[Marxism] "US to drop Mullah Omar from blacklist"

[Fred Feldman]

This report, referred to by Juan Cole in today's Informed Comment, sounds
like something that will be denied by both outgoing and incoming
administrations, but that don't mean it ain't happening.
Fred Feldman

http://regionaltimes.com/01nov2008/frontpagenews/ustodrop.htm

US to drop Mullah Omar from blacklist 
  RT Monitoring Desk
WASHINGTON: The US agrees to drop the name of the Taliban leader, Mullah
Omar from the terror list ahead of talks with the insurgents, an official
says.
"US intends to remove Mullah Omar from the black list in a bid to provide a
suitable seedbed for holding contacts with the Taliban," said, the US Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of South and Central Asian
Affairs Patrick S Moon. Moon added that during his upcoming visit to Kabul,
he will fully support the idea of negotiated settlement with the Taliban
militants to end the violence in the region. He also reiterated that the
talks with the Taliban insurgents were possible within the Afghan
Constitution, Press TV reported.