A crowd of 600 Afghan clerics gathered in front of an historic mosque yesterday to strip the fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar of his claim to religious authority, in a ceremony that provided a significant boost to the presidency of Hamid Karzai.
The declaration, signed by 1,000 clerics from across the country, is an endorsement of the US- backed programme of reconciliation with more moderate elements of the Taliban movement that Karzai has been pursuing ahead of the country’s first parliamentary elections, due in September.

Good news from Afghanistan – impossible! We all know those “Bastard” Americans are working their eeeeeeevil in that country and Iraq. How dare you print such blasphemy!!!
How do the Americans NOT have mullah right now. The man’ got one eye for christs sake. And he lives in dunghole Afghanastan. Would somebody find this guy, so we can all bear witness to the last public stoning at the Kabul Olympic Stadium.
A pols for readers…
Do you think omar should be
A.Saddamed…(humilitaion, pen light down throat)
B.Usayed…(bullet to the face)
C.Yassined…(American Stinger missile to the face)
D.Stoned
Probably a Hellfre vice a Stinger. The former is designed to make a bigger impression.
Cheers
JMH
Has anyone seen ‘Jihad- the Musical’, yet?