US, Pakistan in race to capture one-eyed Mullah Omar
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Embarassed by the May 2 SEALs raid on Abbottabad, that killed Osama Bin Laden, the ISI are now scrambling resources to help the US track the one-eyed Mullah Omar - the Taliban's spiritual leader.
And it's also a race to get there before an American team does.
"Both US and Pakistani special forces are hunting for Omar's hideout after new tip-offs”, a private Pakistani television channel reported.
“Intelligence suggests the one-eyed warlord is being sheltered in the western Pakistani city of Quetta, near the Afghan border”, another channel reported.
“Pakistan’s ISI network is desperate to find him first after being humiliated by the American operation which killed Al Qaeda chief Bin Laden. And US strike teams are fine-tuning plans for an assault on Mullah Omar’s lair, after collecting a treasure trove of data from Bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad”, it added.
The reports quoted a senior ISI official confirming that they were going after Mullah Omar, adding, 'there will be a huge military action in Quetta very soon'.
"The decision has been taken to act before the Americans have a chance to repeat their mission against Bin Laden. We will try to take him alive but if he resists he will be killed”, another report said.
Meanwhile, officials said, about 16 children who were living with Osama bin Laden in his hideout were carefully watched by the Al Qaeda leader, forced to study at home and rarely ventured out of the fortress-like compound.
Omar, a major force behind bin Laden and one of Taliban's most senior leaders during the 9/11 attack, has a $25million reward on his head. He, according to many accounts, lost an eye while fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan in the early 90s.
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