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Pakistan claims victory in militant stronghold *Waziristan* (No signs of UBL or Zawahiri)
AP ^
| 9-1-2008
| Zarar Khan
Posted on 09/01/2008 3:32:20 PM PDT by 82ndABNOfficer
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) Pakistan's army claimed Monday to have routed Taliban militants in a stronghold near the Afghan border but turned up no sign of Osama bin Laden or al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alqaeda; elvisbinladen; islam; mohammedanism; pakistan; taliban; wot
To: 82ndABNOfficer
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posted on
09/01/2008 3:35:14 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
To: 82ndABNOfficer
> ... but turned up no sign of Osama bin Laden ...
Has been usefully undead for years.
Apt to remain so for the duration of the Bush Admin.
> ... or al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri.
Could easily be dead.
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posted on
09/01/2008 3:37:49 PM PDT
by
Boundless
(Legacy Media is hazardous to your mental health)
To: 82ndABNOfficer
If you believe this crap, then you’ll go for the crap Obamma Lamma Ding Dong is peddling.
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posted on
09/01/2008 3:47:50 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(An enemy of Islam)
To: 82ndABNOfficer
Problem is, just about everyone in Waziristan is either a terrorist or a terrorist supporter. This sounds like a token gesture, although maybe better than nothing.
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posted on
09/01/2008 4:15:41 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Dog; Cap Huff; Ernest_at_the_Beach; csvset
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posted on
09/01/2008 4:27:05 PM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: 82ndABNOfficer
Some, just scraping by, said they could not afford to make the journey home for Ramadan, which begins Tuesday in Pakistan, and would instead remain in sweltering, mosquito-infested tents.It's Allah's will . Damn 'skeeters!
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posted on
09/01/2008 4:34:29 PM PDT
by
csvset
To: 82ndABNOfficer
Pakistan has hundreds of square miles of sandy wasteland. UBL could be anywhere.
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posted on
09/01/2008 5:05:26 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: TheBlueMax; WLR; iThinkBig; Molly K.; bayouranger; beebuster2000; maine-iac7; lancer; voletti; ...
Pakistan ۋﮧ۱م
FReepmail if you want on or off
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posted on
09/02/2008 6:51:23 AM PDT
by
G8 Diplomat
(The thing about politics is it's never so bad that it can't get worse)
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