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| AP Breaking News 8:07AM PST - developing (via MSNBC) According to the newsflash Pakistan has arrested a top Al-Qaeda operative, as yet unnamed, but who is on the Top 10 wanted list from the FBI Here's the AP release, as of 11:02... An al-Qaida operative on the FBI most-wanted list, was among three people arrested in Rawalpindi, a senior government official said. He refused to identify the operative by name and spoke only on condition of anonymity.
FoxNews picks it up, too, passing along the AP release, and adding that two other people were arrested with him... And a bit more from Roto-Reuters... Pakistan detained a Pakistani and two foreigners near Islamabad on Saturday in a search for al Qaeda members, and a government source said one of the three could be an important figure in Osama bin Laden's network. "Right now all I can say is that one could be an important man, but... a lot of investigation is still needed," said the source, who asked not to be named. Officials said the two foreigners were of Arab origin but gave no further details. No shootout was involved because the suspects were taken by surprise at a house near the capital. "We have detained three terror suspects this morning. One is a Pakistani and two are foreign nationals," said Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat. YES! YES! FoxNews sez it's Khalid Sheikh Mohammad!
Full story from AP... Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks in the United States, was arrested Saturday in Pakistan. Mohammed, who is on the FBI's most wanted list, was among three people arrested in Rawalpindi, near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. U.S. officials regard Mohammed as a key al-Qaida lieutenant and organizer of the terror mission that sent hijacked passenger jets crashing into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, killing more than 3,000 people. Mohammed, 37, has not been charged in the Sept. 11 attacks, but he has been charged in a 1995 terror plot. He is one of the FBI's most-wanted terror suspects, and the U.S. government is offering up to $25 million for information leading to his capture.
A bit of detail from ABC... Senior government officials said the three men were arrested about 3 a.m. local time Saturday at a house where Qadoos lives with his father. Omar Qadoos, Ahmed's cousin, said only Ahmed, his wife and two children were in the house.
And from CBS... The tip-off came about a week earlier following a raid in the southwestern town of Quetta and the arrest of a Middle Eastern man, possibly of Egyptian origin, according to a Pakistani government source. "At the time of that raid in Quetta the authorities were looking for Khalid Shaikh but he escaped and from there they followed him to Rawalpindi," said the official. "They got information from the man they picked up in Quetta and from phone calls until they tracked him down to Rawalpindi."
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| Posted by:Frank G |
| #26 thanks, Fred! |
| Posted by: anon 2003-03-02 22:41:06 |
| #25 Anon I don't think they use heroin, though bad guys have been known to use induced drug dependency. Primitive giggle juice is pentathol or that sort of thing - used to be called "truth serum," even though results are unreliable. More modern methods involve large doses of tranquilizers for extended periods. The idea is not so much to get a one-time absolute truth, as to make the subject not care if he's telling you the truth over an extended period ('cuz, like, life is gooooood, man!) Used with various psychological approaches it can be very effective. |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-03-02 08:07:18 |
| #24 On his ass like an eagle on a snake! My place for burgers and beer. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-03-02 07:11:54 |
| #23 Hoorah! now: what is giggle juice? is it heroine? do they use heroine to interrogate? |
| Posted by: anon 2003-03-02 05:09:24 |
| #22 R. McLeod: Over 20 years of anti-jihadi work tells me that U.S. values are cheapened when mixed with Pak-jihadism. Once Americans realize that Bush-Cheney's 10-50 year counter-terror balloon is about to burst, then the civilized peoples of the earth will re-align against Islamic savagery. |
| Posted by: Anon 2003-03-01 23:49:46 |
| #21 Pull out each facial hair w/tweezers, apply pig fat liberally to sooth the skin, drop his drawers, do same and wrap bacon round his nuts. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-01 23:10:18 |
| #20 AQ has to consider every currently-in-the-works operation this clown knows about compromised. Major time bought even if he never says a word. Better yet, Fox News reports he was quite the high liver when he was in the Phillipines in the mid-90's. As Vea Victus points out, sounds like a guy who could be turned. This is definitely the one of the best days we've had in this fight. |
| Posted by: VAMark 2003-03-01 22:21:33 |
| #19 Apply giggle juice and tools of the trade. Then when we have extracted what we think is almost all of the info we can get, cozy him up to the business end of the drones of our famous bagpipes and play "amazing grace" a few times. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-01 18:24:06 |
| #18 Allahu Ackbar! |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2003-03-01 17:24:25 |
| #17 I'm sorry but I find all of this celebration to be just soooooo DISTRACTING. How will we be able to concentrate on Iraq if we allow ourselves to imagine the interrogatin process currently underway for Khalid and friends. I just can't seem to focus..... |
| Posted by: Mark 2003-03-01 16:57:53 |
