Posted on 09/13/2014 2:08:22 AM PDT by blam
Dean Nelson, The Telegraph
September. 12, 2014
The group established only last week attempted to storm a ship in the Karachi port on the anniversary of 9/11, but reports suggest the mission ended in disaster
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, the new group announced last week by Ayman al-Zawahiri to bolster his flagging fortunes, suffered a setback when three of its fighters were killed and seven arrested in its first ever terror attack.
Heavily armed militants attacked a naval dock in Karachi's sea port on Saturday night and targeted what they believed was an American aircraft carrier, but instead found a Pakistan Navy frigate and were overwhelmed before they could cause any damage, investigators said.
Three jihadis were killed in the attack, four were captured and another three arrested the following day on information from interrogations. Two Pakistan Navy guards were wounded in the fighting.
"It was a complete failure, they did not do any kind of damage, some were captured and we caught more, seven so far and may be more to come. They were well-equipped and came with the intention of taking a ship into their custody but they were caught in the initial stages," a senior source close to the investigation told the Telegraph.
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Practice, practice, practice.
Then I noticed "Karachi",
Then "Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent..."
So what, exactly, does this attack have to do with India?
I wonder how the attack group mistook a “Pokistoni” frigate with an American aircraft carrier? Something about this doesn’t seem right ...
Pakistan is part of the Indian subcontinent. Many Muslims still yearn for the glory of the era of the Mughals and Afghan invaders, who ruled most of Central and Northern India. So it’s not an accident that Zawahari chose the subcontinent name for the new outfit.
Maybe they’re not too bright. 10 people intend to capture a carrier?
“It was a complete failure, they did not do any kind of damage, some were captured and we caught more, seven so far and may be more to come>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Great intel source. Water board every one of them.
Well, maybe they saw the movie and thought Tom Hanks would be easy to roll over. It worked well for the Somalis.
Makes you wonder if they're being advised by rogue American SWAT "operators".
Ayman al-Zawahiri though 10 men could capture an american aircraft carrier...???
Somehow I find that hard to believe unless they were simply sent as cannon fodder to make news..
That's a very good question
The fact they were docked in a Karachi port, not exactly an overt friendly place, the captain would have at least a small security detail ?
They were probably watching the 2012 Demo Natl Convention when, as part of a patriotic collage projected behind the speaker, they showed a photo of a Russian frigate (instead of a USN vessel).
Maybe the DNC provided intel for the “raid.”
Obviously the “Pahckestanies” allow their military to carry arms...with real bullets.
Taking over an American carrier in any port would require a bit larger group than these folks mustered with any hope of some success.
Importantly, these people were stupid.
They pulled off an attack on a military base. Not impossible. But try it on any military base twice, and you are going to get your buttocks handed to you on a platter.
This is kind of universal, but American base commanders doubly so. They tend to regard their base as a member of their family, and get all kinds of bloody-minded if it is attacked.
The seven in custody should be treated as pirates, given a perfunctory court martial-style trial and promptly hanged from the yardarm. And the hangman's ropes should be of pigskin leather, with pig's blood splashed upon the faces of each Jihadi before the hanging. All recorded for YouTube, of course.
#7 Water board every one of them.
I think they use curry
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Understood. The headline implied that the Al-Queda branch was based in the nation of India... at least to my understanding.
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