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	Mohammed Omar
		Omar is 6'6 tall, considered to be a fierce commander by many and was wounded four times in the jihad against the Soviets, which left him with one eye.
		Omar is the first Muslim since the Fourth Caliph, a nephew of Prophet Mohammed, to publicly accept the Amirul title, a ranking in Islam nearly second to the Prophet.
		Omar's dedication to Islam led him to order the destruction of two large statues of Buddha which stood at the cliffs of Bamiyan in Afghanistan, which were archaeological and historical treasures, but which he characterized as idols.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mu/Mullah_Mohammad_Omar.html (494 words)

	Afghanland.com Afghanistan Mullah Mohammad Omar
		Omar, known for a pure devotion to Islam, was a mullah with a village madrassah near Kandahar.
		Mullah omar and the Taliban repeatedly say that their mission is to create a Muslim state that would perfectly practice a strict interpretation of the Quran, one taught in the fundamentalist madrassahs of Pakistan, where Omar went to school.
		Omar is the first Muslim since the Fourth Caliph, a nephew of Prophet Mohammad, to publicly accept the Amirul title, a ranking in Islam nearly second to the Prophet.
	www.afghanland.com /history/omar.html (715 words)

	Taliban leader vows more attacks in Afghanistan - Boston.com
		Omar's Taliban was driven from power after refusing to surrender al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after the September 11 attacks on the United States.
		Omar is a criminal and he should be brought to justice," he told Reuters.
		Omar and bin Laden are often said to be hiding on the rugged Afghan-Pakistani border, protected by friendly Pashtun tribes.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/01/09/taliban_scorn_karzai_offer_to_mullah_omar (587 words)

	RTÉ News Interactive: Aftermath: The war on Terrorism
		Omar lost an eye in the anti-Soviet campaign, in which he was a group commander in the Afghan Mujahedeen.
		Omar survived what appeared to be an assassination attempt in August 1999 when a truck blew up in Kandahar and killed several of his bodyguards.
		Omar was educated in religious schools, but his studies were cut short when he joined the jihad against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
	www.rte.ie /news/features/aftermath/assessment/mullahomar.html (469 words)

	Mullah Mohammad Omar
		The Taleban spiritual leader Mohammed Omar and Bin Laden go back a long way, and Mullah Omar has never shown any sign that he is prepared to abandon his fellow resistance fighter from the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan of 1979 to 1989.
		It is thought that Mullah Omar has taken Bin Laden's eldest daughter as a wife, and that Bin Laden may even have taken one of Mullah Omar's daughters as a fourth wife.
		Under Mullah Omar's rule, a strict interpretation of Islamic law has been imposed on the 90% of Afghanistan which is ruled by the Taleban.
	www.afghanan.net /biographies/mullahomar.htm (524 words)

	Pravda.RU:Profile: Mohammad Omar
		Little is known of Mohammad Omar until the early 1980s, when he appeared as a guerrilla leader fighting against the Soviet Armed Forces in Afghanistan.
		Mohammad Omar mixed traditional Pashtun lore with Islamic law in his personal fix for the ills of the country he came to dominate, more by chance than by design.
		Mohammad Omar, The “Commander of the Faithful” is likely to be receiving traditional Moslem hospitality among his Pashtun kinsmen during Ramadan.
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2001/12/10/23262_.html (878 words)

	Omar tells Taliban to unite, continue insurgency - International - RedOrbit
		Omar made the call recently in a message via field radio to the Taliban's leadership council, which has been expanded to 18 members, Taliban spokesman Abdul Latif Hakimi said.
		Omar did not elaborate on the disagreements he referred to in the call for unity, or the reference to harassing people.
		Omar's whereabouts have remained unknown since U.S.-led forces overthrew the Taliban in late 2001 for refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks on U.S. cities.
	www.redorbit.com /news/international/184950/omar_tells_taliban_to_unite_continue_insurgency/index.html (561 words)

	Mohammad Omar: Report from Rafah: Up to 23 Die As Israel Attacks Palestinian Protest - Democracy Now! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		MOHAMMAD OMAR: Right now, I’m on a roof where there are thousands protesting and there were firing from gun ships and there’s a number of people injured.
		MOHAMMAD OMAR: If you were in their position would you do the same, because when you heard the news about how many people are injured and killed, they would go and see your relatives.
		AMY GOODMAN: Mohammad Omar, we are hearing reports from B.B.C. that all men over 16 have to report to the local school or their homes will be demolished.
	www.selvesandothers.org /article1362.html (692 words)

	Ustad Mohammad Omar with Zakir Hussain / RootsWorld Recording Review
		Ustad Mohammad Omar was one of the most influential instrumentalists in Afghani music in the 20th century.
		Mohammad Omar shows the incredible emotional depth which can be achieved with this instrument in Afghani classical music.
		Mohammad Omar adds extensive ornamentation to the variations including a pizzicato in the upper register which works as an almost disturbing and plaintive counterpoint to the theme.
	www.rootsworld.com /0603123/reviews/omar-afghan.shtml (558 words)

