Mullah Omar- American's Most Wanted Terrorist

Mullah Mohammed Omar who has been the secretive head of the Afghanistan’s Taliban movement and on the most wanted list for months is being held secretly under house arrest by the Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) since March 27^th. He is being held in “Community Care” which is a type of institution, not a jail. Why would the ISI take down one of their own? Rumors have been floating around for weeks now. Finally, this information was quietly confirmed just ten days ago and took the Defense Department by surprise and neither the State Department nor the CIA knew..

This man’s sanctuary regime sheltered Osama bin-Laden as it prepared for the 9/11/01 attack on the U.S. The Rewards for Justice Program has had a standing offer of “up to 10 million dollars” for information resulting in his capture or confirmed death because he is a continued threat to the United States and its allies. Now, thanks to the ISI, Mullah Omar may be a key factor in Peace Talks trumpeted by Obama and Karzai, leader of the Afghanistan government, at their joint White House press conference. Neither side is speaking about Mullah Omar, but only talking about the “Consultative Peace Jirga” that begins in Kabul on May 29^th. They want an Afghanistan led peace process that will negotiate peace among warring parties and the country’s neighbors. The neighbors are Pakistan and Iran. Karzai announced he wants to negotiate with thousands of Taliban that are not ideologically oriented or in other words not part of Al Qaeda or some other terrorist network. It is believed by some that ISI wants to be running the show and that is why they are holding Mullah Omar as a pawn.

How could you possibly tell warring factions from non-warring Taliban people and in addition, are there really peaceful Taliban people that aren’t spies? I remember reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, an excellent book, which clearly explained the turmoil of Afghanistan when the Taliban took over. Maybe some of that book was fiction but it was certainly an outstanding book and made you see how a country could be changed by evil against the will of the people.

Obama states that the peace talks will include those who have a “respect for the Afghan constitution, rule of law, human rights, so long as they are willing to renounce violence and ties to Al Qaeda and other extremist networks.” So, the U.S. will support this process of broad representation apparently on face value from across all of Afghan society, taking into account their concerns.

These talks do not take into account the role the ISI intends to play to Afghanistan’s future, which is the part being played by the long time ally, Mullah Omar, or the fact that there is almost a total lack of intelligence of what is really happening on the ground at the Afghan-Pak border. No one was warned about the NYC Times Square bomber! Secretary Clinton made an indictment of Pakistan’s lack of cooperation with the U.S. and stated she believed that Pakistan knows where Osama bin-Laden and Mullah Omar are. So does Clinton not know about Mullah's location? Many people seem to know exactly where he is being held, so it shouldn’t be news to Clinton. Maybe she is not in the Obama loop,

Gee, doesn’t this peace talk just sound perfect, but wait a minute don’t we have thousands of soldiers on the ground trying to protect these people? This is happening at the same time that Iran and Pakistan are considered neighbors and therefore, part of the process. The ISI has their own agenda. It is expected by some that before the Peace Talks that they will call for an immediate “Vietnam style” cease fire and demand to grant Mullah Omar (Osama’s closest ally) have a safe haven in Saudi Arabia. I can’t even print what I would like to say about that plan or I would be thrown off of Hubpages. Our mens lives are at stake here.

The frustrating part of this is the outcome should be simple and immediate with regard to Mullah Omar. There should be no doubt about what happens next. There is nothing to discuss, no deals to be made, no spin or negotiations; but this scumbag should be turned over to us immediately. This man is an unlawful enemy combatant and needs to be held by the U.S. for trial by a military tribunal. We are at WAR! Why haven’t we heard about this through our news media; or why hasn’t a statement been made by the White House? Is it the same old story? Let’s not say the word terrorist. Let’s not even attempt to get this man that has been hunted for such a long period of time. Are we just going to ignore the fact that Pakistan is holding this high ranking terrorist, second only to bin-Laden? Is Obama totally inept? Well, I guess we know the answer to that question.