More than 300 al Qaeda fighters have surrendered to Afghan forces at Tora Bora in recent days, adding to an estimated 5,000 to 6,000 terrorist or Taliban prisoners being held by rebel groups elsewhere in the country. The prisoners are part of an expanding intelligence-gathering operation in Afghanistan in which U.S. Special Forces and CIA officers have been examining seized al Qaeda documents, computer hard drives, videotapes and telephone books. The material has already produced names and phone numbers of al Qaeda members in other countries and led to some additional arrests.
Oooh. Neat. You cut off the head and you get to go through its contents, too. |