One of the world's most wanted jihadists. From Reuters, with thanks to Ali Dashti:
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan security forces have captured Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar's personal security chief as he travelled in a van to the southern city of Kandahar, provincial officials have told Reuters.The capture of Toor Mullah Naqibullah Khan, who headed Mullah Omar's household security during his time in power, could help U.S. and Afghan forces track down his boss, one of the most wanted fugitives in the U.S.-led war on terror.
Osama bin Laden, who ran his al Qaeda network in Afghanistan under the protection of the Taliban, is also believed to be at large in the area.
"We have arrested top Taliban figures Toor Mullah Naqibullah Khan and Mullah Qayoom Angar on the way between Arghandab and Kandahar. They were carrying a satellite telephone and some important documents," said a senior Kandahar security official, who requested anonymity.
"We are hopeful we will arrest more Taliban figures and we hope that we can arrest their leader Mullah Omar," he said on Tuesday.
Khalid Pashtun, spokesman for the provincial government, confirmed the arrests.
There you go: One by one. Bravo!
Stay put and pick them as they come along. But of course OBL is with the mullahs in Iran, not in Pakistan or waziristan.
So are we takin' on the mullah's or what?
Encouraging, unless you think of the other tiny, microscopic minority of misunderstood extremists Muslims already lining up to take his place.
Yup.
Too bad our excessive humanism considers even sleep-deprivatiion of such vermin 'tantamount to torture'.
I say its time we arm-twist some of our 'frontline allies in the war on terror' like pakistan and egypt to 'gently' interrogate such scumbags....
God bless the free world.
Terminator, you would be surprised of how right you are. Afghan rt. 1 ran right outside the gates of one of our bases and I often wondered who was driving by.
When they arrested him and patted him down, did they happen to find Mullah Omar's other eyes in his pocket?
This is awesome and we can be SURE of many more to come.
In another thread we see where Afghani's are coming in out of the cold and that President Karzai is offering amnesty.
Iraq will succumb as did Aghanistan.
VERITAS VOSLIBERABIT
A little Christmas present,eh! Maybe with some unwrapping, we'll get a bigger one - even the Bin Laden Fairy at the top of the tree...