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| Al-Qaida trying to establish haven in Pakistan |
| 2002-05-26 |
| The U.S. Army's second-in-command said Saturday that the al-Qaida terrorist network is trying to establish a safe haven in Pakistan, and the United States will deal with it when the time is right. That's a warning, Perv... Gen. John M. Keane said the United States and its coalition allies have denied Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida network the use of Afghanistan as a base and removed the Taliban as the government supporting them. What few al-Qaida fighters remain, he said, have been reduced "to small groups hiding in the mountains." They can wave their guns and roll their eyes and threaten bloodcurdling vengeance, but they're not in charge anymore... "We have broken their will and they are trying to establish another safe haven now in Pakistan, and we will deal with that. When the time is right, we will deal with that one as well," Keane said during an address to members of the 101st Airborne Division based at Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan. "The only way we can protect the American people ... is to kill those who would kill them. There is no other way to do it." Now that is a man after my own heart. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |