'Mullah Omar hasn’t seen bin Laden for years'

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http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2007/January/subcontinent_January136.xml§ion=subcontinent

PESHAWAR - Taleban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar has added to the mystery over Osama bin Laden, saying he had not seen his ally and fellow fugitive since U.S.-backed forces ousted the Taleban from Afghanistan in late 2001.

“No, I have neither seen him, nor have I made any effort to do so, but I pray for his health and safety,” Omar said in an e-mailed response to questions sent by Reuters.

The questions were relayed to Omar through his spokesman Mohammad Hanif, and a reply was received late on Wednesday.

A half-dozen audio tapes of bin Laden were circulated during the first half of 2006, but the Al Qaeda leader last appeared on video tape in late 2004, while tapes of his deputy, Ayman Al Zawahri, have been issued regularly.

A video tape of bin Laden was released late last year, but it was identified as old footage, and the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States passed without any word from the Al Qaeda leader.

[htuttle]

1. "Eh, he never calls, he never writes..."

:shrug:

[rpannier]

3. You beat me to it

I will add however the part of the edited transcript

Omar "I wait up night after night hoping he will show. I check my e-mail everyday for something, anything, an on-line hallmark birthday card. But, nothing. How can he be so cruel. I thought we had something special. I gave and I gave and all Osama did was take. Osama...if you're out there...listening...It's over you bastard. I hope they capture you and they send you to Gitmo where they render you like you used to do to me. But without the love."

[illinoisprogressive]

2. According to the MSM, he's in the senate

at least that is what they want you to think

[salin]

4. *snicker*... btw, isn't it interesting

that Mullah Omar is hanging around giving interviews? Wouldn't that be a destabilizing 'threat' to the Karzai govt? So much outdated republican propoganda - never called on in the mainstream press.

[papau]

5. He is on the CIA retirement payroll - with extra money from the 911 New Yorker who

said "take down building 7". ?????????

[Zensea]

6. This is completely worthless news - like he's going to admit it?

He could have seen him last night but there's no way he's going to say so.

This news item proves absolutely nothing.
It's propaganda pure and simple.
From both sides.

[malaise]

7. How can you see the dead? n/t