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Taliban leader Mullah Omar killed (potential, not the best news source)
The Philippine Star ^ | 5/23/2011

Posted on 05/22/2011 11:08:45 PM PDT by Yossarian

KABUL (Xinhua) -- Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has been killed in Pakistan, a private television channel reported Monday.

"Mullah Omar was killed on way from Quetta to North Waziristan, " TOLO television said in its news bulletin.

However, it did not provide details on how he was killed and by whom.

Meanwhile, a security official confirmed the killing, saying, " it is correct that Mullah Omar has been killed."

But he did not disclose details


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; gwot; mullahomar; omar; pakistan; taliban
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I got this link from Michael Yon. It needs confirmation from more serious sources, to be sure, but it could be real news....
1 posted on 05/22/2011 11:08:53 PM PDT by Yossarian
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To: Yossarian

One can only hope.


2 posted on 05/22/2011 11:10:54 PM PDT by umgud
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To: dead

Ping!


3 posted on 05/22/2011 11:11:59 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Admin Moderator; Sidebar Moderator

Hi Admins-

This article, if true, _would_ be important news, but it _isn’t_ from a widely recognized news source.

Please feel free to refile to a different place, adjust the title as you see fit, etc., etc.


4 posted on 05/22/2011 11:12:09 PM PDT by Yossarian ("All the charm of Nixon. All the competency of Carter." - SF Chronicle comment post on Obama)
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To: Yossarian

Hmmm. I sense a deal turning Afghanistan over to the Taliban in the making.


5 posted on 05/22/2011 11:12:47 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: Yossarian

Did he get a burial at sea?


6 posted on 05/22/2011 11:12:54 PM PDT by tflabo
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To: Yossarian

It’s already on twitter, but no mainline sources.


7 posted on 05/22/2011 11:13:21 PM PDT by umgud
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To: Yossarian

On the radio news they just said that the BBC is reporting this story.


8 posted on 05/22/2011 11:13:33 PM PDT by txrangerette ("...HOLD TO THE TRUTH; SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR." - Glenn Beck)
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To: Yossarian

Another source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-05/23/c_13889429.htm


9 posted on 05/22/2011 11:13:43 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Yossarian

Check the BBC. I don’t have a link. Again the radio news is repeating that the BBC is saying Mullah Omar is dead.


10 posted on 05/22/2011 11:15:16 PM PDT by txrangerette ("...HOLD TO THE TRUTH; SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR." - Glenn Beck)
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To: Yossarian

The headline sounds good. Damn good.


11 posted on 05/22/2011 11:16:48 PM PDT by allmost
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To: Yossarian

Be prepared for versions 1 through 5 tomorrow, if true.


12 posted on 05/22/2011 11:19:02 PM PDT by taraytarah
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To: Yossarian

We’ll know when Obama takes credit for it.


13 posted on 05/22/2011 11:19:30 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Washington, we Texans want a divorce!)
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To: dead

If true, you need a new tagline!


14 posted on 05/22/2011 11:21:54 PM PDT by exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
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To: txrangerette

I’m listening to the BBC World Service audio stream, and I haven’t heard any Mullah Omar story yet.

However, they have a lot of stories they’re working through, and perhaps it was covered briefly at the top of the hour.


15 posted on 05/22/2011 11:24:29 PM PDT by Yossarian ("All the charm of Nixon. All the competency of Carter." - SF Chronicle comment post on Obama)
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To: dead

Given your tagline, you might find this interesting.


16 posted on 05/22/2011 11:24:33 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: dead

Pinging for one of the longest-continually-running taglines on FR.... fingers crossed here!


17 posted on 05/22/2011 11:24:47 PM PDT by TheSarce (Reject Socialism. Champion Liberty.)
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To: Yossarian

Hoping it to be true, but seems he has been killed before, has more lives than a cat.


18 posted on 05/22/2011 11:26:45 PM PDT by Sea Parrot (Being an autodidact, I happily escaped the bureaucratization of intellect)
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Wikipedia says he’s was killed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Omar


19 posted on 05/22/2011 11:27:08 PM PDT by Doofer
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To: Yossarian
Here's the latest from Michael Yon on Facebook:

Michael Yon
Status of 'Omar Dead' reports

One very high level source said still trying to confirm. If that source doesn't know yet, it's simply not known yet.

20 posted on 05/22/2011 11:28:04 PM PDT by Yossarian ("All the charm of Nixon. All the competency of Carter." - SF Chronicle comment post on Obama)
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