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Major Taliban Leader Arrested; Cheney Pakistan Trip Credited
ABC News ^
| March 1, 2007
| Brian Ross and Martha Raddatz
Posted on 03/01/2007 3:08:27 PM PST by Kaslin
The reported arrest of at least one top Taliban leader in Quetta, Pakistan may be the first sign that Vice President Dick Cheney's trip there this week worked.
Pakistani officials identified one of the men as Mullah Obaidullah Akhund, considered the third in command of the Taliban.
The arrest reportedly came only hours after Vice President Cheney left Pakistan, after confronting President Pervez Musharraf with "compelling evidence" of the resurgence of the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan.
"His arrest would be huge, if confirmed," said Barnett Rubin, a New York University professor who testified today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the resurgence of the Taliban in Pakistan.
It was the first time Pakistan had arrested a senior leader of the Islamist militia since it was driven from power in Afghanistan in 2001, and thousands of its fighters fled into Pakistan.
As ABC News has reported, the failure of Musharraf government to actively pursue Taliban leaders has long been a sore subject with U.S. officials.
Intelligence sources said Akhund may know the secret whereabouts of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, and perhaps of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahri.
In the 1990s, Akhund served as the military liaison between the Taliban and the Pakistan's security service, the ISI, which has been accused of sheltering Taliban leaders since the U.S. invasion.
Habibullah Khan contributed to this report.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; frwn; musharraf; pakistan; taliban; terrorist
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posted on
03/01/2007 3:08:31 PM PST
by
Kaslin
To: Kaslin
I can't believe this (headline/angle) is being put out by the MSM. Rare kudos to ABC.
2
posted on
03/01/2007 3:09:46 PM PST
by
pogo101
To: Kaslin
The arrest reportedly came only hours after Vice President Cheney left Pakistan, Almost like they knew where he was the whole time...
3
posted on
03/01/2007 3:10:05 PM PST
by
atomicpossum
(Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
To: Kaslin
CNN and rest of MSM will probably report that this is insignificant.
4
posted on
03/01/2007 3:10:34 PM PST
by
boomop1
(there you go again)
To: atomicpossum
5
posted on
03/01/2007 3:11:00 PM PST
by
Kaslin
(In war, there are two exit strategies. One is called victory. The other is called defeat.)
To: Kaslin
6
posted on
03/01/2007 3:11:11 PM PST
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear.. on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
To: Kaslin
That's good, but you see it's a game. Pakistan can get these guys when it has to/ wants to.
7
posted on
03/01/2007 3:12:25 PM PST
by
Williams
To: atomicpossum
Almost like they knew where he was the whole time... I'm sure they did, and they knew there would be hell to pay if nothing was done after an attempt on the Vice-President's life.
8
posted on
03/01/2007 3:13:02 PM PST
by
The Blitherer
(What the devil is keeping the Yanks? Duncan Hunter for President '08!)
To: Kaslin
Is it too cynical of me to think...
MSM is ok with telling Afghanistan/Taliban successes, in order to "contrast" with their Iraq-quagmire stories?
9
posted on
03/01/2007 3:13:37 PM PST
by
xhrist
("You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. " - C.S. Lewis)
To: Williams
"That's good, but you see it's a game. Pakistan can get these guys when it has to/ wants to."
Pakistan can let the coalition forces move through that Waristan region, kill everything and no one will even know they were there.
10
posted on
03/01/2007 3:21:39 PM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(The Clintons: A Malignant Malfeasance of the Most Morbid)
To: Kaslin; 91B; HiJinx; Spiff; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; clintonh8r; TEXOKIE; windchime; ...
Something is happening,... good War News is beginning to appear in the LameStreamMedia.
11
posted on
03/01/2007 3:24:21 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Kaslin
Mullah Obaidullah Akhund
Akhund -- the root and cause of evil in Islamic lands.
12
posted on
03/01/2007 3:28:14 PM PST
by
parisa
To: pogo101
It won't last.
The headline will be changed to "Suspected Tali ban leader believed captured, despite security diverted to VP Chenny during visit"
No wait, "Innocent goat herder held against Geneva Convention rules at the behest of the evil VP Chenney"
13
posted on
03/01/2007 3:28:51 PM PST
by
Mr. Jazzy
(Very Proud Dad of LCpl Smoothguy242 USMC of 1/3 Marines, K-Bay Hawaii.)
To: Kaslin
Finally. ABC and Musharif are coming around?
14
posted on
03/01/2007 3:29:17 PM PST
by
Jet Jaguar
(Redeploy to Tehran)
To: SandRat
And especiallly by Brian Ross
15
posted on
03/01/2007 3:29:42 PM PST
by
Kaslin
(In war, there are two exit strategies. One is called victory. The other is called defeat.)
To: Kaslin
16
posted on
03/01/2007 3:30:11 PM PST
by
Kaslin
(In war, there are two exit strategies. One is called victory. The other is called defeat.)
To: Kaslin
Imagine that..! Good news..Hope they continue these arrests.
17
posted on
03/01/2007 3:30:16 PM PST
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
To: Kaslin
To: Kaslin
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posted on
03/01/2007 3:33:50 PM PST
by
Kaslin
(In war, there are two exit strategies. One is called victory. The other is called defeat.)
To: traderrob6
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posted on
03/01/2007 3:35:06 PM PST
by
Kaslin
(In war, there are two exit strategies. One is called victory. The other is called defeat.)
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