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Japanese Report: Taliban Organization Implodes; Defections; Elements Revolt Against Omar & OBL
Yomiuri Shimbun (Tokyo) In Japanese ^
| 14 November 2001
| Asanobu Sato,Yomiuri Shimbun
Posted on 11/16/2001 1:07:16 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo
Reporter Asanobu Sato (in Japanese) reports from Islamabad that Taliban source has indicated that things are rapidly deteriorating; that certain elements within Taliban (specifically in and around Kandahar) now have risen up in revolt against mullah Omar, Taliban leader. Others have strongly demanded that Taliban reject and remove binLaden and AlQaeda from Taliban decision-making process.
Others, low level infantry, are said to be deserting throughout the country and going over to local tribal leadership to now fight Taleban. The Japanese reporter used the word that Taleban is now splitting up and is imploding due to the loss of nearly 80% to 90% of the country to the NA combined with merciless USA bombing, and the mass panic and confusion in their wholesale retreat.
The blame game is starting, just as Bush and Rumsfeld predicted. The wedges have been driven deep it appears and the cracks are happening with rapid speed.
Goodbye Taleban. Can't say its been nice knowing you....
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Hopefully we will at least get the cadavers of Omar and Bin Laden.
To: AmericanInTokyo
Tali bin leavin
To: AmericanInTokyo
Time to remind the fleeing Taliban that Mullah Omar and bin Laden's heads are worth tens of millions of dollars.
Why we're not dropping leaflets saying just that all over creation just bewilders me.
To: AmericanInTokyo
We must get their heads on sticks, or this whole campain will come short.
To: AmericanInTokyo
To quote N'Sync:
"Bye, bye, bye
Bye, bye, bye"
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:07:18 PM PST
by
TomGuy
To: AmericanInTokyo
Hopefully we will at least get the cadavers of Omar and Bin Laden.
I'll say it again...Don't forget the cadaver for Al Zhawari either. He's the nastiest of them all.
To: AmericanInTokyo
"Asanobu Sato,Yomiuri Shimbun"Didn't these two report Bin Laden's death?
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:07:18 PM PST
by
kahoutek
To: AmericanInTokyo
OK Talibeaners, if you wish to remain alive you will direct our special forces to Omar and Osamma. If not, you and everyone in your family will die in a fashion not in accordance with the teachings of Allah.
To: kahoutek
We absolutely must have the bodies (dead or alive) of these evil ones.
martyrdom............shmartyrdom.
God bless the true patriot.
rushtafarian
To: AmericanInTokyo
Wonderful post! FR beats the English media due to an expat freeper with language skills. Thanks!
To: TomGuy
"To quote N'Sync"
Are you SERIOUS? You actually quote N-synch?
Do you really listen to that? Are you even old enough to vote?
Quick, someone give him a Pat Boone record to listen to.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:07:23 PM PST
by
Psalm 73
To: AmericanInTokyo
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The hardline Islamic rule of Afghanistan's Taliban unraveled on November 14, 2001, as diplomats scrambled to establish a new government and restore stability to a weary nation wounded by two decades of civil war. This Reuters graphic updates territorial gains made by Northern Alliance and U.S. led forces in their war against the Taliban, amid added reports that Kandahar had also been taken by the U.S.-Northern Alliance coalition. (Reuters Graphic)
- Nov 14 11:40 AM ET |
To: AmericanInTokyo
"merciless USA bombing"Love the smell of burning Taliban turbans in the morning...pour it on boys, pour it on...pursue 'em like the hounds of hell.
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To: kahoutek
"Asanobu Sato,Yomiuri Shimbun"
Didn't these two report Bin Laden's death?
Asanobu Sato is the name of the reporter, the name of the news service is the Yomiuri Shimbun. (actually a persistent mis-transliteration of japanese into roma-ji, should be Shi'nbun, since there is no freestanding "m" in japanese).
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:07:25 PM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: kahoutek
Yes, they were apparently just a little quick on reporting it.
To: philosofy123
To: The KG9 Kid
I mentioned it yesterday, but it bears repeating - Osama has a price on his head. On his head - the rest of his body is optional, and in Afghanistan that makes a difference.
To: SpaceBar
Actually, 'shimbun' is an accepted romanization of the Japanese original by some standards. The problem is there is no ONE accepted standard for romanization. Some japanese syllables change pronounciation (n to m) depending on the surrounding letters and the word in question. But, back to the subject, I wish I had a GPS location on Osama right now... I could use a few million dollars!
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11/16/2001 1:07:28 PM PST
by
WileyC
To: AmericanInTokyo
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11/16/2001 1:07:28 PM PST
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B-Chan
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