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2004-03-01

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Posted by Frank G 2004-03-01 8:32:31 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Denial in 3, 2, 1..
Pakistan denied Monday a report that it had struck a deal to allow U.S. troops to hunt for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on its territory.
"This report has no truth in it and there is no such deal," military spokesman Major-General Shaukat Sultan said. The New Yorker quoted a former senior intelligence official as saying it was "a quid pro quo" deal with Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf. "We're going to get our troops inside Pakistan in return for not forcing Musharraf to deal with Khan." Sultan rejected this, saying: "There are no quid pro quos on issues of national sovereignty. We totally deny it." He said he could not comment on reports that the United States planned to shift an elite commando unit that took part in the capture of Saddam Hussein in Iraq to hunt for bin Laden. "If the U.S. is shifting a special unit from Iraq into Afghanistan, I have no comment on that, but there is none coming in to Pakistan," he said.

"Nope, nope, nobody here, nothing to see, move along."

Posted by Steve 2004-3-1 9:25:26 AM|| 2004-3-1 9:25:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Damn! Is Binny going to be confused when he gets his copy of the New Yorker! Such conflicting signals! What's a guy to do?

Posted by Frank G 2004-3-1 9:56:33 AM|| 2004-3-1 9:56:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Seems that the days of the Raj are returning as English speakers scour the hills of the NW Frontier. Kipling would love it.

Posted by Highlander 2004-3-1 9:59:55 AM|| 2004-3-1 9:59:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Musharref has a simple choice, really. Protect Khan or protect bin Ladin. If he chose Osama, his and Pakistan days as an ally would be over.

Dead man walking.

Posted by john 2004-3-1 10:00:24 AM|| 2004-3-1 10:00:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Well this sucks; of two rather unsavory characters, one of them is going to get a pass (for now).

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-3-1 11:26:22 AM|| 2004-3-1 11:26:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I agree with those folks who figure that the ISI know exactly where ol' Osama is lying low and this is all kabuki theater to effect the handover. This is assuming that the ISI doesn't decide that their best interest is simply offing Musharref and blowing us off.

Posted by Hiryu 2004-3-1 12:38:33 PM|| 2004-3-1 12:38:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 While I do believe that there will be a full court press on AQ this Spring, I wouldn't rely on Sy Hersh's reporting. For someone who's still employed as an investigative reporter, he's been wrong an awful lot.

Posted by Tibor 2004-3-1 2:25:02 PM|| 2004-3-1 2:25:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Is a hunting liscence required? Is there a bag limit?

Posted by Super Hose 2004-3-1 5:41:53 PM|| 2004-3-1 5:41:53 PM|| Front Page Top

Posted by Gromky 2004-3-1 8:46:38 PM|| 2004-3-1 8:46:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Gromky, where did you come up with that?

Posted by Super Hose 2004-3-1 10:12:06 PM|| 2004-3-1 10:12:06 PM|| Front Page Top

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