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Taliban to Attack Civilians, Afghan Women

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07.29.2010 at 12:48am

Mullah Omar Orders Taliban to Attack Civilians, Afghan Women – Thomas Joscelyn and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal.

The battle for hearts and minds in Afghanistan has taken a new turn in the past two months. The Taliban’s supreme leader, Mullah Omar, has ordered his forces to kill or capture any civilians, including Afghan women, who cooperate with Coalition forces. Omar’s latest directive contradicts his marching orders from just one year ago, when he told his Taliban commanders to refrain from harming civilians working with the Coalition.

Omar reportedly issued his latest order in June. NATO announced that it had recovered a copy of the directive in July. Since then, Afghan press outlets have published a translation of Omar’s five-point order.

The Long War Journal has received a translation of Omar’s order, as it appeared in the Afghan press, from US intelligence sources. Senior US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal say the order is most likely genuine…

Much more at Long War Journal.

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Schmedlap

I place 50/50 odds on this being genuine and 50/50 odds on this being an unsophisticated info op. But you got to love the Long War Journal.