| #16 In the name of allah the most merciful--after the last excruciating interrogation session--they should beat the soles of his feet until his head falls off his neck--in the name of allah the most compassionate ,of course |
| Posted by: HULUGU 2003-03-01 15:50:11 |
| #15 We can handle Pakistan if we need to, anon. Now, will you lot quit being so serious? I could here Fred ululating all the way from here (and even over my own ululations). Rejoice a bit. We just bagged some major game! |
| Posted by: Kathy K 2003-03-01 15:45:29 |
| #14 He won't be extradicted to the U.S., but will be in the possession of U.S. and Pakistani agents - apparently this will expedite the extraction of information. Warm up the pliars, truncheons and moustachios amigos - it's time for the hard boys to get medievel on his ass, and no steenkin' lawyer will be there to save him. Should save on the giggle juice |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-03-01 15:42:07 |
| #13 Going after Pakistan would be rather easy. Simply cozy up to India a little more. Problem is, it's not all that certain that the loonies understand the concept of mutually-assured destruction, should they ever take over. |
| Posted by: RW 2003-03-01 15:26:06 |
| #12 Anon, you're off-base here. 1. You CAN take a criminal organization down piecemeal. We did it with the Mafia, and we're using the same techniques now with Al-Queda. 2. You do whatever takes to get your man. If that means big rewards for snitches you do it. And on the international level it means paying off countries like Pakistan to help you. 3. You also do the POSSIBLE first. No one is going to argue that Pakistan isn't a serious problem, but what would you have us do right now, go to war with them? They're useful NOW and that's the key. We'll remember that they've been useful. 4. IF the loonies take over, and IF they threaten us, THEN we go after Pakistan. Your final comment is actually quite accurate. If we have to use a wholesale approach to Islamic savagery, we will. We will. But only if we have to. Just keep one thing in mind: We are NEVER going to forget September 11. Iraq is all about going after Islamofascism and destroying it root and branch. We understand what the threat is now. If Pakistan positions itself as part of the problem, we go after them too...but not now. |
| Posted by: R. McLeod 2003-03-01 14:44:16 |
| #11 Hmm.... I wonder if Khalid is of the same character as his nephew, he is a man of certain tastes, enjoys the good life. Maybe the CIA doesn't have to fire up the Egyptian Slow Roaster after all. "Khalid, its either the sunny Carribean or the Cairo's Kenny Rogers Broasted Jihadi House, hmmmm Broasted Jihadi." |
| Posted by: Vea Victis 2003-03-01 14:06:11 |
| #10 When the interrogation and military tribunal are finished, a good, very-well-publicized public hanging would be a step in the right direction. |
| Posted by: Tom 2003-03-01 13:55:15 |
| #9 Here's the FBI "wanted poster". |
| Posted by: Patrick Phillips 2003-03-01 13:05:44 |
| #8 Thugburg link. |
| Posted by: Pete Stanley 2003-03-01 12:46:52 |
| #7 Folks, this cannot be won piecemeal. How much is the Bush government paying to bribe the Musharaf dictatorship for occasional delivery of a handful of Arab jihadis? From near bankruptcy during the sanctions' period, this is where Pakistan's terror state stands today: "Since 911, the benefits reaped from the volte face on our Afghanistan policy stood at $10 billion in foreign exchange reserves." (www.thefridaytimes.com) And under Pakistan's constitutional formula, the terrorist government of NWFP gets 8.4% of federal transfers, which it is using to finance jihad against Americans. Even so, the Bush administration's cosmetic-democracy campaign coerced sham elections in Pakistan, under conditions where Islamists control the media, and 3 party leaders are in foreign exile. How did this stupidity play out? On Monday, the prime beneficiaries of managed "democracy" - the MMA - are attempting to remove Musharaf from office by forcing a Shura declaration that his Legal Framework Order (the basis of his power) in inconsistent with the constitution. Musharaf's own PM - Jamali - has admitted that there are no provisions that would make the LFO inclusive. Thus, the jihadis, awash with American taxpayer booty, are about to remove their last obstacle to full power. Then what? Americans start dying in Afghanistan, and American tort lawyers have a field day with Bush's reckless endangerment of the lives of soldiers. And, finally the wholesale approach to the problem of Islamic savagery will be possible. |
| Posted by: Anon 2003-03-01 12:46:07 |
| #6 Fox also brought up good points - he'll know more than anyone else where everyone is - the anthill's been kicked as Geraldo said and everyone will have to move to a different sfe house, disrupting communications. I bet the 55 gallon drum - IV drip of giggle juice started the minute they got their hands on him - welcome to the Carribean Khalid! It was also strange that they reported the CIA led the Paks to him, the FBI wasn't involved? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-03-01 12:34:32 |
| #5 Wooooooooooooot. I hope he gets a cell with no Koran and no turban. |
| Posted by: Jon 2003-03-01 12:32:31 |
| #4 Wonder who the Arabs are? Bodyguards or also-bigs? |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-03-01 12:19:16 |
| #3 YES! Don't forget to hand out the sweets while ululating! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-03-01 12:14:39 |
| #2 Here's a page from the FBI site that lists the FBI's most wanted terrorists. There's more than 10 men listed, but it looks like the list is in descending order of importance. |
| Posted by: Patrick Phillips 2003-03-01 10:46:32 |
| #1 Thugburg link. |
| Posted by: Pete Stanley 3/1/2003 12:46:52 PM |