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Top Taliban leader captured?
AP via Canoe CNEWS ^ | May 19, 2006 | Noor Khan

Posted on 05/19/2006 9:50:37 AM PDT by Squawk 8888

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Coalition forces captured a rebel fighter with only one leg in a battle this week in southern Afghanistan, and it was possible the insurgent could be a top Taliban leader, an Afghan general said Friday.

The militant was captured in a joint operation by Canadian and Afghan forces in Kandahar province on Wednesday, said Gen. Rehmatullah Raufi, head of the Afghan military's southern region.

Mullah Dadullah, who lost a leg fighting for the Taliban during its rise to power in the mid-1990s, is one of the hardline militia's top commanders, responsible for operations in eastern and southeastern Afghanistan.

Neither the coalition nor the Afghan government in Kabul said they could immediately confirm that Dadullah had been captured.

"We currently do not have any information but are looking into the claim," said Lieut. Tamara Lawrence, a U.S. military spokeswoman. "Right now we don't have any information that would support it."

Raufi said coalition troops captured the insurgent during a battle in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province on Wednesday, fighting that led to the deaths of 18 militants and a female Canadian soldier, Capt. Nichola Goddard. About 35 rebels were reported captured in the battle.

Raufi said the captive with the missing leg was seriously wounded and unconscious in a military hospital. There was a "good chance" the fighter was Dadullah but Raufi said he didn't know for sure.

Both Dadullah and Taliban leader Mullah Omar are Pashtun, and Dadullah is one of the most trusted followers of Omar.

In a satellite phone interview with The Associated Press in December, Dadullah said more than 200 rebel fighters were willing to become suicide attackers against U.S. forces and their allies. Since then, there have been repeated suicide bombings, particularly in the south of the country.

Dadullah ruled out reconciliation and talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government, saying it "owed its existence" to non-Muslims, and to do so would amount to "joining Christianity and working for Christians."

The 18 rebels killed in Kandahar province on Wednesday during the joint Afghan-Canadian mission were part of a 24-hour storm of violence Wednesday and Thursday in which 100 people were reported killed, including about 90 insurgents, 18 Afghan police officers, an American civilian and the Canadian soldier.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Canada; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; captured; elvisbinladen; oef; taliban; yesterday
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To: Squawk 8888

Mullah Dadullah captured by Raufi Rehmatullah


WTF makes up these names?


21 posted on 05/19/2006 9:59:26 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: rhombus

LOL........


22 posted on 05/19/2006 9:59:59 AM PDT by RightOnline
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To: Squawk 8888
Guess he should have known better than to enter an @ss kicking contest.
23 posted on 05/19/2006 10:00:05 AM PDT by operation clinton cleanup (Free the Masons!)
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To: Squawk 8888
Click on the photo for it's source


24 posted on 05/19/2006 10:00:15 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.)
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To: MplsSteve

Or put him on the wall and call him Art.


25 posted on 05/19/2006 10:00:25 AM PDT by Keith (now more than ever...it's about the judges)
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To: Last Dakotan
We need the guy with only one eye.

I say we poke out one of this guy's eyes and just say we caught the other guy.

26 posted on 05/19/2006 10:00:38 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (((172 * 3.141592653589793238462) / 180) * 10 = 30.0196631)
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To: Redbob

Mullah, Mullah Dadullah, fe fi fo fullah.........Shiite!......


27 posted on 05/19/2006 10:00:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
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To: Keith

yes


28 posted on 05/19/2006 10:01:18 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.)
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To: ASA Vet

That reminds me of an ONTOS.........


29 posted on 05/19/2006 10:01:30 AM PDT by Red Badger (Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
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To: Keith

yes


30 posted on 05/19/2006 10:01:39 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.)
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To: Squawk 8888

Moolah Dadoolah?


31 posted on 05/19/2006 10:02:36 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Omnibus Gloria Fugit)
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To: ASA Vet

In case you didn't know what an ONTOS was........

32 posted on 05/19/2006 10:02:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
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To: loreldan
Mullah Dadullah! LOL! No comment needed.

Mullah WhoWHOlah?


33 posted on 05/19/2006 10:03:07 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Freedom isn't free, but the men and women of the military will pay most of your share)
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To: Squawk 8888

I thouight for sure this was going to be from MSN. They seem to love phrasing their headlines as questions: "Breast Cancer: Is it Bad?" "Did Tom Hanks have a Facelift?" "Judas Gospel: Is It for Real?" "Is George Bush the Lowest Form of Life Ever to Walk the Earth?" You already know what their answer is going to be, so why not just come right out and say it. I find it to be very annoying, such that I won't use MSN for anything at all.


34 posted on 05/19/2006 10:04:08 AM PDT by webheart
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To: wyattearp

Sheik Howyabeenbuddy, more likely.


35 posted on 05/19/2006 10:04:36 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Carry Daily, Apply Sparingly.)
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To: Squawk 8888

Mullah Dadullah? Can't make that up.


36 posted on 05/19/2006 10:04:40 AM PDT by sissyjane (Don't be stuck on stupid!)
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To: ASA Vet; prairiebreeze
Straight out of central casting..


37 posted on 05/19/2006 10:05:21 AM PDT by Dog
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To: Squawk 8888
I've heard this before.

TOP VC LEADER CAPTURED!

Is it going to mean any more this time?

38 posted on 05/19/2006 10:06:02 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Keith

LOL! That'll work too!


39 posted on 05/19/2006 10:06:52 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: Red Badger
I did know.
But it needed to be posted for those who didn't.
It's a rather rare USMC system.
40 posted on 05/19/2006 10:07:41 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.)
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