Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar vows to retake Afghanistan

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL91902.htm

KABUL, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has accused the United States of trying to impose a puppet administration in Afghanistan and vowed to regain control of the country, a Pakistan-based Afghan news agency reported on Friday.

A message from the leader of the Taliban movement overthrown by U.S.-led forces in late 2001 was sent to newspaper offices in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, the Afghan Islamic Press said.

The message, to mark the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr starting this weekend, came the day before the third anniversary of the day when U.S.-backed Afghan forces captured Kabul from the Taliban on November 13, 2001.

Omar said the Taliban remained committed to their Islamic ideals.

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[Burma Jones]

1. Why is this man still breathing???????

[bemildred]

3. Hey, good enemies are hard to come by.

You can't just go killing them all off with no replacements handy.

[Burma Jones]

4. Yeah, look how bad things got when we didn't have a ready

replacement for the Soviets. What, we had some 8-10 years of, what's that stuff called.....oh yeah, peace and prosperity. Piffle - peace and prosperity are for sissies, a REAL man always prefers fear and violence.......

[krkaufman]

6. Gotta have an enemy...

... to keep the reverse-Robin Hood flow of cash going, from the working man to the wealthy.

[livinbella]

8. his motor bike is damn fast!

I fear he is invincible!!!

[jman0]

9. ?? what has Mullah Omar ever done to the US?

a reclusive, blind person that is (was?) the religious leader/inpiration of the Taliban.
Big freaking deal.

[leftynyc]

10. He was largely responsible for the Taliban

who oppressed, beat and terrorized all the women in Afghanistan. Frankly, I wanted his head on a platter long before 9/11.

[maddezmom]

2. from the article: Like OBL, Omar is still at large

Like bin Laden, Mullar Omar has remained at large despite a three-year hunt by thousands of U.S. and allied troops. U.S. officials say they believe the men are hiding somewhere along the rugged border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

[rodeodance]

5. now the US has to back up free Afganistan

[Moloch]

7. Trying to impose a puppet administration???

Surely not the U.S.

[MattWinMO]

11. Puppet govt...

If anyone knows about a puppet govt it's the Taliban, which essentially was a puppet government. They weren't even Afghani.

[VegasWolf]

12. awol can't let that happen, there would go Hallibuton's shiny

new oil pipeline from the Caspian Sea across Afganistan.
awol must protect oil.

[keopeli]

13. Yeah, Afgnstn is free, democratic, and westernized! They're just like us!

Are there any large tall buildings in AFGHNSTN?