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| 2004-08-14 |
| A newly arrested al-Qaeda operative is providing valuable insight into the inner workings of Osama bin Laden's network as the United States remains on alert for attacks, U.S. officials and a diplomat in Africa told The Associated Press. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian wanted in the deadly bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa, has much to say. His life has tracked al-Qaeda's evolution from a tightly organized network assaulting prominent U.S. targets to a looser group struggling to maintain momentum. Attention surrounding the arrests has focused on another suspect, Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan, an alleged al-Qaeda computer expert. But Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said, "The most important arrest that has been made of late has been that of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani." While U.S. officials agree Ghailani is an important catch, they are still trying to figure out what role the |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #6 Most of them have been brought up on Jihad fantasy and are just tools. Too bad their momma's didn't raise them as Christians. Then they'd be busy helping spoon food at the local shelter or flying off to foreign lands to help in the orpanage...doing some good in the world, instead of blowing up over nothing. |
| Posted by: B 2004-08-14 10:13:33 AM |
| #5 THey are not true Muslims when you get down to the root of it. Just terrorists. True Muslims would follow their own book and go out trying to kill every infidel in sight. |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2004-08-14 2:05:23 AM |
| #4 It's true some of these ass hats seem to spill out their guts as soon as they are captured. I tell you air dropping sented quilted TP to these clown would prolly cause many to give up if promised a life time supply. That is about how truly commited they are. Most of them have been brought up on Jihad fantasy and are just tools. |
| Posted by: Flamebait93268 2004-08-14 1:56:40 AM |
#3 came under suspicion in part because he was the only black man in the eastern Pakistani city of GujratThe Paks profiled him? The LLL won't like that! Whatever happened to loving death as we love life?That's only for the little jihadis, Zhang Fei - not for important people like him. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-08-14 1:41:15 AM |
| #2 I get your point ZF.) These punks want to have some sort of espirit de corps. Your comments about a certain level of commitment really ring true. They are idiots, easily lead, but no real bravado. Charlie was tough, buy all accounts. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-08-14 1:08:10 AM |
| #1 Whatever happened to loving death as we love life? Bragging and lying seem to be endemic to the jihadi ethos. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-08-14 12:50:04 AM |