Posted on 08/01/2008 5:08:11 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Unverified Letter Obtained By CBS News Urgently Requests Doctor To Treat Ayman al-Zawahiri
CBS) Ayman al-Zawahiri - the second most powerful leader in al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden's No. 2 - may be critically wounded and possibly dead, CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan reports exclusively.
CBS News has obtained a copy of an intercepted letter from sources in Pakistan, which urgently requests a doctor to treat al-Zawahiri. He's believed to be somewhere in Pakistan's remote tribal areas of Pakistan.
The letter refers to Sheikh Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri by name - and says that he is in "severe pain" and his "injuries are infected."
It is reportedly written by local Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud, whose signature and seal are visible on the letter.
The Taliban logo and the Mehsud's seal have been confirmed by experts as legitimate.
However, CBS News has not been able to confirm the authenticity of Baitullah Mehsud's signature and seal.
The letter is dated July 29 - one day after a U.S. air strike that killed al Qaeda weapons expert Abu Khabab al-Masri, and five other Arabs in South Waziristan.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Thank you for the ping.
Given the sanitation, or rather lack thereof, in most ME hellholes, lightning-fast infection of injuries is not at all surprising.
“Jingle bombs, jingle bombs, jingle all da wayyyyy...”
Jeff Dunhammmmm would be proud...
I bought a t-shirt yesterday to commeorate this occasion...
I am clearly identified to the unwashed in this country as an “INFIDEL”...
“Bring it!”
Like what???
Taking your bottom lip and stretching it over your forehead pain...pain???
Carol Burnett sure was graphic about child birth...;-)
I like your concept though!!!
The Predator is the perfect weapon for the Taliban/Afghanistan conflict.
I bet the Russians are getting a lot of good education watching us there.
BTW, whatever happened with the Global Hawk?
“The Global Hawk is the first UAV to be certified by the FAA to file its own flight plans and use civilian air corridors in the United States with no advance notice.[18] This potentially paves the way for a revolution in unmanned flight, including that of automatically piloted cargo or passenger airliners”
“Good ole Thurman Munson. My fave was Graig Nettles. Loved his glove and that big lefty pull swing. That was back when you could bat .240 and be the starting 3rd baseman for the Yanks. The pre-steroid, juiced ball, expansion team, small park jokey era. Thurm behind the plate with no helmet, just a cap backwards. Big sideburns everywhere ya looked. Great team. Great memories.”
Gee when you look up the word moxie, you get the 77 team picutre.
Looking at video of games back then, the players, even the power hitters look like toothpicks. This before the age of weights and certainly other enhancers.
Gator though was my favorite. A guy all of 160 pounds throwing heat past everybody. And boy did he have style on the mound. Just watching him bound around after a strikeout.
Ron Guidry was a big part of that team. What greater glory. I know none. And I’m saying that as a Met fan.
MMMM, who says there's never any positive news?
WOW! We killed him again? This guy has more lives than a cat.
“Please, Osama, be honest... Does the purple satin make me look to girly?”
;-)
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