[iwar] [fc:Taliban.Threaten.Jihad.in.Face.of.U.S..Attacks]

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[Maybe its time for Omar to come out of his cave and "smell the
coffee"...to threaten to attack surrounding nations or engage in Jihad
is not new...just foolhardy.  Obviously he didn't watch Desert Storm or
understand what can be arrayed against him.  This is the mark of a
megomaniac, or someone sadly misinformed about what awaits him and his
feeble forces.  Not to say that it is going to be easy to accomplish our
ultimate objectives...only that he appears to be operating from a
position of ignorance regarding U.S.  and allied capabilities.  That may
even be an advantage...  -- C.  L.  Staten, ERRI]


Saturday September 15 11:24 AM ET

Taliban Threaten Jihad in Face of U.S.  Attacks

By David Fox

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban warned its neighbors
on Saturday of ``extraordinary danger'' if they helped the United States
take revenge for the devastating terror attacks on Washington and New
York. 

Their leader called for a Jihad (Muslim holy war) against anyone
cooperating with the United States, while the foreign ministry and the
movement's ambassador to Pakistan said Afghanistan would send fighters
to extract revenge. 

``If a neighboring country or the regional countries -- particularly
Islamic countries -- gave a positive response to American demands for
military bases, it would spark off extraordinary danger,'' Ambassador
Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef told a news conference. 

``It is not impossible that we would attack such (a) country under
compulsion and the mujahideen would have to enter the territory of such
a country,'' he added. 

The Taliban also on Saturday told the few remaining foreigners in
Afghanistan to leave ``for their own security.''

Most already have, although eight foreign aid workers charged with
spreading Christianity remain in Taliban custody in Kabul. 

Earlier, the Taliban's leader Mullah Muhammad Omar threatened a jihad
against any country which attacked Afghanistan. 

``Each Muslim should be ready for a jihad against this and be ready for
his religion if there is a need for him to sacrifice himself for Islam
and his belief, and make a sacrifice for the symbol of belief in
Islam,'' he said on Voice of Shariat radio monitored by the BBC. 

The Taliban is considered a pariah movement by the United States because
it shelters Saudi-born dissident Osama bin Laden, implicated by
Washington in Tuesday's terror attacks that killed thousands. 

The United States has threatened to retaliate against those responsible
for the attacks and any country which shelters them. 

It launched cruise missile raids on bin Laden's Afghanistan bases in
1998 after he was blamed for the deadly bomb attacks on the U.S. 
embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. 

COOPERATION

Pakistan, one of only three countries to recognize the Taliban
government, has promised full cooperation to the United States in its
hunt for the perpetrators, but has not yet said what form this help
might take. 

Ambassador Zaeef said the Taliban's threat was not specific to Pakistan. 

``We do not expect Pakistan to take such action, to allow such
unjustified action against the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan,'' he
said explaining that the message was meant for ``all.''

Taliban leader Omar told Voice of Shariat Radio that Afghanistan was an
obvious target because it was a true Muslim state. 

``You should know that this is not only the issue of Osama, it is
opposition to Islam,'' he said. 

``Here (in Afghanistan) there are real Muslims and there is real Islam,
and the real voice of religion is raised.  They regard this as a danger
signal and pay attention to this danger signal,'' he added, referring to
the United States. 

Mullah Omar recalled that the British and Russian empires had failed to
impose their will on the Afghan people in the 19th and 20th centuries
and urged Afghans to stand firm against any U.S.  attack. 

He said that Muslims should not fear death and each should be ready to
die for their faith. 

``Whether America will launch cruise missiles or drop bombs or create
aggression or whatever it does is ahead of us.  We cannot save our skins
by cowardice or in any other way.''

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