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Afghan president says Taliban leader Mullah Omar hiding in Pakistani city
Iht ^ | 10.17.06

Posted on 10/17/2006 4:17:50 PM PDT by Perdogg

KABUL, Afghanistan Afghan President Hamid Karzai told The Associated Press that Mullah Omar, the supreme Taliban leader who headed the repressive Islamist regime ousted by U.S.-led forces five years ago, is hiding in the southeastern Pakistani city of Quetta.

Despite U.S. efforts to ease acrimony between two key anti-terror allies, the Afghan leader in an interview late Monday also blamed neighboring Pakistan for a surge in Taliban violence in Afghanistan, and demanded that President Pervez Musharraf crack down on militant sanctuaries.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: mullahomar; omar; pakistan; pakistanagain; pigistan; taliban; wellobviously

1 posted on 10/17/2006 4:17:51 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

Big surprise, that.

He's probably teaching and recruiting in a madrissa in Islamabad.


2 posted on 10/17/2006 4:19:45 PM PDT by Little Ray (If you want to be a martyr, we want to martyr you.)
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To: dead

Eye-out ping.


4 posted on 10/17/2006 4:20:33 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FIGHT CRIME. SHOOT BACK.)
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To: Perdogg

He'll have to sleep with one eye open from now on.......


5 posted on 10/17/2006 4:24:22 PM PDT by Red Badger (CONGRESS NEEDS TO BE DE-FOLEY-ATED...............................)
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To: Red Badger

Poke your head up for your .50 cal treat Mr. mullah! (small m used to denote disrespect)


6 posted on 10/17/2006 4:36:44 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Somebody important make....THE CALL!)
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To: Perdogg
'bout time this scumbag-Mullah Omar-surfaced: but will anyone do anything?
7 posted on 10/17/2006 5:04:03 PM PDT by 1234 (WHO is Responsible for ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAWS?)
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