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| Pakistan asks for US intel on Zawahri | |
| 2011-07-10 | |
| Pakistan has called on the United States to share information about Ayman al-Zawahri after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he believed that Osama bin Laden's successor was in Pakistan. During his first trip to Kabul on Saturday as Pentagon chief, Panetta said he thought that Zawahri was living in Pakistan's tribal region on the Afghan border. Pakistan's military said its troops were carrying out "intense operations" against al Qaeda and its associates as well as "terrorist leadership" and other high value targets. "We expect U.S. intelligence establishment to share available information and actionable intelligence regarding Al Zawahri and other HVTs with us, enabling Pakistan Army to carry out targeted operations," said a military spokesman. Panetta said the strategic defeat of al Qaeda was within reach if the United States could kill or capture up to 20 remaining leaders of the core group and its affiliates.
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| Posted by:ryuge |
| #6 Unfortunately, as per ARAB-MUSLIM HISTORY, even iff the US-Allies did succeed in finally whacking Ayman + most or all of the remaining "Core", Affiliate Qaeda Leaders, in a best-case scenario IMO it would mean only a temporary lull before the resumption of violent Regional, Global Jihad under new Leaders or major Groups, to include non-Qaeda. As I argued or inferred times before, 1990's NET + pre, post-9-11 > the nature of the Terror = MilTerr threat, espec as per Nuke-WMD proliferation to same, is such that the US, etal. may have to conquer the World even iff Amers don't want to, just for the sake(s) of Personal, Societal, National, + Geopol-World Security. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-07-10 19:35 |
| #5 I only hope we're not as stupid as they think we are. |
| Posted by: AuburnTom 2011-07-10 18:02 |
| #4 they want to see how close we are to getting him. Better then to whisk him away to a different ISI safe house |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-07-10 11:28 |
| #3 Al Qaeda in Pakistan is pretty much a spent force. While important to wipe out, this round of the jihad against Dar al Harb will not end until the active jihadi groups are degraded and demoralized enough that they go into hiding for a generation or more. At the moment the key targets are the affiliates who are actively pursuing terror attacks: AQ in the Arabian Peninsula, AQ in the Maghreb, the various groups making up the Taliban in Afghanistan, ditto the Taliban in Pakistan, Lashkar-i-Taiba, [put your favorite here]... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-07-10 11:16 |
| #2 Pakistan has an amazing ability to instantly catch those jihadis who act against Paki interests, like Taliban #2 Mullah Baradar when he began peace negations that cut out Pakistan. Yet they can't jihadis who live in Pakistan's finest mansions and hotels and who happen to be surrounded by thousands of Pakistan's finest troops. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-07-10 11:09 |
| #1 "We expect U.S. intelligence establishment to share available information and actionable intelligence regarding Al Zawahri and other HVTs with us, enabling Pakistan Army to warn them to FTFY. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2011-07-10 09:40 |