I doubt it. The Taliban just got what was it something like
over a $100 million for crop substitution to help get rid of
all the opium poppies from Uncle Sam. Not that I think they love
Uncle Sam...On the below inquiry, try the great webpgs. of Mario
Profaca. He has a great list too, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reads
all the wires and dozens of newspapers. Has alot of stuff on
his websites too about ECHELON, Carnivore, Intelligence agency
skullduggery, terrorism state sponsored and freelance...Michael
Pugliese
>From: Ken Hanly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: pen-l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: 9/14/01 2:08:21 PM
>
>This appointment is denied by the Taliban. The original report
came from
>Pakistan.
>Anyone know anything more about this?
>
>Cheers, Ken Hanly
>
>Thursday, 30 August 2001 9:58 (ET)
>
>
>Taliban slammed over bin Laden appointment
>
>
> MOSCOW, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Russia's Foreign Ministry on Thursday
condemned
>the appointment of Saudi terrorism suspect Osama bin Laden as
the
>commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Afghanistan's ruling
Taliban
>regime, the official RIA Novosti news agency reported.
>
> Bin Laden's appointment confirmed that a center of international
terrorism
>is being set up in Taliban-controlled territory, the ministry
said in a
>statement.
>
> "Pseudo-religious values are being used as a cover to prepare
a bridgehead
>for expansion of militant extremism and separatism far beyond
the region's
>borders," added the statement.
>
> This month, Russian media quoted Pakistan's Nation daily as
saying that
>the Taliban had named bin Laden commander of their troops. Afghanistan's
>civil war concerns the Kremlin as hundreds of Russian border
guards monitor
>the Afghan-Tajik border and a potential spill of violence could
plunge the
>whole region into chaos.
>
> Moreover, the Taliban's aim to build an orthodox Islamic state
has given
>rise to many Islamic extremist movements in the former Soviet
republics in
>Central Asia. In recent years, Islamic insurgents from Afghanistan
launched
>raids on Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
>
> The Taliban's ongoing clashes with the Northern Alliance movement
backing
>ousted President Burhanuddin Rabbani -- the leader of the government
general
>recognized by international organizations -- have alerted Russia
and its
>partners as arms smuggling, drug trafficking, kidnapping and
other crimes
>have flourished along the Afghan-Tajik border.
>
> On Thursday, Moscow also condemned the appointment of Juma
Namangani as
>bin Laden's deputy. Namangani, an ethnic Uzbek, was liked to
a number of
>raids on Kyrgyzstan's Batken district over the last three years.
Namangani
>advocates creation of an Islamic state run by a regime similar
to the
>Taliban's and spreading over Central Asia.
>
> "Incorporation of the international terrorists' leaders into
the ruling
>structures of the Taliban shows the need to take decisive measures
to
>collectively counter global challenges that are put forward
from the
>Taliban-controlled territory," said the statement.
>--
>Copyright 2001 by United Press International.
>All rights reserved.
>--
>
>
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