Hambali had been in Thailand about a month when he was arrested, yes. Pakistan then arrested his brother and almost 20 other suspected terrorists.
Al-Nashiri had the "IIRC" caveat after his name, meaning I was going from memory and was not sure I was correct. I was not.
That still doesn't mean a thing. Pakistan has captured and turned over, just to name a few:
-Abu Zubaydah (not a middle-level Taliban member)
-Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (not a middle-level Taliban member)
-Ahmed Ghailani (not a middle-level Taliban member)
-Naeem Noor Khan (not a middle-level Taliban member)
-Amjad Farooqi (not a middle-level Taliban member)
I've said nothing about Pakistan's virtues. You're just completely blinded by your anger/hatred toward that government, dude.
We just use the word "talib" as a slang for these guys incase u didnt get it.
"You're just completely blinded by your anger/hatred toward that government, dude."
===Granted my post seem to reflect so,but then my brother-in-law died in Kargil. Heard of Kargil war?..... Or not interested?
I would love to see how u would have reacted had....... (god forbid) u lost someone in Iraq and I was singing peans for Saddam Hussein.
All I am trying to say is that by capturing a few high/middle level "talibs" u wont be seeing the last of them. The ranks keep filling so long as the terror factories are maintained and supported by their mentor "Pakistani establishment". Thats what we learnt in Kashmir. U have to hit the SOURCE. Until U have done that u havent won the WOT.
The Pakistani jihadist leader in whose house Abu Zubaydah was found sheltered, Hameedullah Khan Niazi, was not arrested and is still free.
The Lashkar-e-Taiba people in whose safe house Ahmad Khalfan Ghailani was found, were never arrested
The Jamaat-i-Islami leaders in whose house KSM was arrested from, are still free.
The two Salafist madrassahs in Karachi where Hambali's brother Gunawan and his cohorts were arrested are still open and recruiting students from South East Asia.
Many reports say that Amjad Farooqi could have been taken alive but was killed to prevent him from singing on his ISI "handlers."
The Hydra will grow another head.