[iwar] Mullah Omar - in his own words

From: Mohammad Ozair Rasheed (ozair_rasheed@geocities.com)
Date: 2001-10-26 02:59:46
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This is from one of the many news groups I subscribe to and am sending unedited. I chose not to disclose the source.


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Ozair

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Mullah Omar - in his own words 

Wednesday September 26, 2001
The Guardian 

This12-minute interview with Mullah Omar Mohammad, the Taliban 
leader, was conducted in Pashtu for the publicly-funded radio channel 
Voice of America. The broadcast was pulled last Friday, following 
objections from the US deputy secretary of state and senior officials 
of the National Security Council. 
Voice of America interviewer: Why don't you expel Osama bin Laden? 

Omar: This is not an issue of Osama bin Laden. It is an issue of 
Islam. Islam's prestige is at stake. So is Afghanistan's tradition. 

VOA: Do you know that the US has announced a war on terrorism? 

Omar: I am considering two promises. One is the promise of God, the 
other is that of Bush. The promise of God is that my land is vast. If 
you start a journey on God's path, you can reside anywhere on this 
earth and will be protected... The promise of Bush is that there is 
no place on earth where you can hide that I cannot find you. We will 
see which one of these two promises is fulfilled. 

VOA: But aren't you afraid for the people, yourself, the Taliban, 
your country? 

Omar: Almighty God... is helping the believers and the Muslims. God 
says he will never be satisfied with the infidels. In terms of 
worldly affairs, America is very strong. Even if it were twice as 
strong or twice that, it could not be strong enough to defeat us. We 
are confident that no one can harm us if God is with us. 

VOA: You are telling me you are not concerned, but Afghans all over 
the world are concerned. 

Omar: We are also concerned. Great issues lie ahead. But we depend on 
God's mercy. Consider our point of view: if we give Osama away today, 
Muslims who are now pleading to give him up would then be reviling us 
for giving him up... Everyone is afraid of America and wants to 
please it. But Americans will not be able to prevent such acts like 
the one that has just occurred because America has taken Islam 
hostage. If you look at Islamic countries, the people are in despair. 
They are complaining that Islam is gone. But people remain firm in 
their Islamic beliefs. In their pain and frustration, some of them 
commit suicide acts. They feel they have nothing to lose. 

VOA: What do you mean by saying America has taken the Islamic world 
hostage? 

Omar: America controls the governments of the Islamic countries. The 
people ask to follow Islam, but the governments do not listen because 
they are in the grip of the United States. If someone follows the 
path of Islam, the government arrests him, tortures him or kills him. 
This is the doing of America. If it stops supporting those 
governments and lets the people deal with them, then such things 
won't happen. America has created the evil that is attacking it. The 
evil will not disappear even if I die and Osama dies and others die. 
The US should step back and review its policy. It should stop trying 
to impose its empire on the rest of the world, especially on Islamic 
countries. 

VOA: So you won't give Osama bin Laden up? 

Omar: No. We cannot do that. If we did, it means we are not 
Muslims... that Islam is finished. If we were afraid of attack, we 
could have surrendered him the last time we were threatened and 
attacked. So America can hit us again, and this time we don't even 
have a friend. 

VOA: If you fight America with all your might - can the Taliban do 
that? Won't America beat you and won't your people suffer even more? 

Omar: I'm very confident that it won't turn out this way. Please note 
this: there is nothing more we can do except depend on almighty God. 
If a person does, then he is assured that the Almighty will help him, 
have mercy on him and he will succeed. 


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