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Mullah Omar's security chief captured
Yahoo UK ^
| 12-14-04
| Mirwais Afghan
Posted on 12/14/2004 5:44:48 AM PST by OXENinFLA
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan security forces have captured Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar's personal security chief as he travelled in a van to the southern city of Kandahar, provincial officials have told Reuters.
The capture of Toor Mullah Naqibullah Khan, who headed Mullah Omar's household security, could help U.S. and Afghan forces track down his boss, one of the most wanted fugitives in the U.S.-led war on terror.
Osama bin Laden, who ran his al Qaeda network in Afghanistan under the protection of the Taliban, is also believed to be at large in the region.
"We have arrested top Taliban figures Toor Mullah Naqibullah Khan and Mullah Qayoom Angar on the way between Arghandab and Kandahar. They were carrying a satellite telephone and some important documents," said a senior Kandahar security official, who requested anonymity.
"We are hopeful we will arrest more Taliban figures and we hope that we can arrest their leader Mullah Omar," he said on Tuesday.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; angar; axisofevil; khan; koranimals; mullahomar; napalminthemorning; naqibullahkhan; religionofpeace; religionofpieces; southasia; taliban; talibastard; wot
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:44:49 AM PST
by
OXENinFLA
To: dead; Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; RandallFlagg; ...
PING...
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:45:08 AM PST
by
OXENinFLA
To: dead
Keep your eye out for more.
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:47:57 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: OXENinFLA
To: Happy2BMe; EdReform
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:49:48 AM PST
by
OXENinFLA
To: OXENinFLA
Afghan security forces You mean we outsourced this job? Damn, I'm just so glad that Senator Kerry isn't President-elect Kerry.
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:50:06 AM PST
by
Koblenz
(Holland: a very tolerant country. Until someone shoots you on a public street in broad daylight...)
To: AppyPappy
If we got Osama for Christmas, it'd be the best Christmas present ever!
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:50:36 AM PST
by
2Jedismom
("We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.")
To: 2Jedismom
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:54:19 AM PST
by
Quilla
To: OXENinFLA
When I was a boy of about 12...
I encountered a new word in an animated Star Trek episode. A race of flying, birdlike aliens was seeking some ancient artifact, lost to the ages, because it had some kind of holy significance. Kirk and crew needed to find it first, because, they were told by one of the birds, if it came to light, it might start something...a "holy war". The word they used for this was so unknown to Kirk (and by extention, to the viewer) that they had to define it in the plot exsposition.
The word was "jihad."
Sadly, my kids are not goint to need this word defined for them. They are going to know what it means, because in their world, there are raging nutballs who want to blame my country because their culture hasn't produced anything significant for a thousand years.
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:56:36 AM PST
by
50sDad
( ST3d - Star Trek Tri-D Chess! http://my.oh.voyager.net/~abartmes)
To: 50sDad
I think the first time I ever encountered the word was when I read Dune.
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:11:46 AM PST
by
2Jedismom
("We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.")
To: OXENinFLA
Great. Now lets let the interrogators borrow O'Reilly's used vibrator and this guy will be singing like a canary...
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:18:43 AM PST
by
pissant
To: OXENinFLA
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:21:41 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: AppyPappy
"Keep your eye out for more."
Doesn't Mullah Omar have just one eveil eye, that gazes maelovolently at everyone?
To: 2Jedismom
If we got Osama for Christmas, it'd be the best Christmas present ever! You got that right!
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:42:10 AM PST
by
Allegra
(6 days until I'm home!)
To: OXENinFLA
They should check the motorpool log. It should be in the glove box and it will tell them the starting mileage on the van. They should compare it with the current mileage and maybe they can get the radius of areas to search :-)
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:47:00 AM PST
by
rabidralph
(Keep your laws off my money.)
To: OXENinFLA
Hey, that is a great Christmas present our brave troops delivered for our FReedom. God Bless you guys!
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:53:36 AM PST
by
harpo11
To: pissant
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:53:53 AM PST
by
aynrandfreak
(If 9/11 didn't change you, you're a bad human being)
To: OXENinFLA
>Mullah Naqibullah<
Snicker
To: OXENinFLA
Lessee here....personal security chief....hmmm...unless he's on a 30 day leave, his boss ain't far off.
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:56:05 AM PST
by
stboz
To: KwasiOwusu
Back in the beginning of the Afghan campaign an Army predator had Omar sighted. When the command asked for permission to kill him, an Army lawyer stated he just didn't feel right about it and let ol' Omar go. The news said Rummy went wild, yelling and throwing things. Has ANYONE ever heard what happened to the wishy washy soldier? Did Rummy shoot him or did he get a promotion from the Clinton appointed generals?
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:56:17 AM PST
by
Safetgiver
(Mud slung is ground lost.)
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