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2003-11-26 Africa: West

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Posted by TS 2003-11-26 5:56:57 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sounds like a good place for a few hundred Tomohawks to dump some serious bomblets on the shitballs.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-11-26 6:15:17 PM|| 2003-11-26 6:15:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC),which is led by Hassan Hattab, held at least 31 European tourists hostage from about February of this year. Seventeen were freed by Algerian commandos in May. Fourteen more hostages were released in August. CNNs August story is here.
Methinks these tourists got too near these secret bases. I hope someone debriefed these folks with that in mind.

Posted by Gasse Katze 2003-11-26 7:05:31 PM|| 2003-11-26 7:05:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 new MOAB test range?...and if it's on RB, they aren't really all that secret, are they....should've shopped VillainSupply.com for the best in secret lairs

Posted by Frank G 2003-11-26 7:26:59 PM|| 2003-11-26 7:26:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 BTW - on the same page - Ex-Al Qaeda Caves are on sale! Cheap!

Posted by Frank G 2003-11-26 7:34:54 PM|| 2003-11-26 7:34:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Not anymore, Hattab was deposed and replaced by Nabril Sahraoui last month, when the GSPC formally merged with al-Qaeda. Sahraoui brought back 15 mid-level al-Qaeda leaders with him and is the brains behind this African safety net of sorts for the organization.

Posted by Dan Darling 2003-11-26 7:40:21 PM|| [http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2003-11-26 7:40:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Amazingly cooperative - pick a spot W-A-A-A-A-Y out in the middle of nowhere (how far can it be from Timbuktu?), and set up where there's almost no chance of collateral damage. Now, if we could just get them to lay out a nice, big bulls-eye.....

Posted by Lone Ranger 2003-11-26 8:19:16 PM|| 2003-11-26 8:19:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 First y'gotta find them. There's an awful lot of sand around there...

Posted by Fred 2003-11-26 9:02:49 PM|| 2003-11-26 9:02:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I doubt they'll be able to hide for long. There are NO permanent settlements to speak of in that area. There are a couple of former French Foreign Legion posts about 40 miles north of the border, but unless they're in the mountainous area in the far southern tip of Algeria, they probably stick out like a sore thumb.

There are two major problems with establishing a headquarters in that area: there are NO indigenous people to hide among, and resources are pretty poor (if there were resources, there would be people). Too many people, and you over-burden what few resources are available. Also, that's an extremely LONG, open supply line. Not just easy to cut, but depends on a lot of people. The more people, the less chance of keeping anyting a secret.

As for finding them, give me ten people and control of a satellite, and I'll find them. May take a month, may take six, but I'll find them.

THEN we can draw circles!

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-11-26 10:49:14 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-11-26 10:49:14 PM|| Front Page Top

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