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| Afghanistan |
| U.S. forces were searching for Omar during raid |
| 2002-07-24 |
| Soldiers were pressing the search for top Taliban fugitive Mullah Mohammed Omar earlier this month when the mission tragically went awry, killing dozens of Afghans celebrating a wedding, defense officials said Tuesday. The Pentagon has previously declined to say what troops were doing in the area of Uruzgan province on the night when Afghans reported several villages attacked and 40 civilians killed by a U.S. warplane. "Honey, I just don't know. Should we invite Mullah Omar to the wedding?" "Why wouldn't we, Sweety-cakes? He seems a nice man..." "Well, there was that incident at Mahmoud and Miryam's reception..." "Oh. You mean where he cut the usher's head off?" "Uhuh. And then tried to shoot down the helicopters..." "Ummm..." "And the Americans dropped bombs and killed 40 of the guests. The party was just ruined!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |