Where in the World Is Mullah Omar?
Rumors of Death, Disappearance Fuel Speculation
Former Afghan ruler Mullah Omar, a man so reclusive that no one even knows if the handful of putative photographs of him are even authentic, appears to have gone missing over the past several days, according to Afghanistan’s spy agency.
“We can confirm that he has been disappeared from his hideout in Quetta,” the officials insisted. Afghan officials have repeatedly claimed that Omar and other Taliban leadership have been operating with impunity in the Pakistani city as the “Quetta Shura.”
This and a handful of other reports have fueled speculation that Omar may in fact have died or been killed at some point recently. The Taliban has denied those reports, saying that the mullah is alive and well in Afghanistan.
Pakistani intelligence officials likewise disputed the claims of their Afghan counterparts, calling them “nonsense.” Pakistani officials have long insisted that there is no evidence Omar is in their country at all, and that the claims are an invention of the Afghan government to cover up for their failure to track him down domestically.
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skulz fontaine
May 23rd, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Golly, remember a way back in the day and Hamid Karzai made this whiz-bang publicity spectacle about holding "Mullah Omar" in Hamid custody? And then and then, Amerika's bestest buddy in the Afghaniscam sent "Mullah Omar" packing to parts unknown. Yeah, seems like that was only yesterday. At the time, Bushco didn't say more than about zip about that. Hey, that's funny. "Zip about that." Oh yeah, that's funny alright.
Mullah Omar is dead? Right. Dead like Usama bin Ladin is dead. Sure sure. Did Mullah Omar meet up with Navy Kill Team 6? Jeepers, with Binyamin Netanyahu in town (Babylon-On-The-Potomac) maybe mainstream infojournalism ought to ask Herr Netanyahu what he might think about Mullah Omar getting cacked. You know, just to maintain that 'fair and balanced' angle on all of this here crap-oh-la.
Wow, you simply can't tell the dead bad guys without your "official" Obama program!
Wait a minute, should that be "progrom?"
curmudgeonvt
May 23rd, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Or "pogrom?"
Anywho…Mullah Omar is probably living comfortably in a quiet apartment in a quiet arrondissement near the Seine provided by benefactors who by day ply their trade in the ISI.
Nick Mulgrave
May 23rd, 2011 at 11:09 pm
He is living on an island along with Elvis Presley, Bruce Lee and Osama Bin Laden.
Bruce Richardson
May 24th, 2011 at 5:38 am
Since the end of WWII, the US has been involved in or carried out 94 assassinations. And this list is inconclusive as history unfolds. But why are we so anxious to wipe out Mullah Omar, he is never been a threat to the US. Perhaps we dont like the image of him as projected by the media-mavens. But so what? Is it our business to kill anyone with whom we disagree or are upset by their culture and or lifestyle?
Let's backoff, we have plenty of work here at home to absorb our diminishing resources. If we keep on keeping on, were just going to pi..-off more folks and perhaps as a result inspire attacks on the homeland
MvGuy
May 24th, 2011 at 5:54 am
Why Mulah Omar, what about General Mahmud Ahmed…???
The Wall Street Journal was one of the only Western news organizations to follow up on the story, citing the Times of India: "US authorities sought General Mahmud Ahmed's removal after confirming the fact that $100,000 was wired to WTC hijacker Mohamed Atta from Pakistan by Ahmad Umar Sheikh at the instance of General Mahmud."[17] Another Indian newspaper, the Daily Excelsior, quoting FBI sources, reported that the "FBI’s examination of the hard disk of the cellphone company Omar Sheikh had subscribed to led to the discovery of the "link" between him and the deposed chief of the Pakistani ISI, Mahmud Ahmed. And as the FBI investigators delved deep, reports surfaced with regard to the transfer of $100,000 to Mohamed Atta, one of the terrorists who flew a hijacked Boeing commercial airliner into the World Trade Center. General Mahmud Ahmed, the FBI investigators found, fully knew about the transfer of money to Atta. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Omar_Saeed_She…
COVER-UP..??
"Omar Sheikh’s role in the 9/11 attacks has also been downplayed. Mention of him in the media instead focus on his role as the man responsible for the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. He is currently being held in Pakistan on charges relating to Pearl’s murder.
After Mahmud Ahmed’s alleged role in the 9/11 attacks became known publicly, Musharraf quietly replaced him and the whole affair was hushed up in the US. When a reporter from a foreign news agency asked then National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice whether she was aware of the reports that the ISI chief had financed the hijackers and was in Washington meeting with high level officials at the time of the attacks, she denied having seen “that report” and protested that, “he was certainly not meeting with me.”
Interestingly, the White House website transcript of the press briefing censored the words “ISI chief” from the reporter’s question, despite the words clearly being audible in the video of the briefing." http://pakistanpal.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/news-…
thedissenter
May 24th, 2011 at 6:11 am
I would stat by checking OBL's compound in Pakistan. There's a chance he's hiding under the bed or behind the couch. If that fails, then, check OBL's diary. For sure, he must have told where he kept the Mullah. He seems to have told about everything else.
Doug_in_Indiana
May 24th, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Right! And he'll turn up when Obombo needs a big macho event to goose the rubes in USA, maybe dead, maybe alive.
andy
May 24th, 2011 at 3:19 pm
With Laden gone, I guess the M.I.C. needs a new boogyman to scare us with.