[quote=sunday morning herald]
MULLAH OMAR, the spiritual leader of the Taliban and a former de facto head of state in Afghanistan, has been killed, local reports say.
His death, if confirmed, would be the second significant terrorist target claimed in a month, after the al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, was assassinated on May 1.
The two were associates. Mullah Omar, the head of the Taliban regime that controlled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, reportedly sheltered bin Laden before and after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
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But there are conflicting reports as to whether Mullah Omar is actually dead.
The Afghan news channel TOLO Television said Omar had been killed as he travelled in Balochistan in Pakistan's lawless border region.
"Mullah Omar was killed on the way from Quetta to North Waziristan," TOLO reported.
The station offered no details on how he was killed or by whom and the claim was quickly rejected as baseless by several Afghan Taliban spokesmen.
"This is pure propaganda. This is not possible at all," one spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said by telephone from an undisclosed location.
Other sources said Mullah Omar was in Afghanistan "safe and sound".
Hamid Gul, the former head of Pakistan's notorious Inter-Services Intelligence agency and a man reported to be linked to Omar's death, said the reports were politically motivated and for a US audience.
"No more Omar, no more Osama, vote for Obama," he told Indian TV.
But rumours of Omar's demise, either by an American drone attack or by the ISI, persisted yesterday. An Iranian news report said a post-mortem examination was being conducted. Several reports said Omar had been missing for 11 days.
Tall and thin, 52-year-old Omar is famously reclusive, and rarely travels.
The few photographs of him show him missing his right eye which was lost to a shrapnel wound during fighting against Soviet troops in the 1980s.
He was head of the Supreme Council of the Taliban regime whose oppressive rule of Afghanistan was ended in 2001 by US forces for supporting bin Laden and al-Qaeda.
In the aftermath of bin Laden's killing by US Navy SEALs in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad on May 1, senior officers in the US military said Omar was a new focus.
"If I was Mullah Omar I would certainly be worried. It shows the Americans are focused," Major-General Richard Mills, a former marine commander in southern Afghanistan, said.
Elsewhere in Pakistan yesterday, vengeance for the killing of bin Laden reached a new peak, with up to 20 gunmen laying siege to a naval base in the country's biggest city, Karachi.
The insurgents, armed with automatic weapons, rocket launchers and hand grenades, stormed the Mehran Naval Station late on Sunday.
In more than 12 hours of fighting, 11 military personnel were reported killed while more than a dozen were injured. It is not known how many militants were killed.
Two US-made P3C Orion aircraft, used for reconnaissance, were destroyed by the gunmen before the insurgents were brought under control.
It is the third insurgent attack against military and diplomatic targets that the Pakistani Taliban have claimed is retaliation for bin Laden's death.
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Two of the most wanted terrorist in the world killed within a month. That's awesome!
itll be another 5 minutes before theres another leader
[QUOTE=Ermac20;30009144]itll be another 5 minutes before theres another leader[/QUOTE]
Power changes never go smoothly, especially in these kinds of groups. There will be a notable impact on the group for a while.
Yay some guy is dead now everything will be well and good in the world.
[QUOTE=niger;30009308]Yay some guy is dead now everything will be well and good in the world.[/QUOTE]
No >:C
because you are still alive
you a racist, son?
It's the domino effect in play.
[QUOTE=Megafanx13;30008268]At least the Taliban is more organized, so the death of a leader will probably affect them more than the death of the leader of Al-Qaeda.[/QUOTE]
Just asking (I may be wrong), aren't they both organized under singular cells that have no contact with the others?
I'll start celebrating when america withdraws from the middle-east, terrorism ends and civilian victims are given compensation. I can't vision this scenario.
What the hell? It didn't really sound to me that he was dead. Doesn't really look like they're sure that he's dead.
(obligatory)
Counter-Terrorists win
[QUOTE=ultra_bright;30007790][img]http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQUplgIlc0N49IhaK2i9lABegMZUEd2aYuIUKvgV9CW_B1tms1yuw&t=1[/img][/QUOTE]
Ironic, since the Taliban forbade music.
This has been out for a few days , I think, and the Taliban have already denied it. I hope it IS true , though.
Fuckers.
[url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8530230/Mullah-Omar-not-dead-say-Taliban.html[/url]
"The Afghan Taliban have denied reports that Mullah Mohammad Omar, their fugitive leader, has been killed inside Pakistan...Nato and Afghan security sources also cast doubt on the report, which came three weeks after the death of Osama bin Laden in the town of Abbottabad."
Taliban usually do deny such things, but they didn't when Osama died
Nato say "Neeewp (sic) he's not dead"
Afghan forces go " Lol, no"
so pretty much no
[QUOTE=Spawndex;30012251]This has been out for a few days , I think, and the Taliban have already denied it. I hope it IS true , though.
Fuckers.
[url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8530230/Mullah-Omar-not-dead-say-Taliban.html[/url]
"The Afghan Taliban have denied reports that Mullah Mohammad Omar, their fugitive leader, has been killed inside Pakistan...Nato and Afghan security sources also cast doubt on the report, which came three weeks after the death of Osama bin Laden in the town of Abbottabad."
Taliban usually do deny such things, but they didn't when Osama died
Nato say "Neeewp (sic) he's not dead"
Afghan forces go " Lol, no"
so pretty much no[/QUOTE]
Well, Taliban wouldn't have much of a say in whether Osama died or not, since they have little to do with him, other than that they allowed him to stay in Afghanistan until they lost power in the 2001 invasion. Al-Qaeda and Taliban are two separate entities.
Taliban seek to regain political power in Afghanistan and only act inside Afghanistan/Pakistan, Al-Qaeda are international terrorists with cells in many countries.
Does any one have a good pic of this guy?
One by one this tower will fall!
Things are lookin good for civilization this year.
[QUOTE=Jacob_sword;30012626]Does any one have a good pic of this guy?[/QUOTE]
No one really knows what he looks like officially, but it's known that he has one eye.
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[QUOTE=Jacob_sword;30012626]Does any one have a good pic of this guy?[/QUOTE]
No one really knows what he looks like officially, but it's known that he has one eye.
[QUOTE=Mr. Bleak;30012884]No one really knows what he looks like officially, but it's known that he has one eye.
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No one really knows what he looks like officially, but it's known that he has one eye.[/QUOTE]
Just like your avatar.
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Just like your avatar.
Has it been confirmed he is dead? I just checked Wikipedia and there seems to be some doubt about this.
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