Thursday, March 18, 2004
Pakistan
Musharref to CNN: Pakistani forces surrounding what may be Âhigh value target defended by al Qaeda forces engaged in bitter combat around Kaloosha village in Waziristan. Target is alleged to be Al Qaeda #2 Zawahiri.
Update: Hopefully this story is true and we can rid the world of this scumbag, but it's interesting timing. First Spain announces they will remove their troops from Iraq, car bombs destroy a Iraqi hotel, Poland admits their frustration and more importantly, the U.S. names Pakistan as a major non-Nato ally. Since it's Pakistani troops that made the announcement and not ours, (I assume we have Special Forces with the Pakistani Army), it's probably just a coincidence, but you never know. How many times have we heard that Bin Laden may have been caught?
Update #2: The Australian is reporting that Zawahiri may have slipped the net:
A BULLETPROOF LandCruiser at high speed bursting out of a tribal compound in Pakistan's South Waziristan region was just the latest infuriating setback in the US's quest to bring down the top of the al-Qa'ida tree.
The car, followed by two armoured vehicles and a phalanx of heavily armed militants able to wipe out dozens of crack troops sent to blast the terrorists from their nest, is believed to have contained Ayman al-Zawahiri, right-hand man to Osama bin Laden.
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Update: Hopefully this story is true and we can rid the world of this scumbag, but it's interesting timing. First Spain announces they will remove their troops from Iraq, car bombs destroy a Iraqi hotel, Poland admits their frustration and more importantly, the U.S. names Pakistan as a major non-Nato ally. Since it's Pakistani troops that made the announcement and not ours, (I assume we have Special Forces with the Pakistani Army), it's probably just a coincidence, but you never know. How many times have we heard that Bin Laden may have been caught?
Update #2: The Australian is reporting that Zawahiri may have slipped the net:
A BULLETPROOF LandCruiser at high speed bursting out of a tribal compound in Pakistan's South Waziristan region was just the latest infuriating setback in the US's quest to bring down the top of the al-Qa'ida tree.
The car, followed by two armoured vehicles and a phalanx of heavily armed militants able to wipe out dozens of crack troops sent to blast the terrorists from their nest, is believed to have contained Ayman al-Zawahiri, right-hand man to Osama bin Laden.
