The Multi-Purpose Islamic Garment

Charles Johnsonfollow me on twitter
Wed Mar 7, 2007 at 9:30 am PST • Views: 409

The versatile burqa—it’s a political statement, a tool to keep women suppressed, and a disguise for fleeing terrorists!

Burqa-clad Taliban leader caught as NATO attacks. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

KABUL, March 7 (Reuters) - Afghan soldiers have captured a Taliban leader who tried to flee a security operation in the south dressed in a burqa, NATO said on Wednesday.

Tuesday’s capture in Kandahar province came as NATO launched a major offensive in neighbouring Helmand to secure a key hydroelectric dam and combat the opium trade.

The man was named as Mullah Mahmood and described as an expert bomb-maker. U.S.-led coalition forces also detained five more suspected militants in eastern Khost this week.

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 Frank says:

Here I stand hoping against hope that it's a chick with a low voice. -- At a concert in Beloit, Wisconsin 1968 or 69, when a guy in the audience yelled out, "Eat me Zappa".