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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 08:44 PM
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Mullah Omar 'flees on motorbike' - Saturday, 5 January, 2002, 08:32 GMT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1743813.stm

Taleban militia leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has escaped from his hideout in southern Afghanistan on a motorbike, according to an Afghan official.


The head of intelligence in Kandahar, Haji Gulalai, told the BBC that all the Taleban sympathisers around the area of Baghran in the Helmand province had surrendered to anti-Taleban forces.

But the whereabouts of Mullah Omar - who apparently escaped with four sympathisers - are not known.

The BBC's Richard Miron, who is in the Afghan capital Kabul, says it has not been confirmed that Mullah Omar was in the Baghran area - and his reported escape adds to confusion about his fate.

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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 08:46 PM
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1. Well obviously the correct course of action was to...
invade Iraq!!!
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Jack_DeLeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 08:48 PM
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2. I cant wait till we get GTA: Kandahar
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 08:49 PM
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3. Surprisingly enough, Mullah Omar was a big fan of Steve McQueen
Or maybe not.
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 08:53 PM
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4. Damn, missed him again
what a crafty devil
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 09:14 PM
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5. He's one smart dude. Numerous times he's been surrounded and
everyone's been caught but him.

Got a little bit of James Bond in him I suspect.
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 09:18 PM
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7. A one eyed James Bond. Him and bin Laden beat the Soviets
Not a good thought. Took ten years but they did it.

Don
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Az_lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 09:15 PM
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6. All our hi-tech bullshit and this guy escapes on a motorcycle?
:wtf:
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