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Afghanistan/South Asia
Taliban Leader Promises to Kill All Contenders in Future Elections
2004-04-28
The Taliban have refused the proposal of Hamid Karzai and have said that they will not allow the election process to continue under current situation. According to Taliban second in command, Commander Dad Ullah talking to a reporter by satellite phone he said that they will intensify their activities to make sure the election does not take place under American occupation and will kill all the contenders of the elections. Ullah also said that the Taliban will continue to fight the American puppet regime of Hamid Karzai and that no peace talks will be considered. Previously, Hamid Karzai offered the Taliban the opportunity to send their representatives to run in the election in exchange for ending the fighting. The Taliban have flatly refused the offer.
Posted by:Mike Sylwester

#10  and will kill all the contenders of the elections.

Now why havn't the Republicans thought of that?
Posted by: Brew   2004-04-28 11:47:36 PM  

#9  True enough, Steve, but unfortunately they have that funny little tendency to shoot back at our boys; apparently letting yourself be shot by US Marines without defending yourself isn't Islamic or somesuch. Although I do think you're right; they'll end up catching a lot more of them than we will.
Posted by: The Doctor   2004-04-28 6:29:00 PM  

#8  Nonnamouse
"...satellite phone? can't we track and target those"?
Available at all corner shops, PAYG, Worldwide. Someone has to pay, so take out the money. Take them out on a Monday morning in the office annonymously, even during Ramadan annonymously.
Posted by: rhodesiafever   2004-04-28 5:24:27 PM  

#7  He's held out the hand of friendship, and the Taliban have bitten it. Now he can proceed to whack and stack to his heart's content, knowing he's done "everything possible" to achieve things peacefully. Let the killings begin.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2004-04-28 5:14:10 PM  

#6  satellite phone? can't we track and target those?
Posted by: Anonymous   2004-04-28 5:12:23 PM  

#5  The Taliban have refused the proposal of Hamid Karzai and have said that they will not allow the election process to continue under current situation.

So what does Karzai think of the wisdom now of approaching those Taliban throwbacks with this "proposal" in the first place? If Karzai's smart, he'll learn from this experience.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-04-28 12:14:13 PM  

#4  Dad Ullah
Is he someone's father?

Oh, Mike : I found this phot of a mysterious candidate for the chairmanship of the Pinellas Co., Democrat Central Committee. Perhaps this explains your comment.


M. Omar

St Petersburg

Posted by: BigEd   2004-04-28 12:02:14 PM  

#3  Ever notice that you never see the Taliban and the St. Petersburg Democratic Club in the same photo?
Posted by: Mike   2004-04-28 11:32:49 AM  

#2  Er, no need to exchange bullets with the Taliban, they can catch 'em all.
Posted by: Steve White   2004-04-28 10:33:24 AM  

#1  As I pointed out yesterday, if the Taliban were to return to power democratically, their Islamic creeds would not allow them to hold any more elections.

The only diplomatic exchange we need with the Taliban is one of bullets.
Posted by: The Doctor   2004-04-28 9:56:57 AM  

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