	Mullah Mohammad Omar leads Afghanistan into war. 8/10/01. ABC News Online
		A virtual recluse, Omar has led his country to war with the United States by refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden, his former comrade-in-arms from the days of the resistance to the 1979-89 Soviet occupation.
		Omar's refusal to hand over bin Laden to the United States has won him support among radical Islamic groups but has brought his impoverished country into war with a coalition of allied forces led by the United States.
		Omar was educated in religious schools but his studies were cut short when he joined the jihad against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
	www.abc.net.au /news/features/stories/s384689.htm (701 words)

	Terror Tuesday: Impact on South Asia -- Mullah Mohammed Omar-Profile
		In Mullah Omar’s perception, the rationale of the Taliban was to overcome what he saw as Afghanistan’s descent into warlordism.
		The paramount purpose of Mullah Omar was to forge a unity among the various warring factions and establish a true Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan.
		Mullah Omar dismissed the global outcry by indicating that the statues' destruction was merely ‘breaking stones’.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/usa/Mullah_Moh.htm (568 words)

	Afghanistan - Mullah Mohammad Omar
		One-eyed Mullah Omar is Commander of the Faithful, top dog and head cheese of the Taliban and of Afghanistan.
		Omar is not so much the political leader of the Taliban as he is the poster boy and religious diviner.
		Omar was born the son of a poor farmer in 1962 in Uruzgan or the Mewand district in SW Afghanistan.
	www.comebackalive.com /df/dplaces/afghanis/player6.htm (274 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation > America's War on Terror -- Pakistani militant says Taliban boss his leader
		Nek Mohammad was one of five men given an amnesty by Islamabad after being accused of sheltering foreign militants and of leading stiff resistance to the Pakistani army in March when it was hunting down suspected al Qaeda members hiding out in lawless tribal areas on the frontier with Afghanistan.
		Mohammad had crossed the border into Afghanistan to fight with the Taliban against the U.S. assault that followed the Sept. 11, 2001 strikes by al Qaeda on the United States but had not since fought in that rugged land, aides said.
		Mohammad said that fighting with Pakistani forces in Azam Warsak and adjoining villages was a "misunderstanding" and expressed his loyalty to Islamabad.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/terror/20040506-0800-security-pakistan-tribesman.html (656 words)

	CNN.com - Mullah Omar: The Taliban's reclusive leader - November 3, 2001
		Nonetheless what Mullah Omar says passes as law in the Taliban's Afghanistan and to challenge him is unknown.
		Those who have met him say he casts an imposing figure -- bearded with a fl turban and with one eye stitched shut; the result of a wound sustained during a gunfight with Soviet troops during their occupation of Afghanistan.
		Mullah Omar dismissed the global outcry saying the statues' destruction was merely "breaking stones".
	www.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/11/02/gen.omar.profile/index.html (502 words)

	Omar Pays Terrible Price For Sheltering bin Laden
		Omar, who has three wives and five children, is such an enigma that at first many Afghans thought he did not exist and was a figment of the imagination of Pakistani intelligence agencies who supported the Taliban.
		Omar was born in 1959 into a family of landless peasants in a village near Kandahar.
		To achieve it, Mullah Omar retrieved the sacred cloak of the Prophet Mohammad from its Kandahar shrine, where it had lain in darkness for 60 years, emerged on to the roof of a building wrapped in the garment, and was cheered by mullahs assembled below him.
	www.rense.com /general17/omarpaysterrible.htm (637 words)

	Mohammed Omar : Mullah Mohammad Omar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Mullah Mohammed Omar (born 1959) is the reclusive leader of the Taliban of Afghanistan who has been in hiding since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2002.
		Omar is 6'6 tall, considered to be a fierce commander by many and was wounded four times in the jihad against the Soviets, which left him with one eye.
		Reportedly, Omar started the Taliban after a dream in which Allah came to him in the shape of a man, asking him to lead the faithful.
	www.termsdefined.net /mu/mullah-mohammad-omar.html (723 words)

	Taliban Scorn Karzai Offer to Mullah Omar - General - RedOrbit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Omar's Taliban was driven from power more than four years ago after refusing to surrender al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the wake of the September 11 attacks on the United States.
		The Afghan president first held out an olive branch to the Taliban rank and file two years ago, and the head of a government commission for national reconciliation said in November talks were needed to end the violence that still plagues southern and eastern Afghanistan.
		The whereabouts of Omar and bin Laden are unknown, but they are often said to be hiding on the rugged Afghanistan-Pakistan border, protected by friendly Pashtun tribes.
	www.redorbit.com /news/general/350683/taliban_scorn_karzai_offer_to_mullah_omar/index.html (443 words)

	GN Online: Taliban firm on Bin Laden issue
		Mufti Mohammad Jamil said the Taliban leader refused to budge from his known position during a meeting with the delegation in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.
		He quoted Omar as saying there was no moral or legal justification for the U.S. demands but he was still ready to engage in negotiations with the Americans on the whole issue.
		Omar vowed that the Taliban militia would defend Afghanistan at all cost in case the U.S. launched an attack on the country, Jamil said.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=27686 (266 words)

