Taliban Commander Said to Hold Meeting

[Khephra]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban supreme commander Mullah Mohammed Omar has held a meeting with other Taliban leaders to reorganize their resurgent campaign against U.S. forces and the Afghan government, a purported spokesman for the group said Sunday.

The spokesman, who said his name was Sayed Hamid Agha, telephoned Associated Press reporters in Afghanistan and Pakistan and read out a statement.

"Over the last few days we established a shura (council) under the leadership of Mullah Omar," Agha said. "The shura appointed four committees -- military, political, cultural and economic to regulate all relevant matters."

One of the two AP reporters recognized the man's voice and knew him to be a Taliban militant. He also received a written copy of the same statement from a second man with suspected Taliban ties in the western Pakistani city of Peshawar.

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[lazarus]

1. hmm

Seems they didn't get the memo that we beat them a couple of years ago.