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Afghanistan/South Asia
Farooqi iced in Pakistani raid!
2004-09-26
Paramilitary police killed a suspected top al-Qaida operative Sunday in a four-hour gunbattle at a house in southern Pakistan that also led to the arrest of two other men, the information minister said. Amjad Hussain Farooqi had been wanted for his alleged role in the kidnapping and beheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002 and two assassination attempts against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in December 2003. "I as chief spokesman for the government of Pakistan confirm that our forces have killed Amjad Hussain Farooqi," Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told The Associated Press by phone from Amsterdam, where he has gone on an official trip with Musharraf.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#6  Fred, you certainly have a way with word.
Posted by: Zenster   2004-09-26 10:08:00 PM  

#5  One word:

Posted by: Fred   2004-09-26 8:20:13 PM  

#4  Seeing as how Farooqi paid for Daniel's killing with his own life, that quite evidently made his victim "a Pearl of great price."
Posted by: Zenster   2004-09-26 7:27:42 PM  

#3  I love a good fishing thread.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-09-26 6:19:12 PM  

#2  The Pakistani police and agencies are very creatively imaginative, I am sure they will put that contraption to shame. A typical boast is that we can make deaf mutes talk in any language we want to. I hope only the "best" officers are asigned to ease their talking difficulties.
Posted by: Fawad   2004-09-26 4:42:14 PM  

#1  Farooqi won't be missed.
His 2 companions are now being questioned

I hope they are using this method at some point.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-09-26 4:36:56 PM  

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