Mullah Omar Emerges As KEY PLAYER In Peace Deal With al Queda

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Taliban chief key to deal in Pakistan
September 25, 2006

A FUGITIVE Taliban commander has emerged as the key player behind the movement's controversial peace deal with Pakistan.

Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Taliban's one-eyed spiritual leader, who has a $US10 million ($A13 million) price on his head for refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden after the September 11 attacks, signed a letter explicitly endorsing the truce announced this month.

The deal between Pakistani authorities and pro-Taliban militants in the tribal provinces bordering Afghanistan was designed to end five years of bloodshed.

In return for an end to the US-backed government campaign in Waziristan, the tribal leaders — who have harboured Taliban and al-Qaeda units for more than five years — agreed to end attacks on Pakistani troops, more than 500 of whom have been killed.

more at:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/taliban-chief-key-to-deal-in-pakistan/2006/09/24/1159036415017.html

[acmavm]

1. Just when you didn't think it could get any weirder or more screwed up...

[NNN0LHI]

2. Remember when he rode away from the most powerful military ever...

...on a motor-scooter.

Don