Omar ... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a nation already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality... called on his fighters to avoid killing civilians in a statement posted on Friday on the Afghanistan hardline Islamists' website, SITE Intelligence reported. The US monitoring group said Omar "stressed that his fighters must maintain good relations with civilians and to avoid any action that may possibly harm them, and in turn, the people must also take measures to keep themselves safe from attacks." "The common folk must also facilitate Mujahedeen (holy warriors) in averting civilian losses and sufferings," SITE quoted an English-language statement attributed to Omar as saying. In his message, released for the occasion of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, the Taliban leader also urged civilians to keep their distance from American soldiers. "They should avoid moving in close proximity to Americans that patrol in villages and countryside and should actively put to practice the precautionary measures announced by Mujahedeen so no harm will reach them during the impending attacks of the invaders," he said. Omar is the spiritual leader of the insurgency in Afghanistan who presided over the 1996-2001 Taliban regime in Kabul, which was toppled in a US-led invasion for refusing to give up al-Qaeda leader the late Osama bin Laden ... who went shovel-ready... after the 9/11 attacks. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Was he speaking in English - or Arabic? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-11-05 21:17 |
| #1 "Mullah Omar Tells Taliban Not To Kill Civilians" A little late. |
| Posted by: Odysseus 2011-11-05 18:46 |