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Taliban arrest foreigner posing as dumb
Afghan Islamic Press | Wednesday 17 October 2001

Posted on 10/17/2001 7:08:55 PM PDT by Int

Taliban arrest foreigner posing as dumb

Wednesday 17 October 2001

PESHAWAR: The Taliban authorities have arrested a foreigner in Kunduz who was posing as unable to speak, reported the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP).

Taliban Intelligence Chief Qari Ahmedullah confirmed to AIP the arrest of the foreigner in Kunduz. The foreigner was arrested on Oct 13, 2001. He was posing as unable to speak. He was not answering any questions when he was arrested, he said.

Ahmedullah said that he looks either American or British by his appearance. We will not release him. He is scribbling his name, but we can't make out anything from his writing. We are trying to get some information from him, he said.


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1 posted on 10/17/2001 7:08:55 PM PDT by Int
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To: Int
"posing as dumb" = journalist, no doubt
2 posted on 10/17/2001 7:13:41 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Int
Are they really sure he's just posing?

}:-)4

3 posted on 10/17/2001 7:15:03 PM PDT by Moose4
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To: Int
I have long wished we could arrest people for being dumb as well.
4 posted on 10/17/2001 7:15:48 PM PDT by okie_tech
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To: Int
"Ahmedullah said that he looks either American or British by his appearance."

Sounds like racial profiling to me...maybe this will raise the liberal dander...oops, forgot, Caucasian isn't a race.

How dumb of me...

5 posted on 10/17/2001 7:20:07 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: TomGuy
"posing as dumb"=any liberal
6 posted on 10/17/2001 7:20:47 PM PDT by The Real Deal
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To: Int
If he was dumb, how could he be differentiated from the Taliban? I don't understand...
7 posted on 10/17/2001 7:23:24 PM PDT by browardchad
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To: Int
I'll bet it's Neil Sedaka. He hasn't been heard from lately.

But where is the Captain from The Captain and Tenille?

I'll betcha it's one of those two guys, for sure.

8 posted on 10/17/2001 7:24:42 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Int
Now which of the two will the US media concentrate upon:

1) The Taliban abuse of children, women, handicapped people, ...

or 2) a single bomb (<0.0001%) that hit a building where anthrax was made
and where troops were hiding with military equipment
which was slickly capped with a red cross above it (rather than a red crescent).

"We pick number two, and assure you that Peter Jennings agrees, too."

9 posted on 10/17/2001 7:29:46 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Int
"My name is william j.clinton and ill only talk if you give me 72 virgins"
10 posted on 10/17/2001 7:32:52 PM PDT by fearNlothin
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To: Diogenesis
where troops were hiding with military equipment

Any proof of that?

11 posted on 10/17/2001 7:33:40 PM PDT by Int
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To: freegonzo
""My name is william j.clinton and ill only talk if you give me 72 virgins"

"I'm sorry Sir, you do not measure up to the task at hand."

12 posted on 10/17/2001 7:37:14 PM PDT by APBaer
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To: Dog Gone
I'll bet it's Neil Sedaka

Dude, you're onto something again! Listen to the intro to "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do":

"Dumb, doobie doo dumb dumb
Come-a, come-a
Dumb, doobie doo dumb dumb
Come-a, come-a
Dumb, doobie doo dumb dumb
Come-a, come-a
Dumb, doobie doo dumb"

But then on second thought, what do you think of Nervous Norvus?

13 posted on 10/17/2001 7:37:23 PM PDT by Revolting cat!
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To: Int
We are trying to get some information from him, he said.

Poor, dumb guy. There may not be enough left of him to fill a dustpan by the time they get through "asking" questions.

14 posted on 10/17/2001 7:40:49 PM PDT by Kevin Curry
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To: Int
He's been watching too many movies.
15 posted on 10/17/2001 7:41:24 PM PDT by casings
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To: Revolting cat!
My foot's on the throttle and it's made of lead
But I'm a fast riding daddy with a real cool head
I am a gonna pass a truck on the hill ahead
( crash sound effects )
Transfusion transfusion
My red corpsuckles are in mass confusion
I'm never never never gonna speed again
Pour the crimson in me jimson

Hmmmmmm, could be.

16 posted on 10/17/2001 7:44:04 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Int
" . . . a foreigner in Kunduz who was posing as unable to speak . . .looks either British or American . . ."

Harry Faversham, by any chance?

17 posted on 10/17/2001 7:45:13 PM PDT by Goetz_von_Berlichingen
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To: Dog Gone; Revolting cat!
OH MY GOD, you are onto something. That very same Neil Sedaka song just popped into my head last week. Do you suppose it's some new terrorist weapon?? Perhaps we'll all start wandering aimlessly in the streets singing Barry Manilow songs......I'm scared!
At the Copa....
Copa-Cabana....
The hottest spot north of Havana...

19 posted on 10/17/2001 7:46:39 PM PDT by mommybain
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