Guess they forgot to send the check for the "Catch Osama" fund to the right department of the Pak Army. They let Osama's top lieutenant get away again...at the cost of the Pakistani Army grunts who went in and were tossed into the fray so the "leadership" of Pakistan could say "we tried". Poor Bastards.
Pakistani security forces laying siege to tribal and foreign al Qaeda fighters in a remote area near Afghanistan have taken about 100 prisoners and may have wounded one of their Chechen or Uzbek leaders, military officials said Saturday.
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But the commander, Lt. Gen. Safdar Hussain, dismissed as "conjecture" reports that the fighters could be sheltering Ayman Zawahiri, the top deputy to Osama bin Laden and a key planner of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. Intelligence reports had placed Zawahiri in the area last fall, officials said.
Gee, I seem to remember that as of Friday, Zawahiri's capture was a done deal. I'm not conjecturing that someone in the government of our "ally" Pakistan might have tipped him off, and diverted resources crucial to capturing him...nope, I'd never suggest that.
posted by Jo Fish on 03.20.04 at 08:22 PM
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There were reports yesterday that a bullet-proof Land Rover supported by two armored vehicles had broken out of the ring of Pakistani troops.
The same reports talked of attack helicopters and artillery being used in the battle.
It would seem to me take if you had attack helicopters they should be able to take care of a small convoy of light armor, or track it until the Pak F-16s showed up.
WTF? A photo op to impress Colin?
posted by: Bryan on 03.20.04 at 10:20 PM [permalink]
