[AP/FOX News] Al-Qaeda supporters on the Web have unleashed an unprecedented flood of criticism of Afghanistan's Taliban after its leader, Mullah Omar, issued a statement in February saying he seeks to maintain good and "legitimate" relations with neighboring countries and even sympathizes with Shiite Iran. Last week, online militants were outraged when the Taliban condemned the latest round of UN sanctions imposed on Tehran, which as a Shiite state is viewed as anathema by the Sunni militants of al-Qaeda.
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