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For Official Use Only 304th MI Bn OSINT Team U.S. Army Intelligence Center 304th Military Intelligence Roundup-Compilation of Posted Taliban Statements & Publications from Battalion Extremist Blog & Web Postings Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613 12/23/08-04/23/09 LTC Monnard, Commanding This 304th MI Bn open source compilation is derived from news media, extremist OPEDS, Blogs, and websites. The compilation is a sample of recent claimed Taliban and affiliate statements and WWW postings. The compilation is based on open source information and is not processed Open Source Intelligence. Comment: The items within the document are broken down by date from 04/23/09-12/23/08. A consistent trend throughout the compilation is that multiple documents show that the Taliban is trying to coerce its culture, rules, and law on Pakistan, in addition to an attempted re-establishment of power in Afghanistan. The compilation also shows that the Taliban power base in Pakistan (in addition to Taliban elements in Afghanistan) pose a clear security threat to U.S. military operating in the region and beyond. The following Taliban and affiliate names are mentioned, interviewed, and/or quoted in this document (some names have been highlighted throughout the document and some of the names may represent Kunyas and/or multiple variations of a name.) • Taliban and Possible Affiliated Names o Abu Abad commander o Allama Iqbal o Al-Mulawi Dastakir o Baitullah Mehsud o Dr. Israr Ahmed o Gul Bahadur o Hakimullah Mehsud o Inamur Rahman o Izzat Khan o Malik Mahmood o Maulana Faqir Mohammad o Maulana Khalil o Maulana Sufi Mohammad o Mohamad Rasul o Mulla Mohammad Omar o Molvi Iqbal o Mulla Nazeer Ahmad o Mullah Nazeer Ahmed o Muslim Khan o Omar Farooq o Qari Mohammad Yousuf o Sayd Mohammad o Shafirullah Khan o Shah Dauran o Sirajuddin Haqqani o Umer Khalid o Zabihullah Mujahid 1 For Official Use Only 304th MI Bn OSINT Team Table of Contents SAMPLE OF AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN TALIBAN QUOTES IN THE MEDIA ................................................ 3 SYED SALEEM SHAHZAD SPEAKS TO HAJI MUSLIM KHAN, ONE OF THE TALIBAN'S TOP LEADERS IN THE VALLEY AND ALSO THEIR SPOKESMAN ...................................................................................................... 7 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- WHY ARE THE AMERICANS CLOSING DOWN JIHADI MEDIA?...... 12 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- AL SOMOOD MONTHLY MAGAZINE PUBLISHES EULOGY FOR TALIBAN COMMANDER ............................................................................................................................ 13 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- KARZAI AND DAVID MCKIERNAN CAN NO LONGER FOOL OUR VIGILANT NATION.................................................................................................................................... 16 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- THE OBAMA STRATEGY ALSO KILLS A FOUR-DAY-OLD BABY.... 16 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- OBAMA'S NEW STRATEGY AND THE DEFEATED AMERICA............ 17 AS-SAHAB’S MEETING WITH MULLA NAZEER AHMAD ........................................................................... 17 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- ZABIHULLAH MUJAHID : INTELLIGENCE SPOKESMAN CLAIMS AS BASELESS ......................................... 28 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- AFGHAN RESISTANCE STATEMENT NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH INVADERS AND THEIR PUPPETS ................................................................................................................ 28 EXTREMIST BLOG POSTING- OBAMA’S USELESS CALL ON ‘MODERATE’ TALIBAN.................................. 28 KAVKAZ CENTER- BARACK OBAMA: ''U.S. IS NOT WINNING THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN''..................... 29 BOOK REVIEW- PREPARING THE MUJAHIDIN: THE TALIBAN’S MILITARY FIELD MANUAL....................... 30 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- NATO EMERGENCY MEETING ENDS WITH NO ACHIEVEMENT..... 32 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- AN EXEMPLARY LESSON TO THE STOOGE REGIME ...................... 33 KAVKAZ CENTER- TALIBAN ATTACKED KABUL DOZENS OF KARZAI PUPPETS ELIMINATED................... 34 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- AMERICANS HAVE TAKEN THEIR DECISION AS PER THEIR........... 35 OWN DISCRETION..................................................................................................................................... 35 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- ABOUT NEW MILITIAS.................................................................. 35 TALIBAN WARNS U.S. OVER AFGHAN PLAN ............................................................................................ 36 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- CLOSING THE CAGES OF GUANTANAMO IS NOT ENOUGH............. 37 MESSAGE OF THE ESTEEMED AMIR-UL-MOMINEEN ON THE EVE OF EID-UL-ODHA ................................ 