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2007-01-18 Afghanistan

'Held Taliban spokesman says Mulla Omar in Pakistan'

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Posted by Fred 2007-01-18 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Even NPR was reporting yesterday that he's in Quetta. I was shocked.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-01-18 01:55|| 2007-01-18 01:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Yup , the oldest, worst kept 'secret' around

Quetta is truely the shittiest city in the world.

Posted by MacNails 2007-01-18 03:53|| 2007-01-18 03:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Worse than Leicester?

Posted by Howard UK 2007-01-18 04:37|| 2007-01-18 04:37|| Front Page Top

#4 well , ermm , hmm .. I'll check with intel and let you know Howard ..

Yup worse than Leicester , in every way .Unbeleivable .

Posted by MacNails 2007-01-18 05:03|| 2007-01-18 05:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Christ, it must be bad...

Posted by Howard UK 2007-01-18 05:05|| 2007-01-18 05:05|| Front Page Top

#6 He is under the protection of the ISI in Quetta, it quoted Hanif as saying.

Lies, all lies.
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a steadfast ally in the war on terror.

Official motto of the Pakistani army:
"Iman-Taqwa-Jihad fi sabilillah"
Faith, Fear of Allah, Jihad in the way of Allah

Posted by john 2007-01-18 06:44|| 2007-01-18 06:44|| Front Page Top

#7 When will US/UK special forces be allowed to investigate Quetta.

Everybody knows Perv is playing a double game and guess where Hamid Gul is getting the finance from ie Pakistan and Saudi Governments.

When Is Bush going to take on Perv or easier nuke Pakistan no one would miss it!!!!

Posted by Ebbolump Glomotle9608 2007-01-18 07:12|| 2007-01-18 07:12|| Front Page Top

#8 Sigh. All rat's trails lead to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, or Iran. Anyone for a triple-play?

Posted by Spot">Spot 2007-01-18 08:44|| 2007-01-18 08:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Everytime I hear about Bin Laden, Omar, etc this Hamid Gul guy keeps popping up, I hope somebody is tailing this guy

Posted by Dunno 2007-01-18 08:50|| 2007-01-18 08:50|| Front Page Top

#10 Information? disinformation? Who knows?

Disinformation, in the context of espionage, military intelligence, and propaganda, is the spreading of deliberately false information to mislead an enemy as to one's position or course of action. It also includes the distortion of true information in such a way as to render it useless.

Disinformation techniques may also be found in commerce and government, used by one group to try to undermine the position of a competitor.

Unlike propaganda or the Big Lie technique designed to engage emotional support, disinformation is designed to manipulate the audience at the rational level by either discrediting conflicting information or supporting false conclusions. A third technique of concealing facts, or censorship is also used if the group can affect such control. When channels of information cannot be completely closed, they can be rendered useless by filling them with disinformation, effectively lowering their signal-to-noise ratio.

The Cold War made disinformation a recognized military and political tactic, though disinformation is generally more subtle and designed to remain unnoticed by the target audience.

Disinformation should not be confused with misinformation, which is not deliberate; i.e., the person or news source forwarding the information doesn't know it's not true and/or actually believes it; thus, disinformation can be relayed as misinformation if the one relaying the message is not aware that the originator of the message deliberately manufactured false information and offered it up for distribution. Whether the target of such an attack is to mislead the end user of the information or if the disinformation is meant to destroy the credibility of those gullible enough to relay it (usually news agencies) and not really caring what damage it does to the ultimate recipient must be judged on a per case basis.

Posted by SwissTex 2007-01-18 12:00|| 2007-01-18 12:00|| Front Page Top

#11 "When Is Bush going to take on Perv..."

Probably right after he gets around to giving a pardon to the 2 jailed Border Patrol Agents.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-01-18 14:14|| 2007-01-18 14:14|| Front Page Top

#12 when I hear the words Mullah Omar, I think of how the phrase, "spanking the one eyed Mullah" should be more commonly used.

Posted by mhw 2007-01-18 14:33|| 2007-01-18 14:33|| Front Page Top

#13 Nuking Quetta has my vote, and has had since the war began. Peshawar and Rawalpindi are two other good choices. Islamabad and Karachi should be nuked as a last resort - the pakiwacki government is an asset - it keeps things so confused and stirred up nobody knows what's going on.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-01-18 20:26|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-01-18 20:26|| Front Page Top

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