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U.S.-Born al Qaeda Arrest News Found False
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Posted on 03/07/2010 2:31:10 PM PST by Sub-Driver

U.S.-Born al Qaeda Arrest News Found False Detained Taliban Militant's Identify Verified, Ending Confusion Over Reports of Adam Gadahn's Detention in Pakistan

(CBS) An "important Taliban militant" was arrested today in Pakistan. But that is where the confusion started.

Earlier it was reported by Pakistani media that intelligence agents had arrested Adam Gadahn, the American-born spokesman for al Qaeda, in an operation in the southern city of Karachi.

It was further reported by the Associated Press and Reuters that Gadahn had been arrested, sourcing security officials.

CBS News was told by sources in the Pakistan government that it was Gadahn, even after U.S. officials refused to confirm it was the California native for whom a $1 million reward has been posted.

Now, CBS News' Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad writes that earlier reports the detained individual was Gadahn proved false. According to a Pakistan security official who spoke with CBS News on condition of anonymity, the arrested individual is in fact "a Taliban militant leader who is known as Abu Yahya."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 201003; abuyahya; adamgadahn; captured; gadahn; yahya
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To: Sub-Driver

Well, I hoped it was him... and they’re always chance that Intel put out the followup that he was NOT arrested so they can get info out of him, sit in as the Pakis question him. Then they won’t face charges from the Coward of the Country for being mean.


61 posted on 03/07/2010 6:10:21 PM PST by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: domenad
>"Now of course you have to wonder if they squirreled him away to pump him dry of information."

An all expense paid trip to Disneyland?

A Czar/Un-Constitutional appointment?

Our torture methods are soooo brutal.

62 posted on 03/07/2010 6:21:06 PM PST by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:31 Behold, I am against you," O " you most proud, said the said the Lord GOD of hosts)
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To: Sub-Driver

Whoever it was, it’s good to have them off the streets so
the world is made a bit safer...maybe...


63 posted on 03/07/2010 8:06:06 PM PST by luvie (DIMs?......start packin'--you're fired!)
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To: LUV W

That is said every time a drug dealer is taken off the street....irony.....kind of fits with the mind set of treating terrorists like criminals by this lametard Jack Squat administration.


64 posted on 03/07/2010 9:56:50 PM PST by cranked
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If it is not true............then the Pakistanis have burned us once again.


65 posted on 03/07/2010 10:09:14 PM PST by NoRedTape
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To: austinaero

Yep....all in good time...nice smokescreen.


66 posted on 03/07/2010 11:49:12 PM PST by caww
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To: crosslink

I agree. All this means simply is that ISI doesn’t take Zero and his people seriously and in keeping them out of the loop, ISI is running their own show and Zero’s people are more of a problem than an aid. This is a big change from when Bush was around.


67 posted on 03/08/2010 7:38:01 AM PST by Track9 (Oh never mind)
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