Bodies of Al Qaeda Militants Missing in Pakistan

Fox News ^ | Wednesday, January 18, 2006 | staff

[Marine_Uncle]

Now we know why all those pakis where so indignant and angry.

[jonrick46]

One thing they haven't counted on: You can hide the bodies, but you will never hide the DNA.

I hope the Pakistanis did a thorough collection of samples.

[Chad_the_Impaler]

Key Al Qaeda Bomb Maker Believed Slain

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/18/world/main1218527.shtml

[Airborne1986]

Any time a muslim child or woman gets nicked by some of our ordinance, we are treated to almost instant photos/video of the "victims" on a slab or in a hospital (apparently being denied pain medication). Not this time, though. I haven't seen a single picture of any bodies - just some busted buildings and an old piece of unrelated, unexploded ordinance that some Paki genius planted on the scene. But, the MSM is chugging the 18 dead civilian Kool-Aid through a funnel.

[tarator]

I hope the Pakistanis did a thorough collection of samples.

I hope we didn't outsource the job to the Pakis.

[AlphaOneAlpha]

Yeah, nothing from the Z-man since the air raid. I always thought that mark on his forehead looked like a target. Maybe we were "on the mark" this time.....Praise Alla.

[xcamel]

I won't say, but ABC now reporting:

Pakistani officials also said that Khalid Habib, the al Qaeda operations chief for Pakistan and Afghanistan, and Abdul Rehman al Magrabi, a senior operations commander for al Qaeda, were killed in the Damadola attack. Authorities tell ABC News that the terror summit was called to funnel new money into attacks against U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

so you have it on better authority.

[JMS]

Could it be that this summit was exposed by NSA wiretaps?

[blam]

"I won't say, but ABC now reporting:"

Click here for that story.

[jonrick46]

The United States has been playing a difficult balancing act between India, China, Pakistan and Pakistan's Muslim brothers. We have elevated Pakistan to a key ally in the war against terrorism. In return, Pakistan has been receiving weapons and technology from the United States as an incentive to cooperate with our effort. This has been a successful effort in lieu of our relationship with India. We have been able to stabilize the conflict between India and Pakistan. However, Pakistan is also the beneficiary of China's proliferation of nuclear weapons and missile technology. Pakistan also has enjoyed 50 years as an ally with China. The United States, to its credit (especially Condi Rice's efforts), has stabilized its relationship with China and has called upon China to take a role in counter terrorism efforts and to play a part in the region's stability. In fact, Pakistan and China have developed an important partnership in fostering regional security. Pakistan needs China’s help to deter terrorism in its north. At the same time, China expects Pakistan to be a protective screen for its west, especially Xinjiang. Therefore, leaders from the two countries have agreed to work together strategically to help the other fight terrorism and internal separatist movements.

When you factor in Iran (and other countries like Syria), who do not look upon Pakistan's cooperation with the United States with favor, Pakistan plays a difficult balancing act. Pakistan acting out of loyalty to China and its Muslim brothers, may now be giving only token support to the United States while favoring China who is an arch enemy with India; especially as tensions grow with Iran. Because of the U.S. support of India, Pakistan's suspicions of the U.S.linger and it may be growing; drawing it closer to China.

Our position with Pakistan may have more problems in the growing tensions with Iran. China does not want the United States to act unilaterally with Iran like it did with Iraq. An invasion of Iran could unravel U.S. relations with China and Pakistan.