So when the figurehead of the Union of Islamic Courts, a "moderate" named Ahmed, held a press conference at Mogadishu U., a girl asked him, "Are you the Taleban?"
Well, you can tell these Islamists have some kind of greasy Karl Rove working for them because the Sheikh put on a big smile and said all shiny, "Actually, I am happy a woman is asking this question - at a university campus."
Great answer. Didn't say no, just said he's glad to get this scene on video, because it's such perfect PR: "Look how free our women are! How wonderfully insolent this female has been, and here am I, a sheikh, not having her dipped in boiling oil! Is it not marvelous?"
Of course he probably mumbled some private instructions to some one-eyed Jihadi with a bowie knife once the cameras looked away, and that woman is probably fertilizing the deserts now, but it's the look that counts. These guys aren't going to blow up Buddhas like the real Taleban. They're what you call media-savvy.
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