Osama is safe, says ex-Taliban commander

[ECH1969]

Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar are safe and healthy, a former Taliban commander said.

Commander Mullah Akhtar Usmani told private Geo TV in an interview at an undisclosed site that he cannot disclose their whereabouts.

"We hear his voice. I can vouch that Mullah Omar is alive and commanding the Taliban," he said of Mullah Omar.

As for bin Laden, the most wanted suspect in connection with the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, the former Taliban commander said, "By the grace of God, he is in good health."

http://seven.com.au/news/worldnews/87171

[jrthin]

1. We were worried about

Osama. I'm glad to know he's doing well because I think of him often. As opposed to our pResident who "doesn't think about him".

[gizmo1979]

2. These guys are the

only ones that talk more bull than Bush.You never know what you can believe.

[BattyDem]

3. So ...

Osama is free and safe ... and the Taliban makes public statements about him, which means they're still in contact.

Tell me again ... what exactly did we accomplish in Afghanistan? :shrug: :eyes:

[Maple]

4. Osama is relaxing by the pool

in Saudi Arabia, probably enjoying all the 'terra-ist' alerts he sees on TV.

[Rainscents]

5. He probably watching CNN international and laughing his ass off!

[rocktivity]

8. I agree--he's in the arms of his loving family in Saudi Arabia

and has been since just before 9/11--after all, it's the only place Georgie can't look for him. I'm supposed to believe Osama's brilliant enough to have come up with the WTC plot, yet dumb enough to sit in Afghanistan waiting to be retaliated against?

:headbang:
rocknation

[dhinojosa]

32. More SPF Mr. Bin Laden?

No thanks, but another Mai Tai would be fantastic honey....

[Say_What]

36. He's the gardener at Crawford Ranch keeping an eye on TortureBoy :-)

:evilgrin:

[stillcool]

6. always makes me nervous....

when they bring out Osama. Is the bush regime getting ready for another lihop? Amazing how one reads between the lines these days, to get a hold on any sense of logic.

[XemaSab]

7. We still haven't caught

Mullah Omar?

It's been 3 years and 9 months.

These ass clowns are going to die of old age before they are "brought to justice."

They're in Saudi. No mystery there.

[alfredo]

17. We haven't caught the Anthrax killer either.

It was an inside job in my opinion.

[XemaSab]

27. True dat

so much outrage, so little time.

[alfredo]

28. A journey of a thousand rants begins with the first letter

to the editor.

[XemaSab]

34. How true that is.

n/t

[bklyncowgirl]

39. GEO TV can find Mullah Omar for a sit down chat.

Osama Bin Laden apparently is cruising around with a dialysis machine and a TV studio but somehow after billions of dollars spent on CIA, FBI, NSC and all the other alphabet soup intelligence agencies they can't locate these guys.

Oh wait, I forgot, CIA says they have an "excellent" idea of where he is but they, like, you know, aren't quite ready to get him yet.

That's our tax dollars at work, kids.

[acmavm]

9. I suppose this story could be true. Why not? WE DON'T KNOW WHERE

HE IS!!!

[99Pancakes]

10. ...and in "good health"

Maybe he's in Disneyland?

[oblivious]

11. Next time I see Osama in a bar, I'm gonna ask him "What's the deal?"

Here you are, the world's most hunted man, flitting around the world, in Pakistan one week, Iran the next, then back to Afghanistan. I mean, a 30 billion a year intel system is after you and you move around like your average jetsetter. How do you do it?"

[dhinojosa]

33. "Well infidel, the answer is simple"

"I usually hide behind the guy on the right"

[Raster]

12. "....he is in good health and hanging out in Crawford, Texas."

Dialysis every Tuesday morning at the Crawford Dialysis Centre.

[lumpy]

13. Dubya quote:

BIG YAWN

[doublethink]

14. Some People Say ....... he's in Iran !!!!

:sarcasm: see this post from earlier ....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3858641&mesg_id=3858641

[Blaze Diem]

15. Bush never intended to find Osama..He's a Bin Laden afterall...

Bush, Bin Laden families are tight..Osama may have been on the outs with his own family but he's STILL a Bin Laden..George Bush understands being the "black sheep" of the family.
Besides Osama didn't attack the NYC Twin Towers. Bush's people orchestrated it. Maybe along with the Saudi Bin Laden's, but Osama has been well protected by Bush.

