The secret war (More detail on Al-Zawahiri Op)

Observer Special reports ^ | Sunday March 21, 2004 | Greg Bearup in Peshawar

[Anti-Bubba182]

Good Background on this operation.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Reinforcements join hunt for top bin Laden aide (Other Information Linked)

[Cap Huff]

There is a lot of interesting information here, with a lot of implications.

Anti-Bubba182, thanks for posting this article. It needs to be seen and read.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Thanks.

[Travis McGee]

'At first we thought we were up against an organisation,' one western intelligence source told The Observer. ' Something with a definable body and head. In fact, the war on terror is being fought against an idea. That does not make it any easier.'

We're going to find out, sooner or later,

If Abdul will pray, to a glowing crater.

[onyx]

Good nite, MB.
It's LATE even where we are. :)

[GeronL]

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[Travis McGee]

The explosives used in the Madrid bomb that failed to detonate have already led police to the northern mining region of Asturias, and the arrest on Thursday of a Spanish worker thought to be of Moroccan origin. The man, who has not so far been named, is accused of passing the explosives to the bombers, possibly to one of the three men arrested on Thursday. He is thought to have stolen it in small amounts over an extended period.

His arrest throws the gravest doubt on security precautions intended prevent explosives falling into the wrong hands in a country that, even before 11 March, was already racked by Basque terrorism. The stolen Goma 2 Eco explosives in particular are meant to be controlled and registered by the Civil Guard at every stage of their journey from factory and back again (every surplus gramme is supposed to be returned).

The critical mistake was letting a Muslim work in the mining field around high explosives, where he could steal it over time.

Something funny about demo: when used as designed, it disappears. Sometimes, it disappears into the trunks of cars. Or so I have heard.

[Cap Huff]

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[LibWhacker]

Thanks for all the pings. More stuff in this article than I can digest on one reading, that's for sure!

[MinuteGal]

Good article....thanks for posting.

One word, or a variation of it, provides a continuing thread throughout the article.

The word is "cleric".

Leni

[Cap Huff]

Bump.

[Cap Huff]

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[mondonico]

bttt

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the ping and the post.

Excellent article, maybe it will wake up the Euroweenies.

Clearly Iraq is super important!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The word is "cleric".

Right!

[openotherend]

The common thread of enemy terrorists is Islam and jihad against America. The one common meeting place of terrorists is the mosque.

[Gritty]

A good article!

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the ping.

"With Saddam Hussein captured in Iraq, specialist units were transferred from the Middle East. They included the newly formed Taskforce 121, a top secret mixed group of Delta Force commandos, Navy Seals and CIA intelligence experts, which, under the leadership of the legendary Rear-Admiral Bill McRaven, America's top special forces expert, were expected to get results.


They are being supported joined by British, Australian and French elite troops. A dozen Predator surveillance drones were also transferred from the Gulf and the powerful computer programs used to catch them were deployed."

When this is over, it might be possible for a conservative writer, who was a SpecOp guy in his younger to get permission to write a novel about TF121. That could be one hell of a novel.

Apparently, we plus our allies have the best of the best spec op warriorss hunting these left over al Qaeda thug/leaders in that area.

[Grampa Dave]

Pinging the excellent article posted by Anti-Bubba182.