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2004-07-29 Afghanistan/South Asia
Foopie jugged in Pakland!
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Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-07-29 15:41|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Al Arabiya satellite news channel quoted Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf as saying the suspect was arrested Sunday.

"The Pakistani president said the arrested person is Tanzanian who is married to an Uzbek woman, and who is wanted by the United States," the station said.

Al Arabiya said the suspect may be Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian who is on the FBI's most wanted "terrorists" list for his alleged role in the 1998 bombings by al Qaeda of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

Ghailani was among seven people about whom the United States said in May it was seeking information amid fears of a possible attack in the near future.
Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-07-29 3:44:35 PM||   2004-07-29 3:44:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 When I saw the headline I thought the conspiracy theorists at The New Republic were right. Maybe an additional, new announcement that OBL has been nabbed will come an hour before Kerry's acceptance speech.
Posted by sludj 2004-07-29 3:46:41 PM||   2004-07-29 3:46:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 thugburg calls Ghailani a cog, but hes got a high price on his head cause of the embassy bombings.
Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-07-29 3:51:11 PM||   2004-07-29 3:51:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 perhaps this should be retitled "Ghailani jugged?" if thats possible, the title as it stands is a bit of a tease.
Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-07-29 3:54:02 PM||   2004-07-29 3:54:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I, like a lot of other people, have been reading the 9/11 commision report. It is very well put together, and seems to me to be very fair. There is quite a bit in there about the embassy bombings and the Clinton administration's inability to achieve much in response to the bombings. All those Kerry supporters who have been reading the 9/11 report will have to take note that this major achievement (the capture) occurred as a result of the Bush administration's diplomacy and relationship with Pakistan. It will be interesting to see how much play the capture gets from the major media during their convention coverage tonight.
Posted by sludj 2004-07-29 3:55:54 PM||   2004-07-29 3:55:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 It will be interesting to see how much play the capture gets from the major media during their convention coverage tonight.

What is 'Fat Fucking Chance', Alex?
Posted by Raj  2004-07-29 3:58:51 PM||   2004-07-29 3:58:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 note - the Paki Interior Minister now CONFIRMS it was Ghailani.

Yes, this is a win, I agree.
Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-07-29 4:01:50 PM||   2004-07-29 4:01:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I mean, Kerry's convention has been all about how he is the great warrior who will protect us in the war on terror, that Bush has screwed the pooch, and JFK will get it right. If that is the theme, how can the media ignore this significant victory in the war on terror? (this question, like the last, is rhetorical; but Raj' answer is correct and advances him to the final round).
Posted by sludj 2004-07-29 4:03:34 PM||   2004-07-29 4:03:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 How the hell can a black African hide in Pakland?
Posted by Brett_the_Quarkian 2004-07-29 4:04:09 PM||   2004-07-29 4:04:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 How the hell can a black African hide in Pakland?

In a properly fitted burqa?
Posted by snellenr  2004-07-29 4:19:23 PM||   2004-07-29 4:19:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Brett,

Not to be pedantic but is Ghailani in fact black? Many Indians (Hindus and Muslims) were induced to come work in Africa during the Victorian period.

Ghandi started his political career in South Africa and Idi Amin chased out many Indian-descended Ugandan citizens.

Maybe Ghalaini's passport says Tanzania but his features are Indo-Pakistani. I'm just sayin'...
Posted by JDB 2004-07-29 4:23:03 PM||   2004-07-29 4:23:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 I dunno. He's either black or he needs to spend way less time on the beach.
Posted by Fred  2004-07-29 4:29:07 PM||   2004-07-29 4:29:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Egsssellent Smithers....now bring me the panties!
Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-07-29 4:30:04 PM||   2004-07-29 4:30:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Rex Mundi & Snellenr: LOL
Posted by Heisenbergmayhavebeenhere 2004-07-29 4:31:22 PM||   2004-07-29 4:31:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 is Ghailani in fact black?

quite
Posted by snellenr  2004-07-29 4:32:19 PM||   2004-07-29 4:32:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 AKA "Foopie"?
Posted by Steve  2004-07-29 4:41:03 PM||   2004-07-29 4:41:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Holy shit! Gary Coleman's a TERRORIST!
Posted by tu3031 2004-07-29 4:50:30 PM||   2004-07-29 4:50:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 thanks to the management for cleaning this post up.

