Huffington Post Arabic: Ikhwan "light" or heavy Taliban and Al-Qa`idah?

In this feature on Huffington Post Arabic, there is an interview with Taysir `Alluni (former Aljazeera Kabul bureau chief who was convicted with ties to Al-Qa`idah) talks about "statesman"--kid you not--Mullah `Umar and he says this about him: "His favorable qualities are numerous but from my experience with him I say that his personality represented manhood in its most sublime sense".  Welcome to the Arabic version of the Huffington Post.