38 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES APPARENTLY NOT TOEING U.S. LINE ................................................................................................................................................................. 41 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- THE INVADERS 'FIASCO IN 2008 AND THEIR EMPTY BATTLE FIELDS IN THE NEW YEAR' ................................................................................................................................... 42 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- STATISTICS ON THE ENEMIES FATALITIES FOR THE YEAR 2008 .... 43 STATEMENT THE BY ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- THE CARNAGE OF INNOCENT AND BESIEGED PALESTINIANS .......................................................................................................................................... 43 AN OPEN LETTER FROM THE PEAKS OF TORA BORA TO THE WHITE HOUSE ............................................ 44 STATEMENT BY THE LEADER OF THE ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- REGARDING THE BASELESS RUMORS ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS............................................................................................................... 46 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN- IN FIGHT ....................................................................................... 46 ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE- AL SUMUD ................................................ 47 SOME WWW DOCUMENTS/TRANSCRIPTS ON TALIBAN, AL QAIDA, AND AFFILIATED GROUPS ............... 48 2 For Official Use Only 304th MI Bn OSINT Team Sample of Afghanistan & Pakistan Taliban Quotes in the Media Note: For daily Taliban- Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan attack claims the 304th MI Bn OSINT Team recommends the OSC Afghanistan page @ www.opensource.gov Afghanistan Taliban Afghan Taliban Say Claim of Talks Is "Propaganda" "This issue is clear that their intention is to create disunity and split among the Taliban. We will not engage in talks as long as foreign troops are here," Mujahid told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location. (Reuters, April 22) http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE53L2VH20090422 No Moderates in Taliban Ranks: Haqqani Sirajuddin Haqqani said: “We’ve no moderate to hold talks with the Americans.” In an interview with this correspondent at one of his hideouts in Afghanistan’s Paktika province …(International News Pakistan, April 17) http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=21576 Afghanistan: Taliban Leader Says Osama Bin Laden Still 'Alive' "Osama bin Laden is still alive and is directing the Jihad (holy war) against American and western forces in Afghanistan," said Taliban commander and Pashtun warlord Sirajuddin Haqqani, quoted by Saudi daily Al-Watan. (AKI, April 14) http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3213639580 Wanted Taliban Leader Doesn't Fear U.S. "The people of Afghanistan are with us," said Sirajuddin Haqqani, in an exclusive interview. "The Afghan intelligence officials are sympathetic to the Taliban and they communicate the movements of the occupying forces [U.S. and NATO] to us." (NBC, April 9) http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/04/09/1886824.aspx Extra U.S. Troops Will Not End Afghan Fighting "As much as the foreign forces increase, fighting will increase and there will be increased civilian casualties," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP in a telephone call from an undisclosed location. "And there will be more opportunity for the Taliban to attack and the battle will expand," he said. The conflict would not be settled through war, the spokesman said. "The solution is that foreigners should leave the country without any terms and conditions. When they are out, the fight will end," he said. (AFP, April 6) http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jSPbeUM2qp_t- 0BVXIsjDPu7Ol-g NATO Soldier, Eight Afghans Killed A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, sent a text message to an AFP reporter, claiming responsibility for the attack. (AFP, April 3) http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5juak63vY5mgg_HdbFwDUVmquxkVQ U.S. Peace Offer Lunatic, Say Taliban “This matter was also raised in the past,” said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, referring to comments by Obama who spoke of reaching out to moderate Taliban. “They have to go and find the moderate Taliban and speak to them. This is a lunatic idea,” Mujahid said by telephone. (Times of India, April 2) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US-peace-offer-lunatic-say- Taliban/articleshow/4347145.cms 20 Suspected Taliban Insurgents Detained in Afghanistan Taliban purported spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid rejected the claim, saying all those arrested were civilians. (Xinhua, March 10) http://english.cri.cn/6966/2009/03/10/1821s462512.htm) Taliban Tells Obama There Are No “Moderates” In Its Ranks A self styled
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