March 8, 2003

MULLAH OMAR CAUGHT? (via Rantburg):

Top Story (The Peshawar, Pakistan Frontier Post, 3/8/2003)

The Taliban supreme leader Mulla Omar and two sons of Osama bin Laden were arrested in southeastern Afghanistan while intensified search continues for the most sought after man Osama Bin Laden in a joint operation involving US forces . . . The brothers were captured in the Rabat region in the extreme southwest of Afghanistan’s Nimroz province where the borders of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan meet, they added. Sources said that the joint forces were sure that they have captured an important Taliban figure Mulla Omar but his identity was yet to ascertained by the top intelligence high command in Pentagon.

Worth a beer if true. Posted by Paul Jaminet at March 8, 2003 6:03 PM
Comments

Don't we think it's bogus though?

Posted by: oj at March 8, 2003 9:08 PM
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