[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 529 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 529

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United 
   States should not consider releasing Taliban prisoners, Abdul Haq 
    Wasiq, Mullah Norullah Noori, Mullah Mohammed Fazl, and Mullah 
Khairullah Khairkhwa, from prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, until Mullah 
      Muhammed Omar has been turned over to United States custody.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2012

   Mr. Rohrabacher (for himself, Mr. Gohmert, and Mr. King of Iowa) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                           on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United 
   States should not consider releasing Taliban prisoners, Abdul Haq 
    Wasiq, Mullah Norullah Noori, Mullah Mohammed Fazl, and Mullah 
Khairullah Khairkhwa, from prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, until Mullah 
      Muhammed Omar has been turned over to United States custody.

Whereas Mullah Muhammed Omar has led the Taliban, enabled by safe havens 
        provided by the Government of Pakistan, in war against the United States 
        since 2001;
Whereas the Taliban in 1994, led by Mullah Omar, captured Kandahar;
Whereas the Taliban in 1996, led by Mullah Omar, captured Kabul;
Whereas Mullah Omar led the Taliban's rule of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001;
Whereas Mullah Omar imposed a barbaric, Islamist, anti-Western, and misogynistic 
        rule on Afghanistan;
Whereas Mullah Omar supported Osama Bin Laden and al Qaeda in their efforts to 
        launch expeditionary terror attacks, including the 9/11 attacks on the 
        United States;
Whereas Mullah Omar led the regrouping of the Taliban after 2001;
Whereas Richard Holbrooke, the former Special Envoy for Afghanistan and 
        Pakistan, was quoted in February 2011 saying, ``I think Mullah Omar is 
        incredibly important, the more I look at this thing, the more I think he 
        is a driving, inspirational force whose capture or elimination would 
        have a material effect . . . I don't think we can negotiate with Mullah 
        Omar . . . That's why I think eliminating Mullah Omar is so critical . . 
        . With Mullah Omar, the Pakistanis are in a better position to control 
        the Taliban . . . He's such a pivot person. If you have him, if you hold 
        him, you control the whole organization.'';
Whereas Mullah Omar has used sanctuaries provided by the Government of Pakistan 
        to launch attacks which have wounded and killed thousands of United 
        States, Coalition, and Afghan soldiers as well as a large number of 
        Afghan noncombatants;
Whereas Mullah Omar has led the Taliban in a brutal insurgency which has 
        targeted civilians and disregarded all limits of decency or morality;
Whereas Mullah Omar has murdered those like Burhanuddin Rabbani who in seeking 
        peace reached out to Mullah Omar and who were brutally murdered;
Whereas the Taliban, under the heading the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, 
        recently threatened Members of Congress who had met with Afghan leaders 
        in Berlin about establishing a federal system to bring democratic 
        government closer to the people, declaring ``any person paving the way 
        for the disintegration of Afghanistan under the title of a federal 
        system will be treated as enemies'';
Whereas the Taliban, under the heading the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, 
        continue to speak as the rulers of the entire country who will not 
        compromise that dominance, in a recent statement declared they have 
        inflicted ``ignominious defeat'' on the United States;
Whereas the strategic interests of Pakistan and its Chinese ally have diverged 
        from the objectives of the United States in Afghanistan, the United 
        States needs to shift its alignment towards India and other regional 
        actors whose aims are compatible with United States security concerns; 
        and
Whereas the conflict in Afghanistan pits the Taliban and their Pakistani 
        handlers against Afghans of every ethnic group, in order to bring peace 
        the Taliban must negotiate with the National Front and other tribal and 
        ethnic groups within Afghanistan, not the United States Department of 
        State: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
President Barack Obama and the United States Department of State should 
not consider releasing Taliban prisoners, Abdul Haq Wasiq, Mullah 
Norullah Noori, Mullah Mohammed Fazl, and Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa, 
from prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, until Mullah Muhammed Omar has 
been turned over to United States custody.
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