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2010-07-07 Afghanistan

Pakistan Arrests Taliban Chief Mullah Omar: Reports

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Posted by Fred 2010-07-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 The ISI captured his body, but Omar captured their hearts.

Posted by American Delight 2010-07-07 06:48|| http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/ 2010-07-07 06:48|| Front Page Top

#2 In this case, the rumor may be more important than the reality. Both al-Qaeda and the Taliban are very brittle right now, and bad news, or even rumor, could convince a lot of the rank and file to split.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-07-07 09:04|| 2010-07-07 09:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe the ISI is waiting for the net to come back up in Pakistan to offer him on eBay to the highest bidder [in gold, no paper].

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-07-07 11:41|| 2010-07-07 11:41|| Front Page Top

#4 i bid three Krugerrands for his head. You can keep the rest.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-07-07 14:34|| 2010-07-07 14:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Pakistan denies arrest of Mullah Omar
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik Wednesday denied reports that Taliban chief Mullah Omar had been arrested in the country, saying Omar was still in Afghanistan.

Mullah Omar is not in the custody of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and is still in Kandahar in Afghanistan, Xinhua quoted Malik as telling Dawn News channel.

Malik also said that Osama bin Laden was neither in Pakistan territory nor near the international border areas near Afghanistan.

This was the first official response by the Pakistani government to recent reports in the media that Mullah Omar was arrested by the ISI in Pakistan following an American blogger's claim that the Taliban chief was captured in Karachi March 27.

Mulla Omar is wanted by the US for sheltering Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda operatives prior to and after the Sep 11 attack on the World Trade Centre in New York.

Posted by tipper 2010-07-07 15:16|| 2010-07-07 15:16|| Front Page Top

#6 48 hour rule invoked.

Posted by Glomock Tojo6610 2010-07-07 15:50|| 2010-07-07 15:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Pakistans interior minister sure seems too have alot of info abbout where Omar is and is not.

Posted by chris 2010-07-07 18:02|| 2010-07-07 18:02|| Front Page Top

#8 He is in Pakistan for his annual performance eval:
Ability to evade - exceeds expectations
Goat herder - meets expectations
Strategic 'vision' - inconsistent

Posted by airandee 2010-07-07 19:52|| 2010-07-07 19:52|| Front Page Top

#9 Goat herder - meets expectations

Karachi. Where men are men and goats are afraid.

Posted by gorb 2010-07-07 23:02|| 2010-07-07 23:02|| Front Page Top

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