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Reminiscing on his June 2001 meeting with Mullah Omar, veteran correspondent Arnaud de Bourchgrave told me he was “stunned by the hostility that Mullah Omar expressed towards Bin Laden.” In fact, Mullah Omar had previously confiscated Bin Laden’s cellphone, put him under house arrest, and forbade him to issue fatwas. But then, as the Taliban were deliberating about how to “disinvite” their troublesome guest after 9/11, the U.S. began its assault on the Taliban and bombed them into togetherness with Al Qaeda.
