Omar wants "extinction of America" ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nov. 15, 2001 |

LONDON (AP) -- Defiant in the face of stunning setbacks, Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar said in a radio interview Thursday that he'd rather die than join "an evil government" with Afghanistan's former leaders.

"We will not accept a government of wrong-doers. We prefer death than to be a part of an evil government," Mullah Omar told the British Broadcasting Corp., dismissing a U.N. proposal for a multiethnic Afghan government.

Mullah Omar also warned of a larger strategy -- the "destruction of America" -- without specifying what actions may be taken.

The BBC asked the Pashto-language questions by satellite phone through an intermediary who passed them onto the Taliban leader through a hand-held radio. His exact location was unclear, but the private Afghan Islamic Press agency reported earlier Thursday that Omar was in a safe place and in charge of his troops.

Northern alliance advances, backed by U.S.-led bombing, have cost the Taliban their grip on the Afghan capital, Kabul, and deprived them of huge swaths of territory.

Mullah Omar acknowledged that his forces "may have made some mistakes," and was in control of only four or five Afghan provinces.

"But it is not important how many provinces we have under our control," he said. "Once we did not have a single province, and then the time came when we had all the provinces, which we have lost in a week.'"

He called the Taliban pullback from urban centers part of a larger strategy.

"The current situation in Afghanistan is related to a bigger cause -- that is the destruction of America.''

"If God's help is with us, this will happen within a short period of time -- keep in mind this prediction," he said. "The real matter is the extinction of America, and God willing, it will fall to the ground."

"I tell you, keep this in mind. This is my prediction," he warned. "You believe it or not -- it's up to you. But we will have to wait and see."

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2001

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It is good to see your handle once more mistress Git. It has been quite a while since I last saw you (cyber-wise). I do so hope that you have been well...And as to regards to your posting theme...I believe that I'll pay attention to the nut ball's threats..

"As for the Game...It is Done"!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Shakey~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2001

"We will not accept a government of wrong-doers. We prefer death than to be a part of an evil government," Mullah Omar told the British Broadcasting Corp., dismissing a U.N. proposal for a multiethnic Afghan government.

Hell, let's grant him his wish.

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2001

Good heavens! Now there's a blast from the past! Shakey, you old Bunker Bear, good to see you. Kip showed up today and now you. Well, it's riches beyond the dreams of avarice!

Before I forget, both of you (and anyone else who's interested) should drop a line to jas_donald@yahoo.com to get yourselves on the mailing list for this forum. The list is used if Greenspun goes down and we have to relocate to ezboard temporarily--or if we get invaded by trolls and have to resort to passwording.

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2001

My Dear Mistress Git;

I have complied with your suggestion (to place my name on the mailing lists). And yes, it has been awhile since I last saw you on the net. Some time, if everything doesn't come unwound on us all first. I'll relate to you my particularly 'interesting' last eight months...

I had lost your web site addy, for one thing (I am using a top of the line wizz bang computer - of which is deffinately smarter than I am). And the web tv which had your addy(s) was 'retired' while I was in the hospital. (I had a particularily severe circulation problem pop up on me last spring)...

Since that time (after I got out of the hospital). I have been so very engrossed in pursuing the news across the world. That I have had little time to just browse the net.

"As for the Game...It is Done"!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Shakey~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2001

Well, I'm VERY glad you found us over here. I sent password changes to your web-TV e-mail address but none ever came back.

Hope you can find some useful news and info on our forum. And I know you've noticed that as we get older, we have less and less time for things we want to do. Funny how that is, isn't it?

-- Anonymous, November 15, 2001