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Military clarifies killed fighter was local Al-Qaeda spy(He WASN'T an AlQaeda biggie)
HiPakistan ^ | March 30 2004 | NA

Posted on 03/30/2004 1:49:54 AM PST by Dog

Military clarifies killed fighter was local Al-Qaeda spy (10:25 PST)

ISLAMABAD: Military today clarified that an Al-Qaeda fighter killed in an operation near the Afghan border was just a local intelligence operative and not the terror network's spy chief.

"He is not really the intelligence chief for all Al-Qaeda, but he was one of the top intelligence people in Wana (South Waziristan) for Al-Qaeda," military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan told AFP.

Sultan at a news conference on Monday said Pakistan army killed "Mr Abdullah, who was the chief of Al-Qaeda intelligence."

Sultan still refused to answer questions whether the military recovered Abdullah's body, saying he has no details about the full name, nationality and identity of the man.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abdullah; afghanistan; alqaeda; enemy; killed; pakistan; southasia
Pakistan needs to get it's act together. First Zawahiri was surrounded .....then no he wasn't. Now we have Al Qaeda intelligence chief killed.........no it was only the local AQ spy in Wana.
1 posted on 03/30/2004 1:49:55 AM PST by Dog
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To: Dog Gone; Boot Hill; Cap Huff; Coop; Angelus Errare; swarthyguy
Swarthyguy.....the Pakistani's are turning out to be something else.
2 posted on 03/30/2004 1:51:42 AM PST by Dog
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To: Dog
So, is it the Pakistani military or the Pakistani media causing all this confusion?
3 posted on 03/30/2004 1:54:00 AM PST by Miss Marple
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To: Miss Marple
Seems the military spokesman is clueless..
4 posted on 03/30/2004 1:55:19 AM PST by Dog
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To: Dog
Ping me when they get a biggie! Preferably with pics included--head on a stick sort of thing.
5 posted on 03/30/2004 1:56:19 AM PST by beaversmom (Michael Medved has the Greatest radio show on GOD's Green Earth)
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To: Miss Marple
Here Jane...he started a worldwide feeding frenzy with these words Monday.

Sultan at a news conference on Monday said Pakistan army killed "Mr Abdullah, who was the chief of Al-Qaeda intelligence."

I have noticed this General Sultan has done this alot in news stories. Engages his mouth before his brain kicks in..

6 posted on 03/30/2004 1:57:54 AM PST by Dog
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To: Dog
Well, from now on we will have to take any of his briefings with a grain of salt. Jeesh!
7 posted on 03/30/2004 1:59:53 AM PST by Miss Marple
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To: Dog
Rumors,speculation fuel a declaration of fact that turns out to be fiction in so many news story from the middle east.I am leary ...but still join in on the threads!....;)
8 posted on 03/30/2004 2:05:11 AM PST by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: Dog
This is about as clear as mud.
Maybe I am missing something?
9 posted on 03/30/2004 2:16:04 AM PST by onyx (Kerry' s a Veteran, but so were Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh and Benedict Arnold.)
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To: Dog
...the Pakistani's are turning out to be something else.

Yeah: the Clinton administration.

10 posted on 03/30/2004 2:16:04 AM PST by Grut
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To: Dog
First Zawahiri was surrounded .....then no he wasn't.

Now you're buying into it, Dog. I don't recall a single member of the Pakistani military or government mentioning al Zawahiri as being cornered. It was unsourced rumor control concerning a possible high value target.

11 posted on 03/30/2004 3:44:17 AM PST by Coop ("Hero" is the last four-letter word this veteran would use to describe John Kerry)
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To: Dog
So it looks like DEBKA was pretty much on the mark after all, eh???
12 posted on 03/30/2004 3:45:21 AM PST by chilepepper (The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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To: ThermoNuclearWarrior
It wasn't such a big guy after all.
13 posted on 03/30/2004 4:39:39 AM PST by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: Dog
"Sultan still refused to answer questions whether the military recovered Abdullah's body, saying he has no details about the full name, nationality and identity of the man."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1107784/posts

So which version has more credibility?
14 posted on 03/30/2004 4:50:15 AM PST by nuconvert ("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( President Bush 3-20-04))
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To: Dog
Any al-Qaida member they kill represents progress. Too bad it wasn't the biggie, though.
15 posted on 03/30/2004 6:10:30 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog; swarthyguy
You know, the complete Pakistani incompetence with regard to this whole operation would be almost comical were this not so serious. They had in excess of 10,000 troops involved in this operation with armor and air support against ~700 al-Qaeda and they got their heads handed to them. How these people could ever have serious ambitions about defeating India is beyond me.
16 posted on 03/30/2004 6:47:28 AM PST by Angelus Errare
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To: Angelus Errare
MOles, backstabbers, jihadis in uniform.

The incompetence was more than that, IMO, the purge of jihadis in upper and mid ranks is not complete.
17 posted on 03/30/2004 10:43:39 AM PST by swarthyguy
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To: Dog; Dog Gone
LOL! not something else, just adhering to their true nature. ProJihadis, Mush may have to implement a Stalinist like purge of his ranks.

There is a silver lining; the bloodying of the Army will make the Promodernity secular types understand that they have to step up and take charge and get rid of the jihadis.

There are no alternatives; we can't or won't put 200K troops in the border areas and risk the resultant bloodbath.

And Mush knows that if he produces the untimate HVT's, he will be the golden boy of the US WOT. So he has the motivation; question is, does he have the power to produce results.
18 posted on 03/30/2004 10:47:26 AM PST by swarthyguy
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To: swarthyguy
We have been saying since 9/11 at this forum that Musharraf needs to conquer his own country. He wasn't willing to do much in that regard until the assassination attempts in December.

Now, it's not just a matter of cooperating with the US. It's personal.

19 posted on 03/30/2004 11:09:19 AM PST by Dog Gone
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