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India-Pakistan
'Operation on cards to capture Mehsud'
2008-01-08
Caretaker Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz said on Monday that a major operation is being started in Waziristan to arrest Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. Nawaz said a major operation to capture Mehsud is being started, adding that the operation would be launched soon after revealing his hideout in Waziristan. Nawaz said intelligence agencies were hunting Mehsud, adding, “We will try our level best to capture him alive so that his accomplices can be traced.” He said no foreign forces would be allowed to launch an operation in Pakistan.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Â“We will try our level best to capture him alive so that his accomplices can be traced.”

Sounds like CYA for not blasting him in Makeen.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2008-01-08 09:53  

#1  Call me when you've got a perp walk or a toe tag.

In a simpler time, telling the bad guy where and when you would be looking for him might have been considered bad form by sticklers for operational security and successful outcomes. In Pakiland he gets to stay in good with the hoods while trying to scrape together a little credibility for trying. This keeps the graft coming while accomplishing the goal of doing nothing.
Posted by: Baba Tutu   2008-01-08 03:10  

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