Mansoor Ijaz tells Fox & Friends, "Capture of OBL Only Days or HOURS Away"

Fox and Friends ^ | 3/5/03 | LS

[LS]

Steve Doocey said on Fox this morning that he had just gotten off the phone with Mansoor Ijaz, the Pakistani-born American who has excellent connections to Pakistan, and that Ijaz said that the info they are extracting from the Sheik means that we are days, if not "hours," away from capturing OBL. They have traced his movements; they know where his wives & some kids are (Iran, where they are being "protected"), and think OBL even slipped out of the country and went to Bali prior to that bombing, traveling mostly by water.

Further, last night on O'Reilly, Ijaz also said that he has no doubt that we are using "whatever means necessary" to extract info from the Sheik. O'Reilly said "including torture?" Ijaz said, "Yes."

[Dirk McQuickly]

This is the same guy who brokered a deal to have Saddam apprehended through the Sudanese. He's got more connections than we'll ever know. I believe him on this.

Just last week, he remarked that bin Laden's last two messages inferred that he was feeling the noose beginning to tighten dramatically. Just a few days later, we got Mohammed. He must have a huge "in" with Pakistani intelligence...

[Dirk McQuickly]

not Saddam, bin Laden.

[smith288]

This is the same guy who brokered a deal to have Saddam apprehended through the Sudanese. He's got more connections than we'll ever know. I believe him on this.

You mean Bin Laden?

[Numbers Guy]

Also, UBL is believed to be more levelheaded and focused than KSM, and would have the discipline to at least have a sentry posted.

That's fine, we'll just have to shoot him and his entourage and let him slowly bleed to death.

Capturing bin Laden isn't as important as capturing Mohammad, because Mohammad is the one with the operational details. I'll settle for having Osama's head on a stick.

[smith288]

nevermind..

[Steel Wolf]

This is going to be an interesting week in world history, methinks...

You got that right. The Iraqi campaign is all but a go, Bush all but threatened a military strike on Yongbyon if the NKs don't shut it down before they start producing weapons, and now we're hotter on bin Laden's dirty heels than we've been in a decade. Not a good month to be a bad guy.

[twigs]

I like Ijaz as much as you do, but I did hear an interview this morning that inclines me to be a bit more circumspect regarding his information. I don't know anything about the credibility of this man, Robin Moore who wrote The Hunt for Bin Laden, and he did not mention Ijaz by name, but he was interviewed on Imus and he struck me as the real deal. He does not agree with a lot of what Ijaz has said. For example, he said that we did not get all that much assistance from ISI in Pakistan. It's set up that we give credit for success to help allies and take blame for failure.

He said we really need to continue to work with Karzai in Afghanistan. He has been on the ground over there and saw a lot. I would like to know what other people know about this guy. He also said that he tends to believe Bin Laden is dead. We knew exactly where he was and dropped missiles too early to get him and he escaped--again. He said the real story about Afghanistan has not been told. Of course he's selling his book, but he was an interesting listen.

[GWB00]

Iran's appears to have been silently helping out Al Qaeda for some time. That will be a useful card to play later. I imagine we know a lot more about Iran than we're discussing, but we'll drop a dime on them in due time.

We have been very active in dealing with Iraq and it now appears No. Korea which is 2/3rds of the "Axis of Evil" Some, wiser than myself, have pointed out that the U.S. with bases in Afganistan and soon to be Iraq will have Iran surrounded.I believe a little aid to the large Iranian opposition will be enough to expedite a visit of Iranian leaders to Allah. If they get don't leave and things get out of hand we are within bombing distance from both sides of the country. The only terrorism that will be feared is F-16's and B-1 Bombers landing terror on command and control in Iran.

[FrogMom]

Does anyone else in this pretty elated thread see anything wrong with this?

A nationally televised message saying "We know where you are and your capture is hours away"?

If YOU heard that, would you sit there? Or head for the hills?

[Semper Paratus]

If YOU heard that, would you sit there? Or head for the hills?

It could be an attempt to make him move and expose himself.

[dennisw]

There should be maximum publicity for the reward money doled out for the capture of Kaled Shaik Muhammed. This will motivate the bounty hunters.

There should be an airdrop of a milllion packs of Marlboro with Osama's face and reward money information. Include a dollar bill in the pack. Word will travel real quick.

[George W. Bush]

The news report I heard was that the Pakis lured him outside or at least to the door so they could be sure to capture his laptop, cell phones, etc. intact.

The Pakis did very well here.

[CaptRon]

We don't want to take Osama alive. Any trial would be a circus and the whole time he's in jail we would be looking at terrorist threats (and probably actions) demanding his release. Nope. The only course of action is to terminate him.

[sirchtruth]

Care to point out specifically where he has "been wrong a couple of times?"

I second this query! The only thing I've heard him say that I disagree with is him telling Billy O' that O'reilly had the responsibility to help those who support Islam who are peaceful in the religion, come out and condem terrorist.

[shattered]

Are you saying that you believe that all of these stories about OBL having letters, phone calls etc. are being made up by our gov't?

[Howlin]

If it were announced that OBL was dead, Dems would use it to force most of the air out of the War on Terror.

I agree! If they killed him the first night of the war, the Dems would have wanted to bring the troops home.

[finnman69]

Cool, lets catch Osama, put him in a public urinal cage in the middle of the new WTC site where visitors can shower him with a message of FU till he dies.

[SpookBrat]

I heard a comment on the news last night they can get more reliable information out of someone if physical torture isn't used. If you're having your fingernails pulled out, you'll say anything whether it’s true or not. Sleep depravation would do it for me. Mental torture is probably what they are using (bummer, I know).

[lawdude]

"Personally, I have a big "I was wrong," because I was certain OBL was dead at Tora Bora. But Ijaz is pretty bright, and very well connected."

I too thought OBL to be at room temp but being wrong may not be too bad here. If he is caught, will it not make Teddy, Tommie, Hill and their ilk, look the fools. After all, GWB is devoting all his resources to Iraq. He can't walk and chew tabakkie at the same time. Right?

However, Mansoor just could be wrong.

[dawn53]

The only thing I've heard him say that I disagree with is him telling Billy O' that O'reilly had the responsibility to help those who support Islam who are peaceful in the religion, come out and condem terrorist

I saw that interview. I, too, thought it was weird for him to take that position.