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ABC Radio: Afghans, NATO arrest militant commander in Kabul
ABC Radio News ^ | Oct 8, 2003 | ABC Radio News

Posted on 10/07/2003 12:58:01 PM PDT by mikegi

Afghan authorities and NATO-led peacekeepers have arrested a commander for a renegade warlord thought to be fighting alongside Taliban and al Qaeda remnants.

Ghulam Rabbani Abu Bakr, from the Hizb-e-Islami faction of Afghanistan's one-time Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, was arrested in an early morning raid in Kabul.

Squadron Leader Paul Rice, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force, says this is a significant arrest.

Hekmatyar's faction, which devastated Kabul with rockets in the early 1990s killing tens of thousands of people, has been linked to a series of attacks in the city since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001.

These include a car bombing on September 5th last year that killed at least 26 people and wounded about 150 others.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alqaeda; bakr; captured; isaf; qaeda; southasia; taliban
Good news. They can put the screws to him and get info on Hekmatyar.
1 posted on 10/07/2003 12:58:02 PM PDT by mikegi
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2 posted on 10/07/2003 12:58:31 PM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: mikegi
Thanks for the good news!
3 posted on 10/07/2003 1:00:31 PM PDT by MEG33
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That's the third piece of bad news for the Taliban/Al Qaeda goons this week. [grin]
4 posted on 10/07/2003 1:00:44 PM PDT by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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Good news ping!
5 posted on 10/07/2003 1:02:58 PM PDT by MEG33
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To: mikegi; MEG33; MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
Thank you for the good news post and ping, mik and MEG!

Hekmatyar's faction, which devastated Kabul with rockets in the early 1990s killing tens of thousands of people, has been linked to a series of attacks in the city since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001.

Another bad day for the bad guys, ping!

