2004-03-19 Afghanistan/South Asia

Pakistan red-faced on discovering âhigh valueâ terrorist

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Posted by Yosemite Sam 2004-03-19 3:38:02 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 DEBKA... about as reliable as the Iraqi Info Minister.

Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2004-3-19 3:53:30 PM|| [http://brighterfuture.blogspot.com] 2004-3-19 3:53:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 it could be true..Debka has had some good scoops too..

Posted by lyot 2004-3-19 4:08:19 PM|| 2004-3-19 4:08:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 If Pakistan can't control their own territory they might as well pack it in as a nation. They should have taken over the tribal areas long ago when they propped up the Taliban and were the big players in the region.

If Debka is right I'd guess this is all a cover story by Mushariff to cover the fact that someone got away, or he let them get away, or by the Pushtuns hoping to get the heat turned off.

Posted by ruprecht 2004-3-19 4:10:53 PM|| 2004-3-19 4:10:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Sometimes they hit the nail on the head, other times, DEBKA can give Ol' Bagdad Bob a run for his money.

Makes me suspect they have a tap somewhere early on in the intelligence pipeline, before things get sorted out more exactly. Either that, or they're just really good at making stuff up.

Posted by SteveS 2004-3-19 4:11:30 PM|| 2004-3-19 4:11:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Interesting item from Agence France-Press:

"Kabul - Britain has sent about 100 special forces to Afghanistan as the hunt for Al-Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri heats up, an airport official said on Friday.

The British soldiers arrived at Kabul International Airport on March 10 and left the same night for an unknown destination, said the official, who asked not to be named.

British special forces "looking like SAS" embarked from their plane and waited on the tarmac until nightfall before taking off in their vehicles, said the official, referring to Britain's elite Special Air Service.

A spokesperson for the British embassy in Kabul said he was unable to comment on operations involving special forces.

Britain has a small number of troops serving as part of the 13 500-strong United States-led coalition in Afghanistan.

However, there are about 420 British soldiers working as part of the Nato-led peacekeeping international security assistance force here.

The news comes as Afghan, Pakistani and United States-led coalition forces beefed up their operations along the Afghan-Pakistan border to capture Al-Qaeda militants and their Taliban allies.

Jordan sent a contingent of about 100 special forces to the southeastern border areas of Afghanistan this week, an Afghan military official said on Friday.

The Arab-speaking soldiers will try to infiltrate Arabs working with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, said the official."

I hadn't heard about the Jordanians.

Posted by Tibor 2004-3-19 4:52:57 PM|| 2004-3-19 4:52:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Underling: "General Musharraf! You know that 'high value' target we were pursuing? Well it turned out to be Ahmadi Masoud of the Pushtuns. What should we do now?"

Musharraf: "Keel heem anyway!"

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-3-19 5:23:51 PM|| 2004-3-19 5:23:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 NZ also sent in a few dozen SpecOps three weeks ago...

New Zealand sends 50 SAS troops back to Afghanistan
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-03/09/content_1355436.htm

WELLINGTON, March 9 (Xinhuanet) -- New Zealand Special Air Service(SAS) troops are going back to Afghanistan as American efforts to find Osama bin Laden intensify, Auckland-based New Zealand Herald reported Tuesday.

The paper quoted Prime Minister Helen Clark as saying Monday that up to 50 SAS troops would go to Afghanistan from April 1 for "long-range reconnaissance and direct action missions."

Helen Clark said the six-month mission followed talks with the United States, but she stopped short of saying the New Zealand hadbeen asked to send special forces.

"We've been talking with them for some time ... Everybody is stepping up now," she said.

Posted by Ghostrider 2004-3-19 6:16:10 PM|| 2004-3-19 6:16:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 yeah, yeah...I'm not impressed. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but it seems to me that these "high value targets" always seem to miraculously slip away (or, doh! weren't there in the first place) only to get caught again a few months later...looking like they haven't bathed or changed their clothes for the entire time they were gone.

