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2006-01-25 Africa North

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-01-25 01:07|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 thx Dan for the follow up. I remember the Saif/group and the kidnappings because the event was covered 3 years ago right here at the RBU.

/part 2 set tivo

Posted by RD 2006-01-25 01:49|| 2006-01-25 01:49|| Front Page Top

#2 The journalist clearly went to the Columbia School of Journalism... or wants to. Lots of good information, thank you, but also lots of gritty atmospheric description, of the kind the author couldn't possibly have personal knowledge. And just a tad too carefully "balanced".

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-25 07:59|| 2006-01-25 07:59|| Front Page Top

#3 was Saifi. "He was tall, much taller than most of the others," Bin Laden's evil twin? Did anyone check to see if the two have ever been seen in the same place at the same time? :-)

Posted by 2b 2006-01-25 11:12|| 2006-01-25 11:12|| Front Page Top

#4 This is a great article and the guy did a good job. However this bothers me...The former official also suggested that other secret missions had been conducted during that time period. "Rumsfeld had his goons running all over the continent," he said.

no bias there.

Hmm, former unnamed official perhaps it could be Scheuer?? Seeing as he's quoted earlier. Why does everyone always quote from this guy? He never seems to get ANYTHING right. Here's another example of Scheuer's inability to master the obvious.

Kidnapping the tourists was atypical for the GSPC, and it is true, there were easier ways to raise money and weapons. Scheuer speculates that Saifi may have wanted to boldly demonstrate that the GSPC was not beaten. Another possibility is that he was heeding a 2002 recommendation from Al Qaeda's leadership to attack "the enemy's tourist industry" because it "includes easy targets with major economic, political, and security importance," and because its impact can sometimes surpass "an attack against an enemy warship."

I think the author did a nice job of not offending Scheuer by not dissing his quote, but still giving his readers what they needed to know.

Posted by 2b 2006-01-25 11:24|| 2006-01-25 11:24|| Front Page Top

#5 think the author did a nice job of not offending Scheuer by dissing Scheuer's quote, but still giving his readers what they needed to know.

Posted by 2b 2006-01-25 11:25|| 2006-01-25 11:25|| Front Page Top

#6 And here's another food for thought. Maybe if "Rumsfeld and his goons" had been running the show back when Bin Laden could have been handed to us on a silver platter, and his mighty army squased like a bug, 911 might not have happened.

Posted by 2b 2006-01-25 11:56|| 2006-01-25 11:56|| Front Page Top

#7 The former official also suggested that other secret missions had been conducted during that time period. "Rumsfeld had his goons running all over the continent," he said.

Could've been Scheuer; it might also be Richard Clark. Sounds like the terminology he'd use.

Posted by Pappy 2006-01-25 12:55|| 2006-01-25 12:55|| Front Page Top

#8 This is just a preview of the leaks coming from State when Condi starts reassigning Their Excellencies to Outer Shitholistan....

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-01-25 13:00|| 2006-01-25 13:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Ahhh yes ... Richard "Boogie to Baghdad" Clarke.

Posted by doc 2006-01-25 16:47|| 2006-01-25 16:47|| Front Page Top

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