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Mollah Omar orders the withdrawal of the province of Ghazni
AFP via Babelfish ^
| Thursday November 15, 2001 - 8h08 GMT
Posted on 11/16/2001 1:14:54 PM PST by HAL9000
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 15 (AFP) - the supreme head of the talibans, mollah Mohammad Omar, asked for Thursday his troops to withdraw province of Ghazni (is), located between Kabul and Kandahar, according to a spokesman taliban quoted by Afghan Islamic Press (AIP). This spokesman, mollah Abdullah, declared at the agency based in Pakistan that "the leader of the talibans ordered with his troops to withdraw himself from Ghazni".
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:14:54 PM PST
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
Which came first - the order for withdrawal?
Or the "tactical retreat?" Is this an ex eventu order?
To: HAL9000
These machine translations are starting to make me feel dizzy.
To: HAL9000
He did this by carrier pigeon, I assume, since his command and control is destroyed. (Wonder how they make those tiny little turbans?)
Of course, when the withdraw gets far enough south, I guess he'll have to use carrier camels :)
To: HAL9000
In a related move, as U.S. planes roared above him, Mollah Omar evacuated his bowels, requiring him to withdraw his britches.
To: HAL9000
Yesterday he ordered his troops to quit running around like chickens. With a commander like this, no wonder his troops are not doing well in the battle, which they invited and brought (so needlessly) upon themselves. Justice will be served if Allah has special plans, for this demon.
To: HAL9000
In a related story, the Taleban were driven out of ghazni yesterday.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:02 PM PST
by
atafak
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
A provincial map to assist with the geography.
To: Lion's Cub
"Wonder how they make those tiny little turbans? "
With your sense of humor, you make a fine Freeper. But you didn't answer your own question. How DO they make those tiny little turbans?. And while you're at it, What small percentage have beards long enough to be acceptable for the assignment????
Nam Vet
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:04 PM PST
by
Nam Vet
To: HAL9000
bttt
To: Rubber Duckie
Very helpful, and bookmarked so I can tell what the hell the guys on the TV are talking about, since they seem to have no abilility to generate war situation maps.
To: Rubber Duckie; Askel5; Jackie222
Beautiful map!
But where, pray tell, is Kara-kum?
To: struwwelpeter
In the waning days of the Reich, wasn't Hitler giving orders to non-existent units in areas already occupied by the Allies?
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:08 PM PST
by
Credo
To: Nam Vet
How DO they make those tiny little turbans?.I tried to find out, but the FBI has it under seal.
And while you're at it, What small percentage have beards long enough to be acceptable for the assignment????
All of them who have been conscripted by the Taliban...They are forbidden to trim the feathers around their beaks :)
To: struwwelpeter
Kara-kum? Lessee . . . kara means empty as in kara-te (empty hand). Kum is slang for semen. So it must refer to those Talibaners after a session of goat humping? Right?
To: Rubber Duckie
Wow... good translation. I think I found it on this old map Ivan left laying around.
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