al-Qaida Leader Not at Site of Airstrike

AP News (via Yahoo!) ^ | January 14, 2006 | Riaz Kahn

[snarks_when_bored]

Al-Qaida's second-in-command was not at the site of a U.S. airstrike on a Pakistan village near the Afghan border that killed at least 17 people, two senior Pakistani officials said Saturday.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject, said that Pakistan's own investigation concluded that Ayman al-Zawahri was not in the village of Damadola.

"Their information was wrong, and our investigations conclude that they acted on a false information," said a senior intelligence official who has direct knowledge of the investigations launched by Pakistan to look into the attacks.

Separately, a senior government official told AP that al-Zawahri was not present at the homes which were attacked.

"He was not there, and this is what we know after a detailed probe" into the incident, he said.

Pakistan's government was expected to formally issue its reaction on the attack later Saturday.

[thisiskubrick]

Crap! Maybe he filled out incorrect info on this form:

[sure_fine]

if you saw sausage slung all over the place, it would take a while to figure what pig it came from, wouldn't it

[willyd]

Pakistan is playing both sides of the fence. I find it hilarious that they don't know where he is, but they know for a fact where he wasn't. You can't have one without the other.

[Lurker]

When a member of the Pakistani government promises you a 'detailed probe', get very very nervous.

Oh, and clench your butt cheeks together really tight.

L

[csvset]

If we're lucky, we at least got a few terrorists and terrorist enablers.

If that's the case, that will do. If we missed ol' Al Z this time perhaps next time he pops his head up, we'll take it off.

[texianyankee]

"YUP..and if it take s few weeks..well, W can announce it at the SOTU.."

In my fantasy.....Dubya brings in that bastard's head in a pickle jar & plops it on the podium in front of Congress & the national television audience..... But I would be happily satisfied to hear Dubya just announce it.

[snarks_when_bored]

Okay, here's a paragraph from a Reuters report (my underline):

While 18 villagers were killed -- eight women, five men and five children -- another five bodies were thought to have been removed after the attack and Pakistani agents were uncertain where they had been taken, said the first intelligence source, who declined to be identified.

[sure_fine]

another five bodies were thought to have been removed after the attack and Pakistani agents were uncertain where they had been taken,

exactly

[beyond the sea]

locals had removed the bodies of five foreigners from the rubble

Maybe it was just one Michael Moore.

[texianyankee]

Thanks for the link to the report. verrrry interesting, indeed.

[DeaconRed]

Well he might or might not have gotten it this time.
But I gua-ron-tee you Hanna, he has dirty shorts where ever he is, if he infact did not get it this time! ! ! !

[beyond the sea]

Pakistan is playing both sides of the fence. I find it hilarious that they don't know where he is, but they know for a fact where he wasn't. You can't have one without the other.

I like the way you think in the morning.

;-)

[texianyankee]

Reading further in the Reuters report: "...One Damadola resident said three or four foreigners had come from Afghanistan for Eid.Another said he had seen bodies of at least two people who seemed to have been outsiders. "Where these bodies have gone, I don't know," he said."

[snarks_when_bored]

Right.

[texianyankee]

Whether we got the bastard or not, one thing is certain.

Word is bound to be spreadin like wildfire that it just aint too safe to be invitin' al zawahari, OBL & their friends over for dinner cuz the house might just be catching hellfire & damnation.

[snarks_when_bored]

It's a fairly clear message...

[willyd]

?

[musicman]

Osama bin Laden, not feeling well and concerned about his mortality, goes to consult a psychic about the date of his death.

Closing her eyes and silently reaching into the realm of the future, she finds the answer. "You will die on an American holiday."

"Which one?" Osama bin Laden asks nervously.

"It doesn't matter," replied the psychic. "Whenever you die, it will be an American holiday!"

[dubie]

So I guess the cover of New York Times will read "US Bombs (targets) women and children in Pakaistan"

[W04Man]

WELL, WE KNOW WHERE HE HASN'T BEEN SINCE 9/11...

HE HASN'T BEEN KILLING PEOPLE IN THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THANKS TO GEORGE W. BUSH AND A FEW OF HIS GOOD MEN/WOMEN.