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‘Taliban’ Announces Death of Leader, Then Claims It Was Hacked

Taliban Mullah Omar Dead Phone E mail Hack

Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban in Afghanistan insisted Wednesday that their leader Mullah Mohammed Omar was alive, saying a text message and Internet posting announcing his death were fake.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told The Associated Press that the early morning announcement about Mullah Omar was the result of a hack.

“He is overseeing operations in the country,” Mujahid told The Associated Press. “Outsiders must have hacked into Taliban phones and the website.” Mujahid blamed U.S. intelligence agencies, saying they were trying “to demoralize the Taliban.”

Mullah Omar has led the decade-long insurgency against the U.S.-led military coalition and the Afghan government of President Hamid Karzai. He ruled most of Afghanistan as leader of its Taliban government before the United States and its allies invaded on Oct. 7, 2001, in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Violence has spiked recently as Afghan security forces start to take charge of security in seven areas – a process that is to continue until they are in the lead across the nation by 2014, when foreign combat troops will be gone or in supportive roles.

Coalition forces were to transfer responsibility Wednesday for Panjshir province, north of Kabul; and the provincial capitals of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province in the south, Herat in Herat province in the west and Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province in the north.

Insurgents have been targeting the transition areas to convince the Afghan people that they cannot trust Afghan security forces to protect them.

On Wednesday, a suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up in Mazar-i-Sharif, killing four civilians, including a child, said Sher Jan Durani, a spokesman for the provincial police chief. More than 10 others were injured in the bombing, which occurred in the south end of the provincial capital of Balkh province.

Earlier this week, U.S. forces turned over control of Mehterlam, the capital of Laghman province, and all of Bamiyan province, which has seen little violence. All of Kabul province except for the restive Surobi district is already in the hands of Afghan forces.

Also Wednesday, a gunbattle killed three Afghan police officers and two insurgents in the southern city of Kandahar. Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said police came under fire overnight when they surrounded a home where insurgents were believed to be hiding.

Sediqqi said the three dead policemen included the district chief.

Twin explosions late Tuesday in the eastern city of Ghazni killed four civilians and wounded more than 20, said provincial police chief Zirawer Zahid.

NATO also announced it had killed numerous insurgents belonging to the al-Qaida affiliated Haqqani network during a Tuesday raid in the eastern province of Paktika, along the border with Pakistan.

It did not provide an exact number for the insurgents killed in the Afghan-led operation. The Haqqani network, which supports the Taliban, operates in a number of Afghanistan‘s eastern provinces and retains safe havens in Pakistan’s lawless tribal areas. NATO also said it killed several insurgents during a raid to capture a Taliban leader in eastern Nangarhar province.

Comments (26)

  • MUDFLAPS
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:21am

    Looks like a new york taxi driver photo.

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  • EL AMERICANO
    Posted on July 21, 2011 at 6:38am

    Terrorists are Scheme invented by the USA, because we need enemies to make wars and money, but most of the people it is stupid they fall in to that lie with fear real American don’t fear death, only cowars giveup freedom for fear, Patriot act must be flashed in the toilet including TSA, yes 911 was real but because our government let that happend, just like Pearl Harbor, and yes we are under tirany and very soon with a dictator, this is the new Nazi Germmany. Lets rescue our country People.

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  • symbolsofa
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 6:18pm

    and Lucy Berrington, The Times, U.K., “It is [ironic] that most British converts [are] women, given the widespread view in the West that Islam treats women poorly.”

    What do Islam and women have in common? Besides the stereotypical image that each suffers from individually, the status of women in Islam is a highly misunderstood issue. If the accusations against the Taliban are valid, they are not “[strictly adhering to Islamic Laws]“! In a truly Islamic society, women have the right and duty to obtain education, work to earn money if they need or want it, express their opinion and be heard, negotiate marriage terms and many others. The English translations of the Quran and Hadith are available for verification.

    Ms. Vaswani labels Afghani women as “terribly pathetic, oppressed”. Wouldn’t it be fair to say that those who conform to popular standards of fashion and beauty also suffer from self-suppression? Dissatisfaction with oneself has fueled the mushrooming of countless, hugely successful make-up, clothing and weight-loss companies around the globe. And we think we’re free…

    Reading the Bible and the Veda, I have learnt that Christianity doesn’t condone violence and Hinduism is not about oppression. Why bring this up? Upper-class Hindus claim that condemning widows and the cruel caste system in India are religiously ordained practices. The 1995 Oklahoma City bombing by a Christian group called ‘Freeman’ and the violent clashes in Ireland are similar e

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  • symbolsofa
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 6:16pm

    Offering a fresh perspective on issues that are taken for granted, instead of “jumping onto the bandwagon”, is tricky. It doesn’t help that “cutting and pasting” from the Internet has become so convenient.

    I quote from “Women’s Rights….Not!!”, “Osama Bin Laden, who is responsible for the US Embassy bombings….” There is alot of evidence against him but technically, Osama Bin Laden who neither denies nor admits, hasn’t been proven guilty.

