Taliban Deny Reports That Mullah Omar Is Dead

The Taliban today dismissed reports that Mullah Omar had been killed. They say he is currently in a secure place… Like maybe Abbottabad?
The AFP reported:

Afghanistan’s Taliban dismissed as “pure propaganda” claims Monday that their leader Mullah Omar was dead, after an Afghan intelligence source said he had been killed in Pakistan.

“This is pure propaganda. This is not possible at all,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location. He added that Omar was currently in Afghanistan “leading the mujahideen”.

The claims were also denied by Pakistani Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan, who told AFP that Omar was “safe and sound in a safe place”.

Ehsan added: “There is no truth in the news about his killing. This information has been spread to weaken the Taliban.”

Their denials came after one Afghan intelligence source said Omar had been killed by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, while another claimed he had been missing for 11 days.

The first source, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said that Omar had been killed on Friday, citing information received from sources within the Haqqani insurgent group, whose leaders are based in Pakistan.

#1 May 23, 2011 at 6:00 am
Militant Conservative commented:

Prove it.
#2 May 23, 2011 at 6:25 am
FU#K OBAMA commented:

He is probably safely staying in the guest house of the president of Pakistan, living large and laughing loudly. Just like Obama…. er… Osama (one in the same) hiding in the open, right in our sight.
#3 May 23, 2011 at 6:34 am
Andreas K. commented:

FU#K OBAMA, I was thinking the same.

Secure place? Means he’s somewhere in Pakistan and the Pakis are turning a few blind eyes.
#4 May 23, 2011 at 6:36 am
BaconBits commented:

The issue isn’t if he’s in a ‘secure’ place, the issue is “What is his body temperature?” America also wants their good friend Mullah Omar to be in a very secure place.
#5 May 23, 2011 at 6:53 am
DW Pepper commented:

He is dead… It’s just a matter of time…
#6 May 23, 2011 at 7:23 am
RedBeard commented:

All this “he’s dead” and “no, he’s not” nonsense, seemingly about every stinking Muslim terrorist, reminds me of a scene from “Dead and Loving It.”

http://youtu.be/JWzzX4lLPnU
#7 May 23, 2011 at 9:09 am
Adirondack Patriot commented:

Blinky will soon be cured of his nagging addiction to oxygen.
#8 May 23, 2011 at 10:10 am
Dick Turpin commented:

Maybe he’s in Germany to negotiate with Il Douche regime about “peace in our time” in Afghanistan….