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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 Omars death in the past. However, this is the first to be confirmed by top sources in the Afghan government.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; dead; deadeye; eye; mullahomar; rop; taliban; tuberculosis; waronterror
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To: AppyPappy
he’s sees eye to eye with dingy Harry
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posted on
07/29/2015 5:21:40 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
To: dead
Taliban leader Mullah Omar is dead No wonder you had an eye out for him......You ARE Mullah Omar.
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posted on
07/29/2015 5:31:37 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dead
You can put your eye back in now............
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posted on
07/29/2015 5:32:03 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Red Badger
“The reclusive leader died two to three years ago”.......
And they are just getting around to announcing his death now?
Like someone stated earlier, odumbo will likely take credit for this one.
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posted on
07/29/2015 5:40:06 AM PDT
by
DaveA37
To: Olog-hai
Didnt someone here at FR have an eye out for that guy ?
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posted on
07/29/2015 5:42:28 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
To: Timber Rattler
Apparently he got killed by two of his subordinates during a power struggle. Obama: I had the NSA fake a Twitter fight between them, resulting in the death of Mullah Omar. I did it. Me.
To: ßuddaßudd
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posted on
07/29/2015 5:45:00 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Olog-hai
Buried at sea according to Islamic tradition? /sarc
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posted on
07/29/2015 5:50:33 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Eat a snickers...)
To: DaveA37
Right. Was gonna say something similar.
From the BBC article: “Mullah Omar has since been in hiding, with a $10m (£6.4m;9m) US state department bounty on his head.”
Did someone ever claim the bounty? Wonder who possibly could without being scrutinized.
Then again this from the article: “The failure to prove that Mullah Omar was alive was a major factor behind the defection of several senior Taliban commanders to the so-called Islamic State group, according to the BBC’s former Kabul correspondent, David Loyn.”
Anyway......... how does the BBC know so much!
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posted on
07/29/2015 5:53:35 AM PDT
by
odds
To: All
You're a funny guy, I kill you last.
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posted on
07/29/2015 6:00:00 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Eat a snickers...)
To: Olog-hai
Mullah Omar is not "dead" until Obama claims credit for it.
No further proof is required.
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posted on
07/29/2015 6:00:14 AM PDT
by
Gritty
(A citizenry that votes for an asshole is less deluded than one that votes for a messiah-Mark Steyn)
To: DaveA37
Of course!
Mullah Omar is DEAD and Obamacare is alive!................
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posted on
07/29/2015 6:03:47 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Gritty; DaveA37
If he’s been ‘dead’ for 2-3 years, why have our intel services not known about it?..................
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posted on
07/29/2015 6:05:13 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: McGruff
"...Buried at sea according to Islamic tradition..."
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posted on
07/29/2015 6:18:00 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.Buy into it,)
To: DuncanWaring
LOL,,, the things I remember...
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posted on
07/29/2015 6:19:54 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
To: AppyPappy; Old Sarge
The story as I remember it was that there were two people involved in stopping the special ops team. One was a female JAG Navy Captain (06). Rumsfeld was livid and put his foot through a glass door.
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posted on
07/29/2015 7:01:20 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: Enterprise
And I would’ve been right behind Rumsfeld...
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posted on
07/29/2015 7:43:03 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
To: Old Sarge
Rumsfeld’s wisdom may well apply to mullah Omar per BBC report:
“There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don’t know we don’t know.” - Donald Rumsfeld
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posted on
07/29/2015 8:29:50 AM PDT
by
odds
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
07/29/2015 9:03:58 AM PDT
by
CPT Clay
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The reclusive leader died two to three years ago, Afghan government and intelligence sources said.
The goat kicked him to death.
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posted on
07/29/2015 10:07:18 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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