Report: Taliban chief Mulla Omar seriously injured

If he had serious injuries and he's now out of danger, it happened a while ago.

61 posted on 03/28/2004 9:27:24 PM PST by nuconvert ("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( President Bush 3-20-04))

WTF?

Yep, it's certainly possible. Do a search on google news for "air raid Zabul" and you'll see there was plenty of action in mid-March.

62 posted on 03/28/2004 9:27:25 PM PST by mikegi

63 posted on 03/28/2004 9:28:35 PM PST by Eva

If he had serious injuries and he's now out of danger, it happened a while ago.

The blurb someone provided says probably the middle of this month, as the newspaper reports. Nonetheless, it was published today. Looks like US bombing raids have been working.

64 posted on 03/28/2004 9:29:43 PM PST by yonif ("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)

That's a rhetorical question, right?

No, not in any way. So far we've heard a lot of yapping about things that were subjective, personal decisions for leaders who are either not in power any longer (Clinton, Clarke), or who had already begun to change the direction of our bureaucracies for the better (Bush).

I haven't heard a word in the media about command and control, and why it was hampered in the execution of defending our nation that day. The very bureaucratic structures that are responsible for NORAD's inability to down the planes hasn't been mentioned on any TV program that I've heard. Perhaps the topics have come up, but we're too busy pointing fingers at the tops of the bureaucracies to stop and talk about their underpinnings and just how that might have made things worse.

Are the employees and troops more empowered now to make split-second decisions that could save thousands of lives? Show me the proof, if you think so!

We have some clues about why things might have been difficult for people who could have killed bin Laden or who tried to report warnings they had seen in the field; for example the ruling Clinton made that prevented the FBI from talking to the CIA. But in each area of expertise and responsibility there appear to have been problems with civil employees who knew about the potential for problems in advance, or saw what to do once the hijackings were in process, but who couldn't without permission.

We can blame anyone we like for what happened, but if we don't start talking about empowering the institutions that are in place to protect us, then they'll fail again and again. Whole cities will be laid to waste by our unwillingness to cut through bureaucratic tape.

Clarke and his talk about who did what when is just a distraction from a deeper set of problems. These problems took decades to arise, and they won't go away without media focus. Until issues like why the airliners weren't shot down before they entered NYC airspace are addressed on national TV, we're not going to see much improvement.

65 posted on 03/28/2004 9:30:13 PM PST by risk

To: kayak; Dog; Neets; Miss Marple; Molly Pitcher

Ping

Well, Arafat got his wish. He wasn't next!

66 posted on 03/28/2004 9:30:14 PM PST by Jemian (Fashion advisor to the Queen)

What was the story behind the black ninjas? I remember laughing about it, but I can't remember what it was.

67 posted on 03/28/2004 9:31:19 PM PST by scott7278 ("FR will NOT be used to help replace Bush with a Democrat." -- Jim Robinson, 2/01/04)

Could have been that first big news out of Pakistan...I think about Mar. 18th.

68 posted on 03/28/2004 9:32:56 PM PST by nuconvert ("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( President Bush 3-20-04))

Let us know when the pictures of him come out showing an infidel tongue depressor stuck down his throat.

69 posted on 03/28/2004 9:33:01 PM PST by Moonman62

The ol' Mulla was one of the foreign leaders in the Kerry camp ... said he was very dissatisfied with Bush!

70 posted on 03/28/2004 9:33:09 PM PST by RBroadfoot

Blood on the Ground! Send in the Hounds!

71 posted on 03/28/2004 9:33:13 PM PST by Mark Felton (Socialism, Islam = enslavement. Judaism, Christianity = liberty.)

I will wait to celebrate until we've caught or killed him. Injured does us no good.

72 posted on 03/28/2004 9:33:32 PM PST by California74

To: Army Air Corps

73 posted on 03/28/2004 9:34:06 PM PST by Charles Henrickson ("Hello Mullah, Hello Fatah")

74 posted on 03/28/2004 9:35:09 PM PST by scott7278 ("FR will NOT be used to help replace Bush with a Democrat." -- Jim Robinson, 2/01/04)

To: California74

"Injured does us no good."

Injured and out for revenge puts our troops and innocent non-military people at a bigger risk.

75 posted on 03/28/2004 9:35:38 PM PST by CatOwner

The ol' Mulla was one of the foreign leaders in the Kerry camp ... said he was very dissatisfied with Bush!

Oh, so THAT'S why Kerry is deeply saddened.

76 posted on 03/28/2004 9:37:08 PM PST by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT!)

77 posted on 03/28/2004 9:38:57 PM PST by nuconvert ("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( President Bush 3-20-04))

78 posted on 03/28/2004 9:39:38 PM PST by Atchafalaya (mtv)

Thanks for the ping.

Making progress.

79 posted on 03/28/2004 9:40:01 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)

80 posted on 03/28/2004 9:40:29 PM PST by smonk

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