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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban Denies Bin Ladenâs Arrest |
| 2003-03-15 |
| A leader of the ousted Taliban movement refuted reports purporting that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been arrested in a joint U.S.-Pakistani operation, arguing that the U.S. most wanted man is still "at large and in good health". Al-Sayyed Mortada, leader of the Pakistani Al-Insaf Movement, said Wednesday, March 12, that bin Laden has been arrested by U.S and Pakistani joint forces and that Washington would announce his capture on March 17 or 18 after unleashing war on Iraq. Tehran Radio quoted Mortada as saying he was tipped of on Bin Laden's capture by his personal reliable sources. Pakistani political sources expected Washington to make public bin Ladenâs arrest on the eve of its looming war on Iraq with claims he was getting biological weapons from Iraq in a bid to justify the war. The source and organization given are different from the source and organization we got day before yesterday... In a statement propped outside mosques in the Afghan border city of Khost and adjacent Pakistani border areas, a Taliban leader said that bin Laden "is free and steering al-Qaeda along with other leading figures including Ayman Al-Zawahri.â He voiced concerns, however, that Al-Zawahri, was "suffering from several diseases, and that his heavy body was hampering his movement among rocky mountainous areas." Put on a little weight, has he? That happens when you're hanging around the leadership of Pak religious parties. The alleged Taliban leader said Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, described by Washington as al-Qaedaâs number three, was arrested two days before the Pakistani authorities announced his capture. Sheikh Mohammed was arrested after meeting "an Arab person he had met in Islamabad airport," he said in the statement. Al-Qaeda leadership suspects that the Arab figure might have been a lead to Sheikh Mohammadâs arrest, said the alleged Taliban leader. Ahah! Plots within plots, wheels within wheels. How... ummm... Islamic. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 So al-Zawahri is packing excess poundage. Both the JI and JUI leaders in Pakistan are grossly overweight. Qazi's overworked kidneys occasionally cause him distress. Fortunately for him, he apparently has Rafsanjani type wealth. His books and pamphlets are copyrighted, and he squeezes everything he can get out of his publishers. I'm surprised that he didn't branch into Scientology. One has to ask these fat cats if they are in it for the good food that money brings, or for worship of that Arab tribal deity. |
| Posted by: Anonon 2003-03-15 18:31:42 |
| #4 Spirographs, huh Paul? I like that.... I was thinking Ayman mistook Binny's moral about the "strong horse" for the "wheezing big fat horse" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-03-15 13:57:32 |
| #3 Their Org Charts must come from drawings made from spirographs........ |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-15 13:38:01 |
| #2 Plots within plots, wheels within wheels. How... ummm... Islamic. Guess they borrowed the Ptolemic theory from the Greeks :-) |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-03-15 13:06:20 |
| #1 Spirographs, huh Paul? I like that.... I was thinking Ayman mistook Binny's moral about the "strong horse" for the "wheezing big fat horse" |
| Posted by: Frank G 3/15/2003 1:57:32 PM |