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Taleban call for holy war
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| February 8, 2003
| Rahimullah Yusufzai
Posted on 02/08/2003 9:24:10 PM PST by Indy Pendance
The former Taleban regime of Afghanistan has issued a rare statement urging Afghans to take part in a jihad (holy war) against US-led coalition forces based in the country.
It said the Taleban considered the possible US attack on Iraq as a continuation of the crusades against Muslims and an onslaught on Islam.
The message was faxed from an unknown location in Pakistan and signed by Mohammad Mukhtar Mujahid, styling himself as a spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the name used by the Taleban while they were in power.
A senior Taleban leader, requesting anonymity, later confirmed that the communique was drafted on the directive of their supreme leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar.
Karzai 'puppet'
Addressed to the "Muslim and Mujahid nation of Afghanistan," the communique accused the US of committing aggression against their homeland and turning it into a colony.
It maintained that Afghanistan was insecure and unstable even after 13 months of foreign occupation.
Arguing that Afghan religious scholars had endorsed jihad against the US and the "puppet" government of Hamid Karzai, the Taleban communique said all the Afghans should wage the holy war under Mullah Omar's leadership.
It said Omar had appointed two Taleban leaders - Mullah Biradar and Mullah Obaidullah (a former defence minister) - as commanders of the new jihad.
Warning
Mullah Omar, who is wanted by the US, went into hiding after the Taleban were ousted in December, 2001.
According to the communique, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan warned all Afghans loyal to the US and the Karzai Government to dissociate themselves from their work or face consequences.
It gave a similar warning to political and media organisations and non-governmental organisations.
The countries that had sent their troops to Afghanistan in support of the US were also threatened with reprisals and reminded of the fate of the British and Soviet forces in Afghanistan.
The statement appealed to the Islamic countries to forge unity in their ranks to rid Muslims from the "yoke of the Western imperialism" and to win the rights of the peoples of Palestine, Kashmir, Chechnya and Afghanistan..
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: islam; islammeanspeace; jihad; religionofpeace; religionofpeacetm; southasialist; taleban; taliban; talibanlist
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To: Porterville
Religion of peace?? No a religion of pieces.
To: Nick Danger
Dont forget, its 20 day ride on a camel to the nearest
fax machine... some time delay on their threats there...
22
posted on
02/08/2003 9:58:45 PM PST
by
Flavius
Comment #23 Removed by Moderator
To: Indy Pendance
"The message was faxed from an unknown location in Pakistan and signed by Mohammad Mukhtar Mujahid." Track down this POS and kill him!
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posted on
02/08/2003 9:58:58 PM PST
by
blam
To: Nick Danger
25
posted on
02/08/2003 9:59:06 PM PST
by
Indy Pendance
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Nick Danger
re post No. 20: "It's come to this: the mighty Taliban is now reduced to sending junk faxes into what used to be their country. And the BBC thinks this is worth writing about.
I got some toner cartridges I'll fax 'em about. That oughta make the 6 o'clock news."
Why not donate those toner cartridges to a school near use. Probably a better use of materials.
By the way Mr. Danger, it must be a slow night at the BBC to put out this Tal-e-ban trash as news. Am I right on this?
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posted on
02/08/2003 9:59:58 PM PST
by
Cindy
To: Indy Pendance
Tell the mullahs and their goat herders that I just can't keep up with all the fatwas and jihads they got going. Can't they just condense them into four or five categories. Like one for all journalist, or one for all Americans or Brits. It would be so much easier to keep track. Easier for the mullahs bookkeeping and easier for us when we hunt them down.
5.56mm
27
posted on
02/08/2003 10:04:04 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: Pablo420Escobar; Admin Moderator
Looney alert!
28
posted on
02/08/2003 10:04:42 PM PST
by
Indy Pendance
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To: blam
"Track down this POS and kill him!Sounds good to me.
To: Indy Pendance
It said the Taleban considered the possible US attack on Iraq as a continuation of the crusades against Muslims and an onslaught on Islam. I am hoping this is ringing hollow...build more schools quick...send more aide
To: Indy Pendance
"Looney Alert" thats the understatement of the century, im still not quite sure what the hell that was about. Is he claiming to be Pablo Escobars son?
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posted on
02/08/2003 10:06:59 PM PST
by
Husker24
To: Husker24
I don't know, but it's currently infesting several threads with the exact same screed...
32
posted on
02/08/2003 10:08:08 PM PST
by
general_re
(ABSURDITY, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.)
To: Pablo420Escobar
#23
Whew. I hope it's your meds. Otherwise, you're in serious trouble.
5.56mm
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posted on
02/08/2003 10:08:55 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: Husker24
I think it's Mullah Omar himself!
34
posted on
02/08/2003 10:08:58 PM PST
by
Indy Pendance
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To: blam
35
posted on
02/08/2003 10:13:29 PM PST
by
Cindy
To: Indy Pendance
Gee, did anyone check the fax for the return fax number? LOL
To: Indy Pendance
The Afghan civil wars were always seasonal events. Jihad is out of season now.
I wouldn't expect to see any major problems in Afghanistan until about 2005, as a sideshow to a US-Iran conflict.
And the most formidable Afghan enemies will be Hekmatyar and the Shi'ites in Herat, not the Taliban and Mullah Omar.
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posted on
02/08/2003 10:21:14 PM PST
by
HAL9000
To: McGavin999
re post No.36...That's too easy. (grin)
38
posted on
02/08/2003 10:21:59 PM PST
by
Cindy
To: HAL9000
Are you saying, Jihads are so yesterday? I thought it was liberals.....
39
posted on
02/08/2003 10:23:48 PM PST
by
Indy Pendance
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To: Cindy
chance33_98 calls for a holy war against the Taleban. Let's roll...
40
posted on
02/08/2003 10:25:05 PM PST
by
chance33_98
(Freedom is not Free)
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