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2010-02-16 Afghanistan

Secret Joint Raid Captures Taliban's Top Commander

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-02-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 there is more to this. heh heh.

Posted by newc 2010-02-16 00:30|| 2010-02-16 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 This war could have been over 5 years ago had we the full support.

Posted by Shineng Ebbolush2214 2010-02-16 00:45|| 2010-02-16 00:45|| Front Page Top

#3 This dude is thought to be one of the few people on their side that thinks time has come for talks.

I reckon their words are cheap and we have lost interest in negotiations. Sometimes the big wheel just gets bored of turning

Congrats , great bag

Posted by Oscar 2010-02-16 03:30|| 2010-02-16 03:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Newsweek's profile of Barandar from last July:

If you thought the longtime head of the Taliban was bad, you should meet his no. 2.

Posted by tipper 2010-02-16 04:35|| 2010-02-16 04:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Immediate rendition. If this becomes a trend, it will prove worse than Gitmo in fact, if not in the MSM.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-02-16 07:02|| 2010-02-16 07:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Since the ISI is involved with the questioning, I'm concerned they'll tip off Mullah Omar if Baradar talks...

One example of ISI perfidy

Posted by American Delight 2010-02-16 07:06|| http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/ 2010-02-16 07:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Did they read him his rights?

Does he have a lawyer?

Did they tell him he could remain silent?

What does Holder say?

Posted by AlanC 2010-02-16 07:21|| 2010-02-16 07:21|| Front Page Top

#8 If W was still President how long would the NYT have sat on it? A nanosecond? Shorter?

Posted by Frank G 2010-02-16 07:30|| 2010-02-16 07:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Looks like his check to the ISI bounced. Poppy harvest problems?

Posted by Spot 2010-02-16 07:57|| 2010-02-16 07:57|| Front Page Top

#10 Personally, I think they should find a country that he is hostile to and send him there to enjoy the full protections due a loyal citizen. It's great for morale.

Posted by gorb 2010-02-16 10:45|| 2010-02-16 10:45|| Front Page Top

#11

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-02-16 12:29|| 2010-02-16 12:29|| Front Page Top

#12

Posted by Zebulon Fleng1812 2010-02-16 13:22|| 2010-02-16 13:22|| Front Page Top

#13 If ISI was involved, how come he wasn't warned?

Posted by Kofi Ebbogum6852 2010-02-16 13:24|| 2010-02-16 13:24|| Front Page Top

#14 In November 2001, as Taliban forces collapsed after the American invasion, Mullah Baradar and several other senior Taliban leaders were captured by Afghan militia fighters aligned with the United States. But Pakistani intelligence operatives intervened, and Mullah Baradar and the other Taliban leaders were released, according to a senior official of the Northern Alliance, the group of Afghans aligned with the United States.

Posted by ed 2010-02-16 14:21|| 2010-02-16 14:21|| Front Page Top

#15 Hopefully soon we can Punish the One-Eyed Cleric.

Posted by Dave 2010-02-16 14:50|| 2010-02-16 14:50|| Front Page Top

#16 I wonder if this is the result from the attack that killed our CIA agents in Pakistan with the alleged help from the ISI. No more messing around with Pakistan.

Posted by DK70 the Scantily Clad7177 2010-02-16 17:06|| 2010-02-16 17:06|| Front Page Top

#17 If ISI was involved, how come he wasn't warned?
Yhe Afghan Taliban's major mistake was getting too close to the Pakistani Taliban, which claimed responsibility for a major bombing in Karachi late last year and has become the Pakistani state's main enemy.
The Afghan Taliban not so tainted may now be brought into some sort of accommodation a la the Iraqi Sunni awakening movements, also known as the Sons of Iraq

Posted by tipper 2010-02-16 19:08|| 2010-02-16 19:08|| Front Page Top

#18 He ranks second in influence only to Mullah Muhammad Omar, the Taliban's founder, and was a close associate of Osama bin Laden before the Sept. 11 attacks.

He's probably been out of the loop so long he doesn't know anything.

Posted by Goober Crealet3411 2010-02-16 23:08|| 2010-02-16 23:08|| Front Page Top

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