	The reclusive ruler who runs the Taliban \| csmonitor.com
		Omar's house (reportedly hit by bombs yesterday) was was one of 16 large residences built with Arab money along a stretch of Herat St. in Kandahar.
		Omar told him that he started the Taliban after a dream in which Allah came to him in the shape of a man, asking him to lead the faithful.
		Omar's weighty title, which is not accepted by Muslims outside Afghanistan, represents a long journey for a man who never finished his Islamic education.
	www.csmonitor.com /2001/1010/p1s4-wosc.html (1743 words)

	Speech by Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar September 19 2001
		The following is the text of a speech by Mullah Mohammad Omar read out today at a meeting of Afghan clerics gathered in the capital, Kabul, to discuss the fate of Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden.
		It was evident from Mulla Omar's message that he was seeking a fatwa on a possible US attack on Afghanistan rather than seeking a solution to the issue of Osama ben Laden, whom the US believes is a prime suspect in the Sept 11 terrorist strikes in Washington and New York.
		Omar said the Taliban had tried to avoid friction with the United States and had tried to resolve the matter through negotiations with the present as well as the past administration.
	www.robert-fisk.com /speech_mullah_umar_sept19_2001.htm (1542 words)

	The Union College Magazine
		This spring the fraternity announced the establishment of the Mohammad A. Omar '94 Memorial Community Service Internship—a $2,500 stipend to be awarded to a student who volunteers at a nonprofit community organization (see separate story).
		From the left are Victor Owusu ’96, Zohra Yousufzai, (niece), Mohammad Omar (father), Zohal Yousufzai (niece), Homaira Yousufzai (sister), Jacques Etienne ’94, Abdul Yousufzai (brother-in-law), Ahmad Yousufzai (nephew), and Fernando Mitchell ’92.
		Mohammad was a member of the Pi Pi chapter at Union of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-American students.
	www.union.edu /N/DS/s.php?s=3887 (1485 words)

	CNN.com - Taliban urged to fight on - November 28, 2001
		Officials say Omar is still in the city, which has been the movement's stronghold for several years.
		Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban's former ambassador to Pakistan, said Omar was not injured in the attack and was "safe and sound".
		Omar's urging to continue the fight came as negotiations continued for the Taliban to turn the border town of Spin Boldak, about 70 miles southeast of Kandahar, over to tribal leaders.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/11/28/ret.afghan.omar (421 words)

	USATODAY.com - Afghans say Omar surrounded in central mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Mullah Mohammad Omar is surrounded by anti-Taliban forces in the central mountains of Afghanistan, the country's new foreign minister said, while U.S. warplanes continued bombing an al-Qaeda cave complex near the eastern border town of Khost.
		Omar is believed to be holed up with about 1,500 al-Qaeda fighters, Interim Foreign Minister Abdullah, who uses only name, said Friday in the capital, Kabul.
		Franks said the location of Omar — once the Taliban's supreme spiritual leader and now the most wanted fugitive after Osama bin Laden —; was not certain, though there had been indications he was in the Baghran area in central Afghanistan.
	www.usatoday.com /news/sept11/2002/01/04/omar.htm (653 words)

	Mullah Mohammad Omar - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Even the fact that he lost one of his eyes in a firefight with the Soviets must be taken on faith because he considers photographs heretical, and few non-believers have ever been permitted to meet him.
		Omar instituted the practice of sharia, strict Islamic law, to maintain discipline and to propagate the teachings of Allah.
		Since deposing the government of Burhanuddin Rabbani in 1996, Omar has been de facto leader of Afghanistan, a position that is recognized by only three nations: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
	www.forbes.com /2001/10/15/momar.html (447 words)

	Digital Journal - Mullah Omar says hasn't seen Osama bin Laden for years
		Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar has added to the mystery over Osama bin Laden, saying he had not seen his ally and fellow fugitive since U.S.-backed forces ousted the Taliban from Afghanistan in late 2001.
		The questions were relayed to Omar through his spokesman Mohammad Hanif, and a reply was received late on Wednesday.
		Taliban Chief Mullah Mohammad Omar is a major ally with Osama's, but he says he has not seen Bin Laden for the last 5 years.
	www.digitaljournal.com /article/84955/Mullah_Omar_says_hasn_t_seen_Osama_bin_Laden_for_years (756 words)

	CIA's 'Omar' forced into hiding - smh.com.au
		Thousands of United States troops scouring Afghanistan for Mullah Mohammad Omar have been looking for the wrong man, according to an Afghan villager who says that it is his face on the CIA's wanted poster and not that of the fugitive Taliban leader.
		The case of the man who is not Omar is the latest embarrassment in a campaign that has yet to capture any senior Taliban officials.
		Omar is generally thought still to be alive, hiding in villages in the mountains north of Kandahar.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/10/13/1034222682611.html (403 words)

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