Posted on 10/08/2001 12:40:30 AM PDT by Brian_Baldwin
see comments below article, FOX reporting journalists taken blindfolded in Peshawar . . . also see India reports that Russians are closing in on bin Laden . . .
London, Oct. 7: Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban chief, Mullah Mohammad Omar, currently defying the US and its allies demand to hand over Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden, is mentally unstable and suffers fits, a leading British daily said here today.
"He locks himself away for two or three days at a time and the official line is that he is having visions, but in fact he is suffering from brain seizures," the doctor who attends Omar was quoted by the The Sunday Telegraph as saying.
This is one of the reasons why the 43-year old cleric is so reclusive, the Telegraph in a report from its correspondent in Quetta said without disclosing the identity of the doctor who feared he would be killed.
Doctors believe that Omar’s mood swings may be a result of a shrapnel lodged in his brain when he lost an eye in 1989 during a Russian rocket attack on his mosque.
Apart from these fits, The Sunday Telegraph reported, the Taliban leader also suffers from serious depression, alternating with bouts of childlike behaviour where he sits in the driving seat of one of his cars, turning the wheel while making the noise of an engine.
Only one photograph exists of Omar, the newspaper reported adding that he is rarely seen outside the bomb-proof house built for him in Kandahar by Osama bin Laden, and most Afghans have no idea what he looks like. Omar has never travelled abroad apart to Pakistan, and has seen little of his country, only visiting Kabul twice.
When he does venture out, it is in a convoy of Japanese off-road vehicles with darkened windows and guntotting bodyguards, the newspaper said.
Don't forget wood heat.
I got this email yesterday...
If you happen upon a Peace Rally supporting no action against Bin Laden:
1) Approach the ignorant, liberal person(s) talking about peace and saying there should be "no retaliation"
2) Have a brief conversation with them and ask if military force is appropriate.
3) When he/she says, "No." ask him, "Why not?"
4) He will say, "Because that would just cause more innocent deaths, which would be awful, and we should not cause more violence."
5) Punch him in the face . . . hard.
6) When he gets up to punch you, point out to him that it would be a mistake (and contrary to his values) to punch you because he would be causing more violence.
7) When he agrees with you that he has pledged not to commit violence, punch him in the face again . . . only harder this time.
8) Repeat steps 2 through 7 until he understands that sometimes it is necessary to punch back.
Yeah it's got me in tears. Perhaps we could somehow direct a microwave beam at his turbaned squash and heat up the shrapnel in his brain. I bet he'd stop making the car noises and just start screaming full time.
Deal with facts not rumor. If you are scared keep it to yourself and deal with the task at hand.
If your time is up, it's up, no use worrying yourself into an ulcer or heart attack.
Take prudent measures to protect your loved ones and property, but don't let the bastards get you spooked - that's what they want, an America in panic.
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