Taliban Say They Captured, Executed Leading Opponent

Reuters ^ | Friday October 26 9:44 AM ET | Alan Elsner and Sayed Salahuddin

[dead]

He looked just like Rob “Meathead” Reiner, which allows me to post my picture of Meathead as well.

[Lazamataz]

We are NOT winning this. :o(

[Slyfox]

Taliban leaders said on Friday they captured and executed a top leader of the opposition in exile

Now we know exactly what to do with Osama when we get him.
And maybe we will be nice and send his body back to his family.

[12B]

Ohmigoodness! Surely they didn't execute him on the Muslim Sabbath! I thought everyone was supposed to chill out on the Muslim Sabbath.

Oh, maybe that just applies to us?

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

you mean pieces of his body, right?

[floriduh voter]

Steve Harrigan from the ground with the Northern Alliance stated that this dude was executed yesterday. But, Hauk's family says that he is alive. Who do we believe? If the Taliban killed him, I am sure that they will have photo evidence. If there is no photo evidence, I am not going to take their word for it.

We need to step up the bombing and nuke the caves. We can't entirely trust the Northern Alliance either. At least the Brits are on the way but I've heard this for a week now. I am not going to rely on the media as they are just making our population panic, especially the regrettable anthrax distraction.

[chambley1]

"Earlier, the Taliban said they had captured Haq despite attempts by U.S. attack helicopters to protect him as he fled on horseback."

Wait till CNN has a field day with this - where is PETA on this issue?

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We are NOT winning this. :o(

Who’s this "we", white man?

Abdul Haq, a famous mujahid, or holy warrior, who lost a foot in the 1980s war against Soviet occupation, entered Afghanistan on a mission to rally Pashtun tribesmen

This almost sounds like suicide to me. We cannot protect the life of a famous, one-footed holy warrior, who decides to traipse back into Afghanistan and try to foment rebellion.

For one thing, everybody recognized him, for another he really couldn’t run away that fast when they did.

We are not his mommy.

[lafroste]

I counsel patience Laz. remember the Gulf war took six months to prepare for, and at the time the US Military was much stronger than it is today (thanks to you know who).

These things take time and the biggest danger is faltering resolve right here at home. Every time I feel my commitment flagging I pull up that picture of the WTC at night behind the Statue of Lberty that has an Eagle's head superimposed on the towers. My determination returns immediately.

[Gimme]

"Now we know exactly what to do with Osama when we get him. And maybe we will be nice and send his body back to his family."

Naah that would be too kind.. I vote we do that Braveheart thing.. pull him apart and stick limbs N,S,E,W.. for the SHOCK value that the Talibans seem to respect.

[oust the louse]

Let's see....we detain and do nothing but set up a nice cozy cell for the terrorists we find,they kill em.I say,if we find em don't tell us....get what you can out of them and quietly dispose of them however they seem fit.JUST a thought.

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The problem with your plan, which is an excellent one, is that if are doing that in secret, there'd be people like you complaining that we aren't doing it. It's a Catch-22.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Once we start drilling here for oil here at home, I don't really care what happens in the middle east. Screw them and their oil monopoly. We should stand back (not helping them) and let Israel conquer the who damn area.

[Gimme]

"..I pull up that picture of the WTC at night behind the Statue of Lberty that has an Eagle's head superimposed on the towers. My determination returns immediately."

I go to a website that flashes up the pictures of all those innocent people who were murdered. They had no warning that day.. seeing people jump to their deaths rather than being burnt a live. The horror of it and so incredibly sad.

[LoveUSA]

I don't really care what happens in the middle east.

Ahhhhh, but your sensitivities are misplaced....

This has nothing to do with oil. The Muslim extremists have been in the U.S. for years, patiently waiting for their opportunity to undermine our culture.

In order to stop the tendrils from strangling us, we must cut off the vine at the root.

[Slyfox]

Okay, alright then. We will cut his body into pieces and hang them up in the town squares, if they have any town squares left.

Better yet, let's keep him captured for a while and put him in a room filled with a whole host of bio-contagions. His last meal will be a pork barbecue sandwich.

[ch.man]

They mean business, dont they? Go US, go!

[Number_Cruncher]

According to the Geneva Convention, you are not supposed to execute prisoners of war. I guess the Taliban is exempt. They can't complain now if they suffer from violations of the convention.

[My Favorite Headache]

Islam is a peaceful religon. Peaceful people.

[Gimme]

"put him in a room filled with a whole host of bio-contagions. His last meal will be a pork barbecue sandwich."

OK =) that will do fine too!