Taliban chief in hiding announces stepped-up resistance

[ECH1969]

In a rare sign of life, the reclusive one- eyed Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar, one of the world's most wanted terrorists, announced Sunday that international forces would be driven out of Afghanistan like Soviet troops in the 1980s.

'With the grace of Allah, the fighting will be increased manifold and it will be much more organized,' Mullah Omar said on the eve of the Eid al-Fitr festival that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Experience has taught Mullah Omar it is possible to win against occupying forces. He lost an eye in a battle which sent the Red Army packing back to Russia in the 1980s.

The last time Mullah Omar addressed the press he encouraged young Muslims to follow in the footsteps of the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed by US forces in June.

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/southasia/article_1213441.php/Taliban_chief_in_hiding_announces_stepped-up_resistance

[Kagemusha]

1. Oh geez, Omar's declared Zarqawi a hero.

How charming...

[Double T]

2. Both Afghanistan and Iraq are COMPLETE military failures...........

and our continued occupation and presence in BOTH countries no longer has ANY purpose. HOW could ANYBODY support THE POLITICAL PARTY that has created this uncontrollable, botched MESS???? BOTH 'wars' continue with escalated violence that continues to get worse.