Al-Qa'eda 'Mastermind' Trapped (New)

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 3-19-2004 | David Rennie

[lonevoice]

Oopsie. MadridKid has been zotted. That's the third troll zotted on a Musharraf thread today. I think this action in Pakistan has them pretty agitated for some odd reason... ;-)

[beaversmom]

David Hunt told O'Reilly today that it's all over except the DNA--let's hope he is right.

[mplsconservative]

Oh my, my head is spinning trying to keep up with all of these threads.

Now you owe me a keyboard with that post. That is hilarious!

We call our 7-year-old "Mr. Literal" because he takes everything so literally. (Doh!) I can imagine the look he'd have if he heard Bin Laden's number two was surrounded! At this hour, I'll save the announcement for morning.

Thanks for the laugh!

[Dog Gone]

Well, it probably is, except that David Hunt has no more idea of what's happening in that remote valley right now than you or I do. I think he's right, but only as a future prediction.

If and when the Pakistanis mop up the resistance in this valley, they'll say so. They've actually been rather forthcoming on all the reports up to this point, including the discouraging reports of unexpected resistance, kidnapped troops, and unexpected losses.

When they've won, and are holding the secret of whether they've gotten their "high value target", we'll get leaks out of them, not only from a retired US military officer who is in no position to know.

[lainde]

Yes! Physicians are especially disgusted by him! I long for his capture more than OBL. What an utter deviant perversion of talent!

[beaversmom]

That's why I framed it in the--"let's hope he's right" way. I don't know what he knows or what connections he's still got. Maybe he doesn't have any and is only reading between the lines of what's being said. I just want some good news so I'm grasping on to anything positive--hoping and praying.

[beaversmom]

Another Mengele.

[Robert_Paulson2]

but.. but... how will bin laden survive without his DOCTOR?

his doctor this guy is right?
looks like osami if still breathing, is not too far away.

[dennisw]

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Thu Mar 18, 1:56 PM ET
Osama bin Laden (news - web sites), left, with his top lieutenant Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahri, are seen at an undisclosed location in this television image broadcast Sunday, Oct. 7, 2001. Graphic at top right reads 'Exclusive to Al-Jazeera.' At bottom right is the station's logo which reads 'Al-Jazeera.' At top left is 'recorded.' (AP Photo/Al Jazeera, File)

[dennisw]

Thu Mar 18, 1:51 PM ET
This file televsion image released by Qatar's Al-Jazeera televison broadcast on Oct. 5, 2001 shows Osama bin Laden (news - web sites), right, and his top lieutenant, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahri at an undisclosed location. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Al-Jazeera via APTN, File)

[Dr.Deth]

I still say that's F'n al-Qerry and Gorbachev with beards.

[RightWhale]

Seems like a couple years ago the physician was just OBL's kidney dialysis physician, and when OBL died retreated with the Taliban. Now it seems he has become the mastermind. Whatever happened to OBL's son who was to take over Alqaida?

[freedomson]

Just think, these two cavemen wearing feces splattered night shirts and flip flops have brought Europe to its knees and made it beg for mercy.

[txhurl]

#2 bump!

[blam]

"Whatever happened to OBL's son who was to take over Alqaida?"

Don't know. The last I heard was the rumor that he was in Iran. Remember that?

[HitmanLV]

It seems we corner a new AQ's "#2 Guy" every three months or so. AQ has more Number Twos than The Prisoner TV series.

[eyespysomething]

mud-walled fortified villages

What, is there some dried Georgia red clay on those walls?

[RightWhale]

Yes, one of his sons was reported to be in Iran, but I don't remember if it was that one. What is his name, I don't remember. Rasheed or something.