I think they got him. It just feels like they did.

Posted by B 2004-3-19 6:26:30 PM|| 2004-3-19 6:26:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Fred Pruitt beware, Zionists with patriotic aliases are setting you up for Treason against United States; they post here to give the appearance of unbiased discussion while inducing you to censor the truth while Americans die on basis of Zionist lies, see link.

http://AmericanDefenseLeague.com/iraqr454.htm

Posted by Patriotic American 2004-3-19 6:30:28 PM|| [http://AmericanDefenseLeague.com/iraqr454.htm] 2004-3-19 6:30:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 #9, you are an idiot.

Posted by Scott 2004-3-19 6:34:41 PM|| [http://tacoflavoredkisses.com/tfkblog/] 2004-3-19 6:34:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Scott, truth hurts if you're a Zionist, doesn't it?

http://AmericanDefenseLeague.com/iraqr454.htm

Posted by Anonymous 2004-3-19 6:39:14 PM|| [http://AmericanDefenseLeague.com/iraqr454.htm] 2004-3-19 6:39:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 [ignoring looneyman trying to raise his google numbers cause his site is too pathetic to attract anyone with an IQ over 75]

Futhering my post...that's how I'd do it if I were pres.

I choose to believe that we went in there and snatched him last night. But now we pretend we don't have him so amnausea interwaah!tional and the media don't have the option of complaining 24/7 that his wrist bands are too tight and he's not getting enough sleep...isn't that Bush such a meeanie.

That's what I choose to believe. I like it.

Posted by B 2004-3-19 6:52:30 PM|| 2004-3-19 6:52:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 You know, I wouldn't put it past the CIA or whomever to get a group of guys to dress up like special forces and go around from airport to airport in the turd world freaking people out and keeping them off guard.

Posted by ruprecht 2004-3-19 6:57:28 PM|| 2004-3-19 6:57:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 FWIW, Fox News commentators (incl. Monsoor Ijaz sp?) say: a) it is Zawaheri and he may be seriously wounded, b) the Chechens and others defending him tried to crash armored cars through the line of attackers to spring him but failed, c) the Pakistanis underestimated the defenders and some senior Pakistani officials / officers are probably being held hostage and d) Task Force 121 are there trying to clean this up and free the hostages.

Posted by laid up and watching TV 2004-3-19 8:25:07 PM|| 2004-3-19 8:25:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Monsieur Monsour (hah - I always wanted to say that) is a lot like DEBKA. Salt needed often.

Posted by Pappy 2004-3-19 9:24:32 PM|| 2004-3-19 9:24:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 One word for you (And if you know who these guys are then you know why the US needs no troops involved)

Ghurka.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-3-19 10:04:56 PM|| 2004-3-19 10:04:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Heh, Mr. Boris/CompuSerb has been banished to just posting his stupid little comments....

Haahahahahahahahahaha

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-3-19 10:11:56 PM|| 2004-3-19 10:11:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 I was just struck with a totally irrational thought, but the damned thing won't go away. With this attack, a lot of people who have been skating by under the radar are suddenly committing themselves, mostly AGAINST Perv. I wonder if some of this might be a ploy by Mussarif to flush his enemies out in the open, where he can whack 'em. At the same time, I'm also assuming there IS someone in there they want, or they just want to show overwhelming force, so the tribes understand just who is boss in Pakiland.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-3-19 11:10:22 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-3-19 11:10:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 On Fox they (Ijaz and a American named Col Hunt) just reiterated that Al Zawahri is believed in there. The guy who tried to break through the cordon is being DNA-checked, they said. They also indicated that, though we have a deal with Perv and all credit will go to him / Pakis, Task Force 121 is, indeed, on the ground there. So sayeth Fox guests.

Posted by .com 2004-3-19 11:20:45 PM|| 2004-3-19 11:20:45 PM|| Front Page Top

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