Bush/Cheney agenda was Iraq oil from the beginning. Not bringing anyone to justice for Sept 11.

[consuming]

35. he is safe with us

[tabasco]

16. Thanks to Bush invading Iraq ...

Osama is safe and sound. Bush abandoned the hunt for Osama to get all that Iraqi oil.

[daleo]

18. Bush never gave a damn about Bin Laden

That is clear from the Downing Street Minutes, and supporting documents. Just in case there was ever any doubt.

[RCPJAP]

19. Bin Laden, Mullah Omar alive and healthy

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar are safe and healthy, a former Taliban commander said.

Three-and-half years after a US-led military offensive toppled the fundamentalist Taliban regime for sheltering bin Laden, the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks remains free as does Mullah Omar.

As for bin Laden, the most wanted suspect in connection with the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, the former Taliban commander said, "by the grace of God, he is in good health".

Outgoing US ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said he was "disappointed" that bin Laden remained at large but pledged the Al Qaeda leader would be captured.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200506/s1392246.htm

[Old and In the Way]

20. BS

From his last "appearance" just before the 2004 election:

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The last real appearance of OBL:

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[uppityperson]

21. Osama and Mullah Omar become one

Amazing how good the living is on those dropped yellow rations, he's getting fat! And see, we almost got him, got close enough to punch him in the nose! We're closing in, smoking him out, turning corners bringing democracy to the world!

I need to go to bed.

[leesa]

25. No kidding Usually the latter Osama's look nothing like OBL.

The one who "admitted" doing 9-11, or so CNN told us via their translator, looked nothing like OBL.

[KlatooBNikto]

22. And they are drawing weekly paychecks from the CIA.

[sattahipdeep]

23. Dog Island Free Forever

Their dog is there, happy and free. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1332757


http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/searchResults.jsp?searchtext=Mitchell&events=on&entities=on&articles=on&topics=on&timelines=on&projects=on&titles=on&descriptions=on&dosearch=on&search=+Go+

[radwriter0555]

24. Actually, the FBI doesn't list OBL as wanted in connection with 911... if

you check their website with his dedicated page.

:)

[bunny planet]

26. time to trot out Goldstein again.

[pissed_American]

29. Bin Laden alive and well, Taliban ally says

Interview with man said to be former Afghan aviation ministerThe Associated Press
Updated: 10:23 a.m. ET June 15, 2005

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Osama bin Laden is alive and in good health, as is fugitive Taliban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar, a purported senior commander of the ousted militia said Wednesday in a television interview.

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Pakistan’s Geo television broadcast the interview with a man it identified as Taliban military commander Mullah Akhtar Usmani, a former aviation minister who said he still receives instructions from Omar.

Asked whether bin Laden is hiding in areas of Afghanistan that are under Taliban control, the man said he would not specify where the terrorist mastermind was hiding.

“Thanks be to God, he is absolutely fine,” he said.

The man wore a black turban to shield his face, making it impossible to recognize him or verify his identity. He wore a gray jacket, and an AK-47 rifle was propped up next to him as he spoke in front of a red-patterned, Afghan-style rug.

Geo said the interview was recorded last week, but declined to say where.

A senior journalist at the independent station said on condition of anonymity that the interview was done near the Afghan town of Spinboldak, which is close to the Pakistani border.

The interview was conducted in broken Urdu, Pakistan’s main language and the language in which Geo broadcasts most of its programs. Most senior Taliban speak Pashtu.

The man said the Taliban are still organized, and that senior Taliban leaders hold regular consultations.

“Our discipline is strong. We have regular meetings. We make programs,” the man said.

He said Omar does not attend the meetings but “decisions come from his side.” He did not say where those meeting take place.

A U.S.-led coalition ousted the Taliban from power in late 2001 for harboring al-Qaida, which was blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8228334/


NO KIDDING !!!

[dhinojosa]

30. Do I know these guys?

Never heard the names. :sarcasm:

[kliljedahl]

31. Is this the new #3?

Keith’s Barbeque Central

[nguoihue]

37. OBL and Omar

Looks suspiciously like part of a misinformation campaign which is going to lead to claims by the neo-cons that one or both of them are being sheltered in Iran.

[ngGale]

38. Watch out Iran, the big boy's are back!...

gee, Osama must be getting some good healthcare inside that cold, damp cave. :sarcasm: