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| Son of al-Zawahiri captured (maybe) |
| 2004-02-25 |
| A son of Osama bin Laden’s top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, has been captured by Pakistani forces, one of Pakistan’s leading newspapers reported today. The Urdu-language Jang daily said Khalid al-Zawahri was arrested in an operation yesterday against al-Qaeda suspects in South Waziristan, a semi-autonomous area bordering Afghanistan. The report, quoting diplomatic sources, said Khalid was handed over to US custody soon after the arrest and flown out of Pakistan. Military and government officials declined to confirm or deny the report. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #7 I kind of favor "killed" myself. Humm, he didn't deny that. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-2-25 3:49:12 PM |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #1 Hope it's true. Feel the pain Ayman. |
| Posted by: Mark 2004-2-25 6:22:03 AM |