Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Confirms Dadullah Dead
I saw yesterday that some internet jihadis were trying to claim Mullah Dadullah was not killed by NATO forces in Afghanistan. Apparently, they forgot to send the memo to Mullah Omar because he has given formal condolences to the family of Dadullah while issuing fresh threats of jihad.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The Taliban leader Mullah Omar vowed to carry on the fight against U.S.-led forces despite the death of the group's top field commander, a spokesman said Monday, insisting militants would press "his same type of jihad."
Qari Yousef Ahmadi, who claims to speak for the Taliban, told The Associated Press that Omar and other militant leaders passed condolences to the family of Mullah Dadullah — the first Taliban confirmation of his death.
Ahmadi read a statement attributed to Omar insisting that militants will continue their attacks against "occupying countries." He said Dadullah's death "won't create problems for the Taliban's jihad."
Dadullah, a one-legged militant who orchestrated a rash of Taliban suicide attacks and beheadings, died of gunshot wounds after a U.S.-led operation over the weekend in the southern province of Helmand.
Ahmadi said Omar and his council of top Taliban leaders decided against naming an immediate replacement for Dadullah.
"Mullah Dadullah was the commander of all the fighting groups. Now all of the mujahedeen will carry on his same type of jihad. They will carry out attacks just as Mullah Dadullah did in his life," Ahmadi quoted Omar as saying.
It is too bad that the media sees fit to print the "press releases" of a terrorist spokesman, even if it is confirming the death of one very bad guy. If the media would stop giving an outlet to these thugs, their efforts would collapse. They are manipulating the media in an information war. The article even admits that none of what this guy claims can be verified.
By old_dawg, Monday, 14 May , 2007 @ 1:38 pm
From “Omar Dadullah” to “O My, Deadullah.”
I like it.