Taliban's Omar: A one-eyed, reclusive Islamic tyrant.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: December 8, 2001| Author: Goldstein, David | Copyright information

WASHINGTON _ "War is a tricky game," Mullah Mohammad Omar, the reclusive leader of Afghanistan's collapsing Taliban said several years ago, when his power was on the rise.

On Saturday, Omar's whereabouts were still unknown, but some U.S. officials said they suspect he may still be in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, the center of his power, hoping to lure some American troops into bloody ambushes and house-to-house fighting.

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