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2003-03-07 Afghanistan

Osama arrested near Pak-Afghan border area?

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-03-07 04:23 pm|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fox reports (7:15AM PST)that sons of Bin Laden were arrested in SE Pakland (via the Associated Press) - no number yet, and he has several - but the AP was quoting a Pak minister

Posted by Frank G 2003-03-07 09:19:57|| 2003-03-07 09:19:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Now they're saying SE Afghanistan and it's two sons....makes more sense

Posted by Frank G 2003-03-07 09:25:57|| 2003-03-07 09:25:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Saad and Hamza Bin Laden arrested - 7 Al Qaeda dead in a raid in Afghanistan

Posted by Frank G 2003-03-07 09:35:44|| 2003-03-07 09:35:44|| Front Page Top

#4 According to Drudge, this article was reasonably prescient. I found the link from John Bono (via LGF), who's been all over this one.

Thanks to the internet, strangers gladly trudge through obscure Paki websites just so freeloaders like me can try to figure out what's going on in the world.

Posted by JAB 2003-03-07 09:38:06|| 2003-03-07 09:38:06|| Front Page Top

#5 FNC nows says the US is disputing the Pakistani account.

Beats me what's going on ...

Posted by Dan Darling 2003-03-07 10:43:46|| [www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2003-03-07 10:43:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Okay, NBC is now saying that Saad is in custody.

Anybody have a clue?

Posted by Dan Darling 2003-03-07 11:11:00|| [www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2003-03-07 11:11:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Obviously something happened. It sounds like somebody's trying not to get his hopes up...

Posted by Fred 2003-03-07 12:24:00|| 2003-03-07 12:24:00|| Front Page Top

#8 Its pretty clear somethings going on, but just what it is yet is a little hard to tell.

If we suddenly showed up with OBL, it would really impact our plans for iraq. so, its likely that we got him, but are trying to keep it under wraps. Its also likely that people involved in al-queda are trying to get out the word that weve got him and that some of what we are picking up is the 'signal to noise' ratio increasing.

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-03-07 13:04:06|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2003-03-07 13:04:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Mansour Ijaz (sp?) on Fox, who seems to have good intel and contacts in Pakland, Soddy and Kuwait, said it was an ambush of a convoy in which 7 Al Qaeda dies in the shootout. He noted that although it's not certain who was grabbed, the size of the convoy, the intel leading to the ambush, and the willingness of the guards to die to protect their charge led him to believe it was someone(s) big. Alaska Paul, Frank Martin and others note that if we do get OBL, it would not help Daschle and others find their pro-war principles...I doubt though that we could keep that big of a catch under wraps, although it would be beneficial. I'd say put your money in stocks as it'll zoom when we do catch him

Not an expert though, right Becky lol
....your mileage may vary

Posted by Frank G 2003-03-07 13:47:44|| 2003-03-07 13:47:44|| Front Page Top

#10 I wonder if this "convoy" is the "caravan" ABCNews was reporting?

Posted by Fred 2003-03-07 14:37:49|| 2003-03-07 14:37:49|| Front Page Top

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