Talk about a government in exile!
This story will get much wider readership outside of Afghanistan than inside, and it's a joke to think the people of Afghanistan are going to turn against the western forces there, anyway.
I'm sorry we didn't capture Omar when he was cornered in Kandahar, but we couldn't really prosecute him, anyway. The guy has an insanity defense, and sending this fax only reinforces that.
And I'm sorry they didn't catch Omar, too as well as the rest of these bad guys hiding around the world including this guy IMAD FAYEZ MUGNIYAH aka "Hajj"( according to his WANTED TERRORIST poster). Gosh, a reward of up to $25 Million for Mugniyah aka "Hajj."
***BUSH COUNTRY.org - Opinion Corner: "HIZBULLAH SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS ARAB STATES TO STOP A U.S. OCCUPATION OF IRAQ" by Jeremy Reynalds (ARTICLE SNIPPETS: "The secretary-general of the outlawed anti-American and anti-Zionist terrorist group Hizbullah is asking Arab states to cooperate in an attempt to stop the United States from occupying Iraq. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Friday that rather than being aimed at protecting Iraqis from Saddam Hussein, the impending war is really all about protecting American and Israeli interests in the region. According to the web site www.moqawama.org/page2/f_report.htm of the self-titled "Islamic Resistance Support Association" (IRSA), Nasrallah, who was speaking at a gathering in southern Beirut for the 24th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran, addressed all Arabs and asked them not to be fooled by U.S. justification for military action." ... Nasrallah said that Arabs everywhere will face critical events in the next few weeks, and they should all start preparing themselves." ... "Like Hizbullah, the IRSA is also virulently anti-Zionist. A hyperlink on its web site labeled "invitation." www.moqawama.tv/page2/invita.htm asks "intellectuals and cultured peoples" to contribute materials to the further development of the web site. It reads (sic), "No matter whether they are self-compiled or quoted, creative or documentary and be it Arabic, English, French, German or Spanish. This is because fighting the Zionist occupation is the cause of all honorables throughout the world." The site initially appears to be hosted by www.cyberia.net.lb, a Beirut Lebanon based internet service provider "created to provide the Lebanese market with Internet Access, Online Publishing and Online Services." The company may be contacted at abuse@cybernia.net.lb, support@cybernia.net.lb or sales@cybernia.net.lb However, www.cyberia.net.lb redirects users to www.thisiscyberia.com, hosted by Virginia based www.minerva.net , so it would be worth contacting them also. You can do that by calling 1 888 667 7231 or e-mailing the company at contact@minerva.net or abuse@minerva.net (Don't worry if you're confused about this apparent dual hosting. Just contact both companies and ask them if they are aware they are hosting terror related web sites!") (February 9, 2003)
***ALBAWABA.com: "NASRALLAH CALLS ARABS TO DEFEND IRAQ" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The leader of Lebanon's Hizbullah movement warned the international community Friday against cooperating with America in a war that would be a disaster for Iraq and urged Arabs to take up arms and fight at Iraq's side. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah...")(020703)
PAK TODAY.com - PAKISTAN TODAY: "THE FRANCHISING OF HEZBOLLAH" by Avi Davis (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Western intelligence has now revealed a high level of cooperation between Bin Laden and Imad Muganiyeh, the Hezbullah terrorist who masterminded some of Hezbollah's most spectacular atrocities and kidnappings in Lebanon. Reports have Muganiyeh first meeting with Bin Laden as early as 1995 and those meetings have continued. More than this, since al-Qaida fled Afghanistan at the end of last year, the Sunday Telegraph reports, between 80 and 100 al- Qaida fighters were provided with false passports by Hezbollah before being relocated to southern Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The same report acknowledges that Hezbollah, working hand in hand with al-Qaida, has set up cells in the Far East - including Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. It is well known that Hezbollah has operated in Gaza and the West Bank for years, but the recent revelation by the Shin Bet in Israel that al- Qaida has now also joined them there, is chilling evidence of a level of cooperation previously unsuspected. Such news comes as a dire warning to American, Israeli and Jewish communities throughout the world.") (122702)
ALBAWABA.com: "IS HIZBULLAH INVISIBLE LEADER INVOLVED IN ACTIVITIES IN CANADA?" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In the United States, authorities believe that perhaps one of the world's most wanted men is behind the Canadian organization, which has raised funds, falsified documents and purchased military equipment for Hizbullah. In Washington, officials currently suspect that the agents sent to Canada to gather support for the Hizbullah work for Mugniyah, a top-level Hizbullah leader and the suspected mastermind of numerous attacks worldwide.") (120102)
***FBI.gov: MOST WANTED TERRORISTS: "IMAD FAYEZ MUGNIYAH" aka "Hajj" (WANTED POSTER SNIPPETS: "Mugniyah is the alleged head of the security apparatus for the terrorist organization, Lebanese Hizballah."..."The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $25 million for information leading directly to the apprehension and/or conviction of Imad Fayez Mugniyah."..."SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS")
***INSIGHT On The News online: "AL-QAEDA OPERATIVES STILL ACTIVE IN IRAQ" by Kenneth R. Timmerman (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An Islamic group with ties to al-Qaeda continues to operate in northern Iraq where it receives aid from Saddam Hussein's intelligence services, Iraqi opposition officials in Washington and London told Insight in recent interviews. The group, called Ansar al-Islam, is led by an Iraqi Kurd named Nejmeddin Faraj Ahmad (also known as Mullah Krekar) who trained with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in the 1980s.") (020403)
***ISLAM-ONLINE.net: "MULLAH OMAR URGES JIHAD AGAINST U.S. WAR ON IRAQ" by Hasbanullah Mutawakel, IOL Correspondent (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Peshawar, December 18 (IslamOnline) - Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar exhorted Muslims on Tuesday, December 17, to prepare for Jihad against the United States if it unleashes a military offensive against Iraq. In a statement published in the Pakistani Mashraq newspaper, Mullah Omar stressed it was time for the Islamic nation to stand in the face of world atheism and to attack American interests worldwide.") (121802)
THE NEW YORKER - FACT: A Reporter At Large: "THE UNKNOWN" by Jeffrey Goldberg (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Intelligence officials told me that the agency also takes seriously reports that an Iraqi known as Abu Wa'el, whose real name is Saadoun Mahmoud Abdulatif al-Ani, is the liaison of Saddam's intelligence service to a radical Muslim group called Ansar al-Islam, which controls a small enclave in northern Iraq; the group is believed by American and Kurdish intelligence officials to be affiliated with Al Qaeda. I learned of another possible connection early last year, while I was interviewing Al Qaeda operatives in a Kurdish prison in Sulaimaniya. There, a man whom Kurdish intelligence officials identified as a captured Iraqi agent told me that in 1992 he served as a bodyguard to Ayman al-Zawahiri, bin Laden's deputy, when Zawahiri secretly visited Baghdad.") (February 3, 2003)
***An Interesting Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding a NY DAILY NEWS.com article by James Gordon Meek: "REPORT: IRAQI SPIES IN U.S." (NYDAILYNEWS.com ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON - Iraq sent spies from Canada to New York and Washington this month to snoop and stir up anti-war demonstrations, according to a government report obtained by the Daily News.") (January 30, 2002)