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2008-02-04 India-Pakistan

Al-Qaeda Commander Moved Freely in Pakistan

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Posted by john frum 2008-02-04 08:12|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Eh? I'm surprised he didn't have a government driver and a police escort as he moved around.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2008-02-04 08:27|| 2008-02-04 08:27|| Front Page Top

#2 He was only a #3.
The ISI car and driver is reserved for #1 and #2.

Posted by john frum 2008-02-04 08:38|| 2008-02-04 08:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Our friends the Pakistanis.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-02-04 10:08|| 2008-02-04 10:08|| Front Page Top

#4 It has been nearly two years since Pakistani forces are known to have killed or captured any significant al-Qaeda figures. The last was Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah, an Egyptian citizen who had been indicted in the United States in connection with the bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998.

Maybe some in the leadership are disenchanted or had family members killed over the last 6 months, starting to do some of that traditional tribal ethos back stabbing. I suggest they 'purge' all of their upper leadership just to be sure.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-02-04 11:35|| 2008-02-04 11:35|| Front Page Top

#5 I gotta wonder if that $200,000 U.S. bounty on his head finally had an effect. Might make some of the rest of them think twice if we publicized that it did.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-02-04 11:53|| 2008-02-04 11:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Somebody please tell me again why we are treating this POS country as a 'friendly????'

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-02-04 13:18|| 2008-02-04 13:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Good question, USN. Dunno.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-02-04 14:18|| 2008-02-04 14:18|| Front Page Top

#8 I think it's time for India and the US to "solve" the Pakistani problem - permanently. A greater Afghanistan would be a pretty stable country, IMHO. Since India derives its name from the Indus River, it's only right that the Indus River be part of its boundaries. Screw Pakistan and the Four Horsemen it rode in on.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-02-04 14:26|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-02-04 14:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Joint India/American superhighway Karachi to Kabul? Gotta be easier than the Burma Road.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-02-04 14:31|| 2008-02-04 14:31|| Front Page Top

#10 OP I think it's time for India and the US to "solve" the Pakistani problem - permanently. A greater Afghanistan would be a pretty stable country, IMHO. Since India derives its name from the Indus River, it's only right that the Indus River be part of its boundaries. Screw Pakistan and the Four Horsemen it rode in on.

dibs on the Kyber Pass and all the Jingle Trucks!
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Paracha called Laith "a good and pious Muslim".

lol, faithfully translated or

'Break It Down'

"a good muslim" = A Decorated with Oak Leaves Goat Fondler.

And the, "Pious Muslim" part = A Registered Scum Bag Pedophile, of course.

Posted by RD">RD 2008-02-04 15:32|| 2008-02-04 15:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Somebody please tell me again why we are treating this POS country as a 'friendly????'

Look a the map and tell me how you supply the forces in Afghanistan if Pakistan is closed. Now once the Iranian route reopens...

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-02-04 16:13|| 2008-02-04 16:13|| Front Page Top

#12 Paracha called Laith "a good and pious Muslim"

It should be noted that he is also dead.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-02-04 16:25|| 2008-02-04 16:25|| Front Page Top

#13 Sorry, NO DEATH PIC = OSAMA BEING KILLED AT TORA BORA, etc........ = LIBI TAINT DEAD.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-02-04 16:42|| 2008-02-04 16:42|| Front Page Top

#14 JFM: "Look a the map and tell me how you supply the forces in Afghanistan if Pakistan is closed. Now once the Iranian route reopens..."

If we had any balls, we would look at the map of Georgia, circa 1860-something and that little walk about a good ol' boy named Sherman took, and use that little historical tidbit to create our own resupply routes. but that's just me..

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-02-04 21:57|| 2008-02-04 21:57|| Front Page Top

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