I'm posting a thumbnail, sans arms.
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.
Rare, but effective.........
It is tough to be a Taliban Islamofascist and keep all of your body parts while trying to stay alive.
One eyed and now one legged Talibunnies are stuff the cartoonists crave.
If the one legged guy gave his eye to the one eyed guy, the Talaban would be almost whole.
Great find.
Where did he get those clean whatevers, he is wearing?
This is definitely a neener, black knight moment. Who has the pics?
They've gotta be kidding about the name...right? Sung to Ahab the Arab...."Mul lah da Dul lah...sheik of the Tal i ban...."
"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."
Imagine what the coalition forces could do if they had two legs?
...or capture his one legged sister, Ilean.....
"..or capture his one legged sister, Ilean....."
Or her chinese cousin, Irene.
It's obvious that any one-legged men would be leaders.
A Post #47 BTTT !!
Thanks VERY much for the much needed laugh!!!!! Good one!!
The media continues to call them "militants" and "insurgents". They are "terrorists" who kill children, women, civilians, ripping their bodies to shreds with horrific bombs. Then they claim they are murdering for religious reasons. The only good terrorist is a dead one. We should be killing more terrorists, faster.
Not Mullah Omar?
Oh well.
I'm posting a thumbnail, sans arms.
The press forgot to say that the coalition troops caught him running in circles.
Bless you, my son.
Feel free to finish the words to that new song: Mullah DaDullah, sheik of the Taliban
:>)
Or their medical relative: Dr Richard Kimball
He should be named Mullah Abdullah Dadulah!
Is it the #3 guy again?
Groan....you bad.
:^)
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