BTW latest report is there was only a $5million price on his head. Better make the beer Buds.
Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-07-29 4:59:06 PM||   2004-07-29 4:59:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 "He carried head money of $25 million," Hayat told Reuters.

I do so like a fine turn of phrase.
Posted by Shipman 2004-07-29 4:59:32 PM||   2004-07-29 4:59:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Something still smells funny here. The original report was that Zarqawi was found in western Pakistan, right? Is Gujarat in western Pakistan? And 8 & 9 have good points.

Any chance both stories are true-just one story got out when it wasn't supposed to (yet)?
Posted by jules 187 2004-07-29 4:59:49 PM||   2004-07-29 4:59:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 Thanks for answering my question. Brett's point is therefore an excellent one.

The internet is a wonderful thing!
Posted by JDB 2004-07-29 5:05:33 PM||   2004-07-29 5:05:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 no a report in RUSSIAN news agency said Zarqawi (NOT, repeat NOT, to be confused with Zawahiri) was caught in western IRAQ. Thats been denied by coalition forces. Ghailani WAS caught near Islamabad, in Punjab, the heart of Pakistan.

As for a black man hiding in Pakland, really. Theres been movement in the Islamic world for hundreds of years. Ive been to Jericho in the West Bank, and most of the people there look like Africans, unlike most Pals. Presumably descended from slaves. And of course people move around in the third world today, for university, madrassah, work, etc. You wouldnt stop someone automatically in Pakland just cause they looked african, i dont think. Paul?
Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-07-29 5:06:00 PM||   2004-07-29 5:06:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 How the hell can a black African hide in Pakland?

So long as your an infidel-hating, blood-lusting, woman-beating jihadi, race doesn't matter.
Posted by Robert Crawford  2004-07-29 5:45:42 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/]  2004-07-29 5:45:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 He is just a cog. The price on his head is because he's a succesful cog. I'll bet there are a few Kenyans with big smiles on their faces right now. I think it might be nice of us to turn him over to Kenya after we are through with our questioning.
Posted by Kathy K 2004-07-29 6:31:42 PM|| [site-essential.com/]  2004-07-29 6:31:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 LH:
Ive been to Jericho in the West Bank, and most of the people there look like Africans, unlike most Pals
Jericho is also usually peaceful and pretty much left alone by the IDF... is this part of the reason?
Posted by Shipman 2004-07-29 7:26:56 PM||   2004-07-29 7:26:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#26 Lh is right, there are at least hundreds of thousands of blacks in Pakistan, primarily located in Karachi. At least one community has been in what is now Pakistan back before there was a Pakistan, and they practice a religion that mixes Islam and tradition African beliefs (which doesn't go down well with the Mullahs)
Posted by Paul Moloney 2004-07-29 7:28:49 PM||   2004-07-29 7:28:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#27 There was a surgeon captured with Ghailani. I found this article South Africans detained.

During the raid, police recovered AK-47s, handgrenades, ammunition, computers, maps and several vests containing an estimated 10kg of plastic explosives and several unknown chemical liquids in vials strapped to the devices.



It is believed that one of the South Africans was wearing an explosives vest at the time of his arrest.

Why was a surgeon with this group?

Posted by Anonymous5944 2004-07-29 7:33:26 PM||   2004-07-29 7:33:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#28 #27....The surgeon left South Africa on July 10th on a tourist visa.
Posted by Anonymous5944 2004-07-29 7:35:54 PM||   2004-07-29 7:35:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#29 Jesus.

Has anyone been watching the left's reaction to this? It's (pardon my French) fucking unbelievable! They're actually upset about this! Why? The TIMING!

Apparently there are days on which we're not allowed to announce the capture of terrorists.

Unbelievable. Un-be-freaking-lievable.
Posted by Robert Crawford  2004-07-29 10:21:45 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/]  2004-07-29 10:21:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#30 "Better make the beer Buds.
I'll have a Becks any way!
Posted by Anonymous5945 2004-07-30 12:08:45 AM||   2004-07-30 12:08:45 AM|| Front Page Top

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