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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: HKMk23
...our Top Prize is the guy with only one kidney.

Yeah, that's right, four wives, one kidney.

81 posted on 05/19/2006 11:00:57 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: Dahoser

Any relation to Sheik Yerbouti?


82 posted on 05/19/2006 11:03:36 AM PDT by Coronal
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To: Squawk 8888; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; ...

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83 posted on 05/19/2006 11:05:45 AM PDT by Clive
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To: Squawk 8888

From the sounds of it, the Taliban don't have a leg to stand on!



Ba boom boom, chhnnng...


84 posted on 05/19/2006 11:17:37 AM PDT by Caged in Canuckistan (A message from Canada: GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!)
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To: Squawk 8888
Mullah Dadullah

I love those names....

Mullah Dadullah...pocket full of mullah...asses,asses, ALL BLOW UP!"

My literary contribution for today...

FMCDH(BITS)

85 posted on 05/19/2006 11:23:23 AM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: MplsSteve

"Let's chop off the other leg - and his arms too. "


It's only a flesh wound (Monty Pyhton & the Holy Grail)!


86 posted on 05/19/2006 11:23:30 AM PDT by rfp1234 (I've had it up to my keyster with these leaks!!! - - - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Coronal
Any relation to Sheik Yerbouti?

Probably not, but you do FrankZ proud...

FMCDH(BITS)

87 posted on 05/19/2006 11:27:59 AM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: xzins
This is definitely a neener, black knight moment. Who has the pics?


88 posted on 05/19/2006 11:28:19 AM PDT by Republican Red ("How good is it? Al-Jazeera gave it 4 1/2 pipe bombs")
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To: rhombus

Darn those misplaced modifiers!


89 posted on 05/19/2006 11:34:24 AM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname (Is it OK to steal tag lines from tee-shirts and bumper stickers?)
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To: Last Dakotan

We need a guy with kidney troubles and NO HEAD.


90 posted on 05/19/2006 11:43:56 AM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: Keith

"yes, we are keeping an eye out for Mullah Omar"


You would think we would be one up on him.


91 posted on 05/19/2006 11:50:36 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: Squawk 8888

See if McCartney's wife is looking for a date.


92 posted on 05/19/2006 11:55:31 AM PDT by toddlintown
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To: OldFriend
We need a guy with kidney troubles and NO HEAD.

A man after my own heart, evidently.

93 posted on 05/19/2006 11:58:30 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
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To: freedumb2003

It's clear he wasn't from Iran.


94 posted on 05/19/2006 12:08:17 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: Squawk 8888

Was he armed?


95 posted on 05/19/2006 12:08:50 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: Victor

Mullah Dadullah????
I swear, you can't make this sh##t up...

His brother's name is Abdullah


96 posted on 05/19/2006 12:10:01 PM PDT by cowtowney
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To: MplsSteve; Keith

Or, if you threw him along the surface of the lake and put a spin on him, you might be able to call him "Skip".


97 posted on 05/19/2006 12:21:19 PM PDT by Apparatchik
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To: ASA Vet

I was unaware that the Dragons and TOWs had beehive rounds that could clear out a nice swath.


98 posted on 05/19/2006 12:22:08 PM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Squawk 8888; GMMAC; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; headsonpikes; ...

Ping!


99 posted on 05/19/2006 12:22:48 PM PDT by fanfan (I mean, I wouldn't be so angry with them if they didn't want to kill me!)
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To: Last Dakotan

"in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is, er... "


100 posted on 05/19/2006 12:24:59 PM PDT by Apparatchik
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