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According to an October interview with one of his physicians in London's Sunday Telegraph, the Afghanistan Taliban leader Mullah Omar, 43, suffers periodic brain seizures that incapacitate him for days at a time and bring on a deep depression, during which he often engages in childlike behavior. One typical behavior, said the physician: sitting in the driver's seat of one of his SUVs, with the engine off, turning the wheel and making his own engine sounds. (Shortly after the story ran, the Pentagon announced it had bombed a Chevrolet Suburban belonging to Omar, although he was probably not among the people inside at the time.) [SundayTelegraph, 10-7-01; Washington Post, 10-12-01]
Both the U.S. and Afghanistan might seem to be heeding President Bush's call to act normal during these times of strife: Just a few miles up the road from the anthrax-shuttered National Enquirer offices in West Palm Beach, Fla., officials of the brand-new National Croquet Center staged a two-week series of matches in October, preparing for its grand opening in January. And Afghanistan's application to play in a prestigious cricket tournament in Pakistan, beginning about the same time as the U.S. bombing, was accepted (but the Afghan team eventually lost). Said one Afghan player, "Sport and war are two different things." [Miami Herald, 10-16-01] [Reuters, 9-27-01; London Daily Telegraph, 10-16-01]
News of the Weird (.716)
LEAD STORIES
According to an October interview with one of his physicians in London's Sunday Telegraph, the Afghanistan Taliban leader Mullah Omar, 43, suffers periodic brain seizures that incapacitate him for days at a time and bring on a deep depression, during which he often engages in childlike behavior. One typical behavior, said the physician: sitting in the driver's seat of one of his SUVs, with the engine off, turning the wheel and making his own engine sounds. (Shortly after the story ran, the Pentagon announced it had bombed a Chevrolet Suburban belonging to Omar, although he was probably not among the people inside at the time.) [SundayTelegraph, 10-7-01; Washington Post, 10-12-01]
Both the U.S. and Afghanistan might seem to be heeding President Bush's call to act normal during these times of strife: Just a few miles up the road from the anthrax-shuttered National Enquirer offices in West Palm Beach, Fla., officials of the brand-new National Croquet Center staged a two-week series of matches in October, preparing for its grand opening in January. And Afghanistan's application to play in a prestigious cricket tournament in Pakistan, beginning about the same time as the U.S. bombing, was accepted (but the Afghan team eventually lost). Said one Afghan player, "Sport and war are two different things." [Miami Herald, 10-16-01] [Reuters, 9-27-01; London Daily Telegraph, 10-16-01]
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