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May 18, 2007

Did someone pull Dadullah's leg?

If true, it's one of the stranger twists in the "war on terrorism"...

Newspaper: US Spy hid Dadullah's artificial leg during NATO attack Islamabad, May 17 (Deutsche Presse-Agentur): The Taliban have arrested an aide to Mullah Dadullah who allegedly not only provided information to US forces that led to the militant commander's death in Afghanistan but also hid his artificial leg as troops closed in, a Pakistani newspaper said Thursday.

'We have captured Din Mohammed, an American spy who played a key role in trapping Mullah Dadullah,' an unnamed Taliban commander told Pakistan's The News in a telephone interview...'When American and Afghan army forces attacked the house, Dadullah was searching for his leg while his men started fighting,' the Taliban commander told the newspaper...

In Kandahar, the fallout from Dadullah's death came in the form of two attacks, a coordinated roadside bombing and a suicide attack on Asadullah Khalid, the governor of Kandahar province. According to one report, Khalid was probably singled out because he  was seen as "gloating" over Dadullah's corpse (which had been exhibited to the media and buried without ceremony rather than being returned to his family.)

Khalid was not hurt, but three men were killed and seven injured; his response: "After Dadullah's death, the Taliban have become quite reactionary and desperately emotional."

 

Posted by Carl Robichaud on May 18, 2007 at 04:21 PM in Afghan National Army, Security, Taliban, U.S. Policy |

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Afghanistanica

It is indeed strange. But I do wonder about the abnormally high number of people killed for being "American spies." It would be nice to believe that US forces and the Afghan government have a large number of spies within the Taliban ranks and in the areas the Taliban is strong.

My guess is that most of these "spies" are victims of rumors, resentment or paranoia.

Posted by: Afghanistanica | May 19, 2007 at 08:33 PM

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A healthy of dose of skepticism is probably needed with this story. Looking for his leg? I don't buy it. It seems odd that he would be far from it at any time. If he takes it off, why -and more importantly how- would he go far from it or not notice when someone moves it?

Posted by: timoteowork | May 20, 2007 at 08:20 PM

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I agree, and am also highly skeptical. But the past is littered with some pretty improbable turns. (And not only in history: I think it was George Wald who said scientists are the least skeptical of all judicious persons because they are familiar with what strange things are possible...)

Posted by: Carl Robichaud | May 21, 2007 at 10:23 AM

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