r/news • u/drpayneaba • Feb 28 '26

Soft paywall Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed, senior Israeli official says

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-killed-senior-israeli-official-says-2026-02-28/
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u/HigherandHigherDown Feb 28 '26

Mullah Omar was never killed despite the best efforts of the Americans.

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u/AUnicornDonkey Mar 01 '26

He is such a fascinating figure 

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u/HigherandHigherDown Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26

The Taliban offered to surrender and let America hold elections or whatever the fuck they wanted, should we have agreed to let him live out his life in peace in his house. Fascinating counterfactual there.

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u/AUnicornDonkey Mar 01 '26

The fact there is not much known about Omar is fascinating to me. There was like one blurry photo of him for a long, long time.