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Taliban leader Mullah Omar ‘is dead’ (per Afghan gov’t sources)
BBC News ^
| 29/07/2015
Posted on 07/29/2015 3:42:45 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has died, Afghan officials say, but the militant group has not commented on the claim.
The reclusive leader died two to three years ago, Afghan government and intelligence sources said. No further details were released.
A Taliban spokesman contacted by the BBC said the group would issue a statement shortly.
There have been several reports of Mullah Omar’s death in the past. However, this is the first to be confirmed by top sources in the Afghan government. …
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; dead; deadeye; eye; mullahomar; rop; taliban; tuberculosis; waronterror
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posted on
07/29/2015 3:42:46 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Apparently he got killed by two of his subordinates during a power struggle.
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posted on
07/29/2015 3:43:55 AM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: Olog-hai
Awaiting confirmation that Obama will claim credit for TB killing Omar.
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posted on
07/29/2015 3:45:27 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: Timber Rattler
Reuters is saying tuberculosis.
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posted on
07/29/2015 3:49:49 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: Olog-hai; dead
dead, I think you can check that one off.
;)
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posted on
07/29/2015 3:53:55 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
07/29/2015 3:59:45 AM PDT
by
Buckeye Battle Cry
(Hillary - Ethically sleazy and politically stupid)
To: Olog-hai
Was he in the deck of cards?
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posted on
07/29/2015 4:02:43 AM PDT
by
Jemian
To: Jemian
He was the one eyed jack.
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posted on
07/29/2015 4:04:33 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
07/29/2015 4:15:42 AM PDT
by
Jemian
To: SaveFerris; dead
Ha! Yes dead, you can put your eye back in now!
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posted on
07/29/2015 4:24:47 AM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: Olog-hai
I will NEVER forgive/forget the story from October 2001, during the opening phase of OEF - Omar was escaping Afghanistan across the Paki border using an ambulance as his getaway vehicle.
We had a positive ID on him, a Predator in the air with a Hellfire on lock, and some JAG O-5 told the commander they couldn’t fire. And the operators had to watch their target scurry across the line into Pok-ee-stahn.
A lawyer - a goddam lawyer - overrode the commander in a combat situation.
That was they day I started questioning whether we were serious about prosecuting the war.
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posted on
07/29/2015 4:29:02 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
To: Olog-hai; dead
dead, you may need to use your back-up tagline.
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posted on
07/29/2015 4:30:00 AM PDT
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: Old Sarge
If I recall correctly he was the one who said America was attacked because we make it easy to do so.
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posted on
07/29/2015 4:33:13 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: Incorrigible; dead
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posted on
07/29/2015 4:35:34 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: cripplecreek
And you would be right...
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posted on
07/29/2015 4:36:11 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
To: cripplecreek
He was the one eyed jack. Now THAT is funny.
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posted on
07/29/2015 4:59:57 AM PDT
by
Go Gordon
(Barack McGreevey Obama)
To: dead
To: martin_fierro; dead
To: Olog-hai; dead
Dead’s had his eye out for this guy for a long time.
To: Old Sarge
I was told that we always knew where they were. Since we knew where they were, we could intercept comms from them. So long as they were alive and communicating, they were as asset for us.
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