[jeffers]

I can think of several good reasons to tell the press we are tracking a certain kind of cell phone. It makes a good bit of difference whether the original source is military or civilian.

I read somewhere that Zek Mohammad was the guy driving the armored pickup that blew the checkpoint way back at the start of all this, so it seems a good bet that he was the subject of the calls for medical assistance we intercepted.

Let's see, number three in Saudi, the head supporting tribesman in Pakistan, and maybe Zarkawi in Iraq too.

I wonder if Bin Laden and Zawahiri feel martyrdom closing in on them yet? In any event, they can't be having a good day.

[Cap Huff]

I think "Mr. Anonymous" may be feeling that events are closing in on his book release as well. He seemed to find it necessary to almost immediately comment in dismissive tones about Nek Mohammed's demise:

"Nek Mohammed is one guy in one small area. We sometimes forget how big the tribal areas are."

Now, I grant that the tribal areas are large and constitute an incredibly complex terrain, but that all the more underscores the remarkable success here. Did the Pakistani's (and/or we) just happen to get lucky? I don't think so.