Stardate 20011010.1419 (On Screen): Mullah Omar has broadcast another announcement to the people of Afghanistan asking Muslims of the world to support Afghanistan against the predations of the evil Americans and British. "America is using its most modern weapons, but we have the best weapon to defeat them, our Muslim faith." More blather, of course.
But this event is truly remarkable, not for what was said, but for how it was delivered. Ordinarily these announcements would have been broadcast by the Voice of Shariat, a radio station in Afghanistan. However, it's been destroyed in the bombing. So a tape of this speech was delivered to Voice of America and to the BBC. (And they broadcast it. Both of them did.) (discuss)
