IV 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2012 
Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. GOHMERT, and Mr. KING of Iowa) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Armed Services 
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, en-
abled 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; 
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•HRES 529 IH 
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 at-
tacks, 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 organiza-
tion.’’; 
Whereas Mullah Omar has used sanctuaries provided by the 
Government of Pakistan to launch attacks which have 
wounded and killed thousands of United States, Coali-
tion, and Afghan soldiers as well as a large number of 
Afghan noncombatants; 
Whereas Mullah Omar has led the Taliban in a brutal insur-
gency which has targeted civilians and disregarded all 
limits of decency or morality; 
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•HRES 529 IH 
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 estab-
lishing 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 en-
tire country who will not compromise that dominance, in 
a recent statement declared they have inflicted ‘‘ignomin-
ious 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 De-
partment of State: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that President Barack Obama and the United 
States Department of State should not consider releasing 
Taliban prisoners, Abdul Haq Wasiq, Mullah Norullah 
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•HRES 529 IH 
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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