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By Kathy Gannon and Patrick Quinn The Associated Press Mullah Mohammad Omar, the secretive head of the Taliban and an al-Qa- ida ally who led a bloody insurgency against U.S.-led forces, eluded capture for more than a decade in spite of being one of the most- hunted fugitives on Earth. On Wednesday, he was reported to have died two years ago in a Pakistani hospital, according to the Afghan intelligence agency. In Washington, the U.S. government said they con- sidered the report credi- ble, though it was not con- firmed by the Taliban or Pakistan. Even in possible death, the one-eyed cleric-warrior was shrouded in mystery. He led a movement that swept over most of Afghan- istan in the 1990s and be- came notorious for impos- ing what was perhaps the strictest regime of Islamic law in the world at the time. For his Afghan followers and Osama bin Laden's al- Qaida militants, Mullah Omar held the supreme sta- tus of "Commander of the Faithful." And yet only one known photograph of him exists. In later years, Mullah Omar's influence waned as extremists gravitated to- ward the packaged video carnage of the Islamic State group, which now holds a third of Syria and Iraq in its self-declared caliphate. The announcement of his death comes after the U.S. and NATO forces that top- pled the Taliban ended their combat mission in Afghan- istan. The Taliban have sur- vived the loss of lower- level commanders and have shown remarkable resilience over time, now challenging Afghan forces across the country. Abdul Hassib Sediqi, the spokesman for Afghani- stan's National Director- ate of Security, said Mul- lah Omar died in a hospi- tal in the Pakistani city of Karachi in April 2013. The Taliban leader's exact date of birth is unknown, but he is believed to have been in his 50s. "We confirm officially that he is dead," Sediqi told The Associated Press. "He was very sick in a Kara- chi hospital and died sus- piciously there." Sediqi did not elaborate, and it was not immedi- ately clear why news of the death had been delayed un- til now. But the announce- ment came just two days be- fore a key second round of peace talks were to be held between the Taliban and the Afghan government in Pakistan. Mullah Omar's sheltering of bin Laden and al-Qaida, in an alliance forged in the 1990s, brought the wrath of the United States down upon him after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Less than three months later, American troops backed by northern Afghan al- lies marched into Kanda- har, the southern city that served as Taliban head- quarters. Mullah Omar escaped on a motorcycle and was never seen again. The Taliban insurgency that ensued wrecked U.S. hopes of quickly establish- ing the authority of the new government in Kabul, led by Mullah Omar's fellow Pash- tun, Hamid Karzai. With a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head, Mul- lah Omar is believed to have spent most of his time in hiding in the border regions of Pakistan — nominally a U.S. ally, but also a longtime backer of the Taliban — or in the Pashtun heartland of southern Afghanistan. He communicated with his followers via audiotapes or on scrawled notes posted in mosques around the Pash- tun south. Bin Laden was killed in a May 2011 raid by U.S. spe- cial forces on his hideout in the Pakistani town of Ab- bottabad. The alliance between the Taliban and al-Qaida lead- ers was unusual. Bin Laden was a cosmopolitan Saudi with visions of global jihad, while Mullah Omar was a village cleric who rarely strayed from Kandahar. He is said to have seldom met a non-Afghan or a non-Mus- lim and was deeply rooted in the traditional, insular tribal world of Afghani- stan's Pashtun majority. Both men fought against the Soviet invasion and oc- cupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, but they did not meet until the Taliban had seized control of most of Afghanistan in Septem- ber 1996. Some of bin Lad- en's Arab followers had joined the fight against the Taliban, but when the tide turned and the Taliban took Kabul, bin Laden sought a meeting with Omar to pledge his support. The Taliban ruled for five years, creating their vi- sion of an Islamic state — a version that surpassed even Saudi Arabia in its ex- treme puritanism. Women were barred from being educated and forced to cover themselves. Adulter- ers were stoned to death and men were forbidden to shave. In March 2001, Omar ordered the destruc- tion of 1,500-year-old tow- ering statues of Buddha carved into a cliff in cen- tral Afghanistan, denounc- ing them as idols. Ultimately, the al-Qa- ida-Taliban alliance was a confluence of interests. 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On August 24, 2015 at 01:00 PM, Main Entrance, Tehama County Superior Court, 633 Washington St., Red Bluff, CA 96080, MTC Fi- nancial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the pow- er of sale contained in that cer- tain Deed of Trust Recorded on February 4, 2008 as Instrument No. 2008001566 of official re- cords in the Office of the Re- corder of Tehama County, Cali- fornia, executed by VIRGINIA L SANDBERG AND ERNEST F SANDBERG , WIFE AND HUS- BAND, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGIS- TRATION SYSTEMS, INC. as nom- inee for US BANK N.A. as Benefi- ciary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUC- TION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situ- ated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN describing AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The proper- ty heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property de- scribed above is purported to be: 13531 PATRICIE ST, RED BLUFF, CA 96080 The under- signed Trustee disclaims any li- ability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or war- ranty, express or implied, re- garding title, possession, or en- cumbrances, to pay the remain- ing principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provid- ed in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts creat- ed by said Deed of Trust. The to- tal amount of the unpaid bal- ance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, ex- penses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee's Sale is estimated to be $153,083.78 (Es- timated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this fig- ure prior to sale. Beneficiary's bid at said sale may include all part of said amount. In addi- may or part of said amount. In addi- tion to cash, the Trustee will ac- cept a cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a s tate or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings asso- ciation or savings bank speci- fied in Section 5102 of the Cali- fornia Financial Code and au- thorized to do business in Cali- fornia, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trust- ee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trust- ee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee's Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a mat- ter of right. The property of- fered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive rem- edy shall be the return of mon- ies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Po- tential Bidders If you are consid- ering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bid- ding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle to free and clear ownership automatically you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid- der at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien be- ing auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, pri- ority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a ti- tle insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be post- poned one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that in- formation about Trustee Sale postponements be made availa- ble to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you call Auction.com at property, you may call Auction.com at 800.280.2832 for information re- garding the Trustee's Sale or visit the Internet Web site ad- dress www.Auction.com for in- formation regarding the sale of this property, using the file num- ber assigned to this case, CA09000283-14-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that oc- cur close in time to the sched- uled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone in- formation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: July 20, 2015 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA09000283-14-1 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252- 8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Amy Lemus, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OB- TAINED ONLINE AT www.Auction .com FOR AUTOMATED SALES IN- FORMATION PLEASE CALL: Auc- tion.com at 800.280.2832 MTC Fi- nancial Inc. dba Trustee Corps MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COL- LECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL- LECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ORDER NO. CA15-002261-1 PUB DATES: 07/30/2015, 08/06/2015, 08/13/2015 i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià | NEWS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015 10 B