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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (13818)	6/17/2006 10:09:34 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 32591

Canadians may not be that bad a lot afterall: Taliban commander defects after help from Canadians Last Updated Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:57:30 EDT CBC News A longtime Taliban commander treated by Canadian military doctors has renounced the hardline militant group and offered his support for Afghanistan's new government. Taliban commander Mullah Ibrahim, who received treatment from Canadian doctors for severe jaundice, has switched sides in the Afghan conflict. (John Cotter/Canadian Press) One month ago, Afghan police arrested Mullah Ibrahim, a Taliban official in the Kandahar region, where 2,300 Canadian soldiers are serving. At the time, he was suffering from jaundice, fell into a coma and was brought to see Canadian doctors at the main military base at the Kandahar airfield. Now recovered but in a wheelchair, Ibrahim credits God and the Canadians for saving his life. He said he has renounced his Taliban ties and urged others to join him. Ibrahim said he wants to see peace and stability in his country. Afghanistan's government has accepted him into a type of amnesty program which will see him monitored, but not prosecuted. Police will offer him some protection. A spokesperson for the Canadian Forces said the program is a form of parole and participants can't set the terms of their participation. "The objective of this program is to give an opportunity for former insurgents to reintegrate into Afghan society and live peacefully," said Capt. Julie Roberge. "It also provides an opportunity for exiles to return." Ibrahim said he last fought for the Taliban in 2001, but Canadian Forces officials in Afghanistan said he continued to have a great influence in southern Afghanistan. cbc.ca