    Despite being a Muslim, I am against certain policies of the Taliban but I also doubt whether they are entirely guilty – the media is notorious for being biased. However, I strongly disagree with the writer’s implication that Islam is to blame. I quote her, “The Taliban’s fundamental regime is guided by strict adherence to Islamic law”.

    Islam isn’t about bearded men waving machine guns and mistreating women; injustice is found in all societies regardless of religion. In the 1860s, a married Englishwoman did not exist as a legal person. She could not own property, make a contract, get custody of her children and she had no rights to divorce.

    I quote HRH, The Prince of Wales, “The rights of Muslim women to property and inheritance, to some protection if divorced, and to the conducting of business, were rights prescribed by the Quran 1400 years ago, even if they were not everywhere translated into practice. In Britain at least, some of these rights were novel even to my grandmother’s generation!” and Lucy

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  • symbolsofa
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 5:47pm

    TALIBAN THE BEST MUSLIM ON THE EARTH

    Justice First

    A Muslim society cannot accommodate injustice.

    “O you who believe stand out firmly for justice as witnesses to God, even as against yourself, or your parents, or your kin, or whether it be (against) rich or poor for Allah can best protect both.” (4:135).

    Justice even to the Enemies

    To do justice in a favorable and neutral atmosphere is meritorious but the real test comes when you have to do justice to people who are your enemies. The Quran says:

    “O you who believe, stand out firmly for God as witnesses to fair dealing and let not the hatred of others make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice.” (5:8).

    Prohibition of Killing and Plundering

    The Holy Quran has strongly prohibited killing anyone unless one is a murderer, or one who spreads mischief in the land.” (5:35). The Quran strongly prohibits plunder and arson whether the offender or the victim a Muslim or a non-Muslim (2:205). In code of ethics, how can one expect the followers of the Quran to be cruel and usurpers?

    The vigorous enemy propaganda that Islam was spread by dint of sword springs from sheer prejudice. Compulsion in the matter of faith is contrary to the basic Quranic teachings. The objective before a Muslim is to develop his personality in accordance with the Divine laws as to survive beyond physical death and reach a higher evolutionary stage in the life hereafter. Can an unwilling convert then fit in the Quran

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  • Chet Hempstead
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 3:41pm

    I think that’s the same guy who is on the Wal-Mart receipt that the crazy couple thinks looks like Jesus.

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  • sheria-never
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:21pm

    I’d like to hack A L L these damn MOOSLEMS

    then WHACK em with a machete.

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  • USACommoner
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:25am

    Mujahid blamed U.S. intelligence agencies, saying they were trying “to demoralize the Taliban.”
    _______________________

    D@mned straight, Skippy. You try to kill our soldiers, we’ll demoralize the he!! outta ya. Get used to it, little man.

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    • Justbnice
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:33pm

      Demoralize the Taliban sounds a bit like an oxymoron to me…

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  • USACommoner
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:14am

    Mujahid blamed U.S. intelligence agencies, saying they were trying “to demoralize the Taliban.”
    __________________________

    D@mned straight, Skippy. You try to kill our soldiers and the innocent residents there, we’ll demoralize the he!! outta ya. Get used to it.

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    • Justbnice
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:36pm

      Demoralize the Taliban sound a bit like an oxymoron to me…

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  • mossbrain
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:00am

    filthy Muslims. I see Karsi’s family and cronies are getting killed off too, good riddance. Why don’t we load up some boat loads of American Muslims and send them to Afcrrapistan.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:22am

    Personally, if he is gone from the earth, great; I hope for one time this is not a hacked and fabricated story — may he be standing in judgment before the one and true God of us all, probably with his own mouth wide open in shock.

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  • nysparkie
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:04am

    OK. Even if he is he can still only see out one eye and goes into convulsions twice a day to speak to ALLAH. Lives in a cave? Stones women and children. Blows up ancient artifacts. Squats and poops where he eats. Nothing but a dirty little animal. I have a pig I wish to send him as a gift.

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  • UpYourArsenal
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:50am

    Q. What do you call a muslim who owns a camel and a goat?
    A. Bisexual

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:39am

    He’s alive! Rose Ellen must be on cloud nine.

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  • nptden
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:25am

    The Taliban is licking their chops, waiting for Obama to throw Afghanistan under the bus. Muslims loving Muslims http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dd3_1310954791

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    • Obama Bin Lying
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:40am

      More Proof that the Taliban and the Liberals have the same thought process and ideology. Wasn’t it just recently that a prominent DEM, claimed he was hacked as well? That seems to be the new tactic used by the weak minded…..

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  • NotFooled
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:22am

    LMAO! Ya they claim he is still alive because the next idiot that takes his spot will be next. lol

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  • Sorocialism
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:11am

    I think they got the “I was hacked” excuse from someone else….Anthony Wiener!

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  • let us prey
    Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:02am

    Are we going to hook these fools up with some tanks too?

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