WAS DICK CHENEY NOT CLEAR ENOUGH?:

More evidence of Taliban leader hiding in Pakistan : A captured spokesman says Pakistan is harboring Mullah Omar, stirring international uproar (David Montero, 01/19/07, The Christian Science Monitor)

A captured Taliban spokesman [Abul Haq Haqiq, also known as Dr. Mohammad Hanif] says Mr. Omar is hiding in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Balochistan Province, under the protection of Pakistan's intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). [...]

If true, Hanif's taped confession would constitute the highest level official statement from the Taliban that Omar is in Quetta. It would also verify that the operational center of the movement is in Pakistan. Many have long claimed this, chief among them Mr. Karzai, who last February delivered a series of dossiers to Islamabad detailing the addresses of Taliban leaders in Quetta.

It's one thing not to be able to control the tribal areas that no one has ever controlled, another not to control your own turf.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 18, 2007 8:57 PM