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al-Qaida Leader Not at Site of Airstrike
AP News (via Yahoo!) ^ | January 14, 2006 | Riaz Kahn

Posted on 01/14/2006 3:21:21 AM PST by snarks_when_bored

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101 posted on 01/14/2006 6:37:18 AM PST by Wiz
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To: sure_fine

Assuming the Pakistani report is true, the only way these Pakistani officials could learn so quickly that Zawahiri was still alive would be by talking to him personally. I believe there are those in the Pakastani government (not Musharraf) that are protecting al Qaeda with the full understanding that American forces are not allowed to hunt for them in Pakistan. At the very least, they will now know that the rules have changed.


102 posted on 01/14/2006 6:45:22 AM PST by Hoodat ( Silly Dems)
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To: snarks_when_bored

At least that cow got what was coming to it


103 posted on 01/14/2006 6:48:43 AM PST by JIM O
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To: ken5050
Did I see a story somewhere that these houses were owned by "local jewelers". Wow, retail commerce everywhere.
104 posted on 01/14/2006 6:56:17 AM PST by pointsal
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To: ken5050
Disinformation?????

Wouldn't be the first time our intelligence/military services used the slavish MSM as willing dupes. Nor the last.

105 posted on 01/14/2006 6:58:34 AM PST by randog (What the....?!)
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To: snarks_when_bored
"He was not there, and this is what we know after a detailed probe"

Which is -more- or -less- accurate than the detailed probe beforehand that said he was there?

As if this guy has had Zawahiri's itenerary all along or something.

106 posted on 01/14/2006 7:00:46 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: Hoodat
Agreed. It might also be a way of al Queda to test our capabilities. They might have created an intelligence leak to check the time for a predator drone to launch a missile. They might also be trying to determine if there is any leaks within their "closed community". This is similar to the way they test our troops capabilities and response with IEDs in Iraq. These people are very intelligent and very dangerous.
107 posted on 01/14/2006 7:01:56 AM PST by pterional
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To: Hoodat

About an hour ago, a network radio newscast (either Fox or ABC) stated that a Pakistan official said there was a "50-50" chance that Zawahiri was in that pile of rubble.

I'm gonna say he was until I hear different from my own government.


108 posted on 01/14/2006 7:04:06 AM PST by zook
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To: snarks_when_bored

I find it very suspect that the Pakistanis would rush to such a conclusion so quickly. I've never believed that the Pakistani government has been completely with us in the War on Terror. Their intelligence services are supposed to be one of the best in the world, and you want me to believe they haven't been able to locate Bin Laden and/or Zawahiri since Tora Bora? No way, I don't buy it, I'll bet they have a very good idea where those two scumbags are probably every day of the week.


109 posted on 01/14/2006 8:56:30 AM PST by moose2004 (You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
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To: Patriot from Philly
I can think of several reasons why they would want to deny this, nothing good could come from them letting the US take out this Islam hero on their turf. I'll wait for the US report. But will the US even get the truth from our allies. Doesn't the AP seem relieved.

I can understand why Pakinstanis would want to downplay an event involving the act of another country firing a missile inside of Pakistan. Minimize the resentment factor. Agree with your comment about AP.

110 posted on 01/14/2006 9:15:55 AM PST by Starboard
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To: snarks_when_bored

I understand the bodies of five of the deceased were quickly taken back to Afghanistan. If they were not Al Qaeda, what's the rush? And if they were Al Qaeda, wouldn't their colleagues want verification of their deaths, and to prevent their remains from falling into CIA hands?


111 posted on 01/14/2006 9:19:10 AM PST by popdonnelly
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To: snarks_when_bored

Excellent post.


112 posted on 01/14/2006 9:19:44 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Reform4Bush

Well,If Debka says he's alive, it's official, he's dead!!!!


113 posted on 01/14/2006 10:15:23 AM PST by Perdogg ("Facts are stupid things." - President Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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To: sure_fine

Wow, how come it takes weeks to do a DNA test here, but only 12 hours in Pakistan?


114 posted on 01/14/2006 10:51:44 AM PST by cookcounty (Army Vet, Army Dad.)
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To: cookcounty

I guess the CIA still isn't with the program yet... I was wrong.


115 posted on 01/14/2006 11:32:29 AM PST by Btrp113Cav
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