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Taliban leader Mullah Omar, partner of Osama bin Laden, has released a new tape in Helmand, Afghanistan.
"Mullah Omar has recorded a new message," celebrated Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir wrote Polish-based journalist and friend David Dastych yesterday. "My sources in Helmand have got the copy of the tape, but they will take some time to send it to me in Peshawar."
Mir told Dastych the tape was approximately two minutes long and that "something important will be announced".
"My sources are saying that this is the first time that Mullah Omar is establishing his contacts with pro-Iran militia groups in the north, who had resisted against the Taliban in the past," Mir wrote Dastych.
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So it looks like the Iranian jihadists are joining forces with the Taliban, whom they had previously "had resisted". This, in my view, presents a significant development. Small for now, but potentially a warning of more to come.
Perhaps the Islamic jihadists realize that they're losing the war between the Free World and jihad. Perhaps they now figure they might as well proceed to form alliances with former rivals in the Islamic jihad world in an attempt to "stand united" as opposed to "falling divided". Nevertheless, I doubt that this new strategy, if it's indeed the case, will make any difference ultimately.
Jihadists and jihad groups are evidently crumbling. They're looking increasingly inept and pathetic, although remaining extremely deadly, getting themselves killed, like Zarqawi and his replacement's aide (by accident, w/his own bomb, like the American Hinrichs outside the Oklahoma U Stadium last October). Not to mention getting preemptively rounded up all over the world by excellent intelligence and security authorities like in Toronto recently and Miami just the other day.
The jihadists see the writing on the wall. They know they're losing and will displease Allah and see no virgins as a result of loss.
We, the Free World, are winning against jihad. This, therefore, is no time to "pull out", "cut and run". If we stop fighting now, then in no time at all the enemy will be back up to strength and will perhaps pull off another 9/11 or even a nuclear bombing somewhere. They're still out there, they're a grave, deadly threat and can still kill potentially millions of innocents everywhere. They have not surrendered.
The war is far, far from over, despite signs we're winning. We must, therefore, stay the course, continue adapting as the enemy adapts and continue preempitvely rounding up jihadists, fears of politically-correct consequences be damned.
Conspiracy to commit any crime is still a crime. No constitution permits anyone to do this. Therefore we're within our rights to apprehend and prosecute anyone caught conspiring to kill innocents.
Let's roll!
