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2004-02-25

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Posted by Paul Moloney 2004-02-25 4:55:01 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hope it's true. Feel the pain Ayman.

Posted by Mark 2004-2-25 6:22:03 AM|| 2004-2-25 6:22:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 the rotten apple doesn't fall far from the rotten tree - maybe they are close to Binny (I've thought he was dead all along). Most encouraging part was giving him up to the US

Posted by Frank G 2004-2-25 7:00:42 AM|| 2004-2-25 7:00:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Thought we'd snuffed his family already??

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2780525.stm

Fire-up the blow torch..

Posted by Howard UK 2004-2-25 7:01:59 AM|| 2004-2-25 7:01:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 ..Actually, I'm wondering if Khalid's being turned over isn't the Waziris' way of saying, "Here's somebody important, now PLEASE go away..." because we're getting close enough that they may have to turn over Someone Bigger to save their own hides.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-2-25 9:07:56 AM|| 2004-2-25 9:07:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Pakistan is now saying nope, from AP:
Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayyat however, denied reports that bin Laden's top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, or al-Zawahri's son, Khalid, were among those captured. Pakistan put the region bordering Afghanistan under surveillance last year after receiving unconfirmed reports that al-Zawahri, had been spotted there, an intelligence official told the AP on condition of anonymity. Pakistan's largest circulation newspaper, the Daily Jang, quoted unidentified diplomats Wednesday as saying that al-Zawahri's son, Khalid, was included among the people who were captured. Pakistani government officials denied the report. "Neither al-Zawhari nor his son have been arrested," Hayyat said. "It is not true."

Of course, they've denied that they had someone before and later it turned out they did. We'll have to wait for a US statement after the fact.

Posted by Steve 2004-2-25 9:28:25 AM|| 2004-2-25 9:28:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 "Pakistani government officials denied the report. "Neither al-Zawhari nor his son have been arrested," Hayyat said. "It is not true.""

Maybe this Pak official is just being Clintonian -- Khalid's actually been kidnapped, or detained, or snatched, or (as some Rantburgers like to say) jugged.

Posted by Tibor 2004-2-25 3:07:37 PM|| 2004-2-25 3:07:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I kind of favor "killed" myself. Humm, he didn't deny that.

Posted by Steve 2004-2-25 3:49:12 PM|| 2004-2-25 3:49:12 PM|| Front Page Top

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