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Taliban's co-founder betrayed Osama: Report
2011-05-30, Published By : faridahmad akrami
Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar leaked the whereabouts of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden to American investigators under a "deal" in which US promised to withdraw its troops from the militant group's strongholds in Afghanistan, a media report has claimed.
The details of the extraordinary "deal" emerged after a confidential American briefing was found at Laden's hide-out in Pakistan's garrison town of Abbottabad, the Sunday Mirror reported.
According to the paper, reports in Pakistan claim that Baradar - co-founder of the Taliban and one of Laden's most trusted allies, is named in the papers.
He and other "moles" within Laden's organisation are said to be feeding crucial information to US intelligence experts, the paper said.
Until now it has been believed that bin Laden was caught out when the US intercepted a phone call made by his courier Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, who was also killed in the covert US raid on May 2.
But new reports in Pakistan suggest it was actually Baradar who told the US where he was hiding, the paper said.
Baradar, known as the "father of the IED" because he pioneered the use of roadside bombs in Afghanistan, was arrested in a joint Pak-US operation last year in Karachi and was interrogated in prison before being released last October.
Mullah Baradar, in his early 40s, is the deputy of Taliban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar and the leader of the militant Quetta Shura in Pakistan.
"The US has announced that it is scaling back its military operations in Pakistan following the killing of bin Laden. That will fuel speculation about whether this is the start of the pay-off for insurgents who are willing to cut a deal," the paper quoted security expert Neil Doyle as saying.
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- Voice of Reason | US | Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:57:38 GMT
- No one with a brain would believe this media report. This is propaganda. In the first place, how would Mullah Barader know where in Pakistan Osama was? He wouldn't. Secondly, he would not betray him or any other Muslim fighting the jihad against the foreign forces in the country. It would have been someone in Pakistan. It is also untrue that the Shura is or was in Quetta. Thirdly, I do not believe he is dead. I think he is under the protection of Allah and will emerge when it is time to fight the dajjal. He was born for that.
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