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2004-01-28 India-Pakistan

US planning offensive against al-Qaeda to reach inside of Pakistan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-01-28 12:04:13 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Nuttin' like having people trying to kill you to help you get your priorities straight.

Posted by Steve White 2004-1-28 12:29:09 AM|| 2004-1-28 12:29:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Who's Mush'riff gonna play ball with. The jihadis who have tried to tag him or Uncle Billy from accros the big water.

Posted by Lucky 2004-1-28 1:51:24 AM|| 2004-1-28 1:51:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I hope this is true. With regard to the Afgan/Pak border area, I'm reminded of the myth of Hercules cleaning out the stables.

Posted by Spot 2004-1-28 9:00:33 AM|| 2004-1-28 9:00:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Probably this would be a Pakland operation with US air surveillance support and some special op advisers.

Posted by mhw 2004-1-28 9:00:33 AM|| 2004-1-28 9:00:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 MHW is probably right, with the addition of American troops on the Afghan side of the border to ensure that the bad guys have nowhere to run. Oh, and those special ops advisers would probably have access to call in JDAMS or a spooky gunship circling overhead in case lots of firepower is needed.

Posted by ruprecht 2004-1-28 10:18:31 AM|| 2004-1-28 10:18:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 shhh! Don't tell anyone, ok? It's a secret mission.

Posted by BH 2004-1-28 10:28:54 AM|| 2004-1-28 10:28:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 As Big Murray observed, "We're gonna reach out to some people..."

Posted by mojo 2004-1-28 11:16:35 AM|| 2004-1-28 11:16:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 " "We donÂ¡Ãt have enough forces but we can rely on proxy forces in that area," said a military source, referring to Pakistani troops."

Didn't we learn our lesson about relying on proxy forces when we relied on hired Afghanis at Tora Bora? Sorry to rain on the parade, but if this doesn't include significant American involvement, as in "boots on the ground", I suspect it will be a waste of time.

Posted by Dakotah 2004-1-28 11:54:18 AM|| 2004-1-28 11:54:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 I think Haroldo Riviera has the whole plan mapped out over at FOX And Friends. Time table, order of battle...

Posted by Lucky 2004-1-28 11:57:58 AM|| 2004-1-28 11:57:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 I think Haroldo Riviera has the whole plan mapped out over at FOX And Friends. Time table, order of battle...

Posted by Lucky 2004-1-28 11:58:25 AM|| 2004-1-28 11:58:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 I wonder if the incursion will actually be into Iran, Syria or Lebanon.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-28 12:03:32 PM|| 2004-1-28 12:03:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Things that make you go "hummmm":
The US-led coalition in Afghanistan is confident of capturing al-Qaeda terror network chief Osama bin Laden, who has long eluded determined efforts to catch him, by the end of the year, a US military spokesman said Wednesday. Lieutenant Colonel Bryan Hilferty said that the hunt for militant remnants of the ousted Islamic fundamentalist Taliban regime, including its leader Mullah Omar, bin Laden and former Afghan premier and warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, was continuing.
"Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and Hekmatyar represent a threat to the world and they need to be destroyed. We believe we will catch them within this year," Hilferty told reporters in Kabul.

I can see the headlines now: "Osama Captured; Dems Claim Bush Knew Where He Was; Planned October Surprise."

Posted by Steve 2004-1-28 3:53:42 PM|| 2004-1-28 3:53:42 PM|| Front Page Top

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