Posted on 05/17/2005 1:06:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar are alive and would soon send a video cassette to prove their presence to warn the US, said a journalist who has met both the terrorists.
"Both Osama and Mullah Omar are alive. There is no evidence to suggest that Osama bin Laden is dead and there is no doubt about the presence of Mullah Omar as he regularly sends audio cassettes and letters. Both of them are in the region only," journalist Rahimullah Yusufzai told a BBC Hindi programme on Sunday night.
He said the Taliban leader has the advantage of being an Afghan, knows Pashto and the world knows little about his appearance.
"Mullah Omar is living in his country, within his own tribe and my knowledge is he does not have a major problem. There are active Taliban elements who would defend him at any cost," Rahimullah said.
"However, Osama's case is quite different. He does not know either Pashto or Urdu. He merely speaks Arabic. Americans have kept a big award on his head. Therefore, his movements are restricted and difficult as compared to Mullah Omar, as he does not belong to the region also," he said.
Osama does prove his presence by sending out regular video or audio cassettes either warning America of fresh attacks or praising Muslim militants, Rahimullah said.
"The last one was sent out in October, and we are expecting a fresh video or audio cassette soon," he said.
Hey, if they are alive, they make for a fun target to kill for our troops. :-)
The top secret intelligence agency "OSSADM" must be able to locate him...
Some old has-been is releasing a tape?
Sounds like Osama wants to cash in on the publicity generated by the Rolling Stones.
It would be nice to have his head though. I wonder what size undies it would take.
driving a cab in NYC no doubt.
journalist Rahimullah Yusufzai
"Lying sack of Doo-Doo"
The fact that we can't prove he's dead doesn't mean he's alive. And audio cassettes mean nothing. The very fact that anyone would publish a defense this weak leads me to believe that both these clowns are cave putty.
I'll believe osama's alive when I see a videotape of him holding a copy of today's newspaper. It seems strangely curious that a media whore like this has been absent for so long.
Time to resurrect the IMF. Jim Phelps and crew can dress up like an Al Jazeera news crew and have a "press conference".
Second source please.
And make it someone other than Isikoff.
Maybe "reporters" are the obvious links facilitating the communication for terrorists of the world.
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