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Pakistan seizes Taleban spokesman
BBC News ^ | Jan 3,2009

Posted on 01/03/2009 7:22:28 AM PST by AmericanMade1776

A former spokesman for fugitive Taleban leader Mullah Omar has been arrested in north-west Pakistan, officials say.

Ustad Yasar was detained in the city of Peshawar after a tip-off, they said, without giving further details.

Mr Yasar was arrested in Pakistan in 2005 and handed over to Afghanistan, where he was released in exchange for a kidnapped Italian reporter in 2007.

Many Taleban officials fled from Afghanistan to Pakistan after the US-invasion ousted the regime in 2001.

Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have been strained in recent years over complaints by Kabul that Islamabad is not doing enough to fight Taleban militants operating from Pakistani soil.

Pakistan denies the allegations.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: captured; islam; jihad; pakistan; taliban; yasar

1 posted on 01/03/2009 7:22:28 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
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To: AmericanMade1776

Nooo cause fauh ah-larm...ev-ree one getz der own Baghdad Bob ovah hee-re...

2 posted on 01/03/2009 7:27:01 AM PST by NordP (CONSERVATIVE AGAIN IN 2010 ..... Now, is it 2012 yet ???)
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To: NordP

Can someone refresh my memory...Whatever happend to Bagdad Bob?


3 posted on 01/03/2009 7:58:21 AM PST by FES0844 (FES0844)
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To: FES0844
According to Wikipedia...

He is now living in the United Arab Emirates with his family.

4 posted on 01/03/2009 8:01:37 AM PST by NordP (CONSERVATIVE AGAIN IN 2010 ..... Now, is it 2012 yet ???)
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To: NordP

That was fast...thanks!


5 posted on 01/03/2009 8:06:48 AM PST by FES0844 (FES0844)
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To: FES0844
My pleasure...

...not me and don't click there, either.

6 posted on 01/03/2009 8:15:27 AM PST by NordP (CONSERVATIVE AGAIN IN 2010 ..... Now, is it 2012 yet ???)
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To: AmericanMade1776

Como esta Ustad? Not well, I would guess.


7 posted on 01/03/2009 8:42:09 AM PST by manic4organic (We Are S0 Screwed)
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