U.S. plans Al Qaeda offensive (in Pakistan). (Capture Bin Laden?)

Chicago Tribune ^ | 1/28/04

[areafiftyone]

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration, deeply concerned about recent assassination attempts against Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and a resurgence of Taliban forces in neighboring Afghanistan, is preparing a U.S. military offensive that would reach inside Pakistan with the goal of destroying Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network, military sources said.

U.S. Central Command is assembling a team of military intelligence officers that would be posted in Pakistan ahead of the operation, according to sources familiar with details of the plan and internal military communications. The sources spoke on the condition they not be identified.

As now envisioned, the offensive would involve Special Operations forces, Army Rangers and Army ground troops, sources said. A Navy aircraft carrier would be deployed in the Arabian Sea.

[Dysart]

I think we need to come up with a secret decoder ring in order to login to FR.

Osama Has A Long Mustache

[Puppage]

U.S. military offensive that would reach inside Pakistan with the goal of destroying Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network.

That was pretty much the idea from the get-go, no?

[cookcounty]

"The sources spoke on the condition they not be identified. "

----because if they were identified, it would mean 25 years of misery in the Fort Leavenworth dungeon.

[Nexus]

One more telling paragraph from the article:

Referred to in internal Pentagon messages as the "spring offensive," the operation would be driven by certain undisclosed events in Pakistan and across the region, sources said. A source familiar with details of the plan said this is "not like a contingency plan for North Korea, something that sits on a shelf. This planning is like planning for Iraq. They want this plan to be executable, now."

[LurkedLongEnough]

Pre-emptive flush of the fainthearted.

Note to Osama: Get out of Paki as soon as you can gas up your camel.

[beckysueb]

Oh didn't you know? Madeline Albright says The President already has Osama and just keeping him under wraps till "just the right moment!"

[eastforker]

I want all of you to visit this link, then you might understand this article.http://www.stentorian.com/propagan.html

[Nexus]

by certain undisclosed events in Pakistan and across the region

Doesn't undisclosed mean they know and can't tell? This phrase gave me a bit of a chill.

[section9]

I'm sure plans for all sorts of things are made all the time. Why is this one being leaked ?

To tip off bin Laden deliberately and start putting him in motion. When he moves, he is exposed. When he moves, people will talk and tongues will wag. When he moves, operational security is reduced.

One other thing; this will tip us off as to whether OBL or al-Zawahiri are in Iran or not.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[ErnBatavia]

Maybe its not even true. Who knows.

What does Mansoor Ijaz have to say on this subject?...That would clear it up straightaway.

[Coop]

FYI

[Coop]

What does Mansoor Ijaz have to say on this subject?...That would clear it up straightaway.

I do hope you simply forgot your sarcasm tags. :-)

[eastforker]

Check out the link in post #27. The next time you hear W proclaim islam is the religion of peace, you will understand why.

[Coop]

Not a site that interests me, thanks.

[Tricorn]

What a bunch of whiners! Does it ever occur to anyone that somebody seems to know what he's doing out there, given our tremendous success in the War on Terror?

[eastforker]

If you haven't been there or if you have not had instruction about propaganda it is informative.It explains how propaganda is used. It also helps one understand about other articles we read in the media, ours and theirs.I posted the link for those that may not have an understanding, it was not directed specifically to you.

[kylaka]

Yeah, when the beards get long enough, and they look like they've been sleeping with a goat for a year, and they can speak fluent Arabic.

[Coop]

Does it ever occur to anyone that somebody seems to know what he's doing out there, given our tremendous success in the War on Terror?

Apparently you're not aware that we have assembled here at FR the finest collection of military and intelligence minds ever seen! ;-)

[grannie9]

Thank you for the link. I thought it was very interesting..

[Naspino]

I had a dream last night that Bin Laden was captured. If it comes true then I'm going to be really p/oed that THIS out of all my dreams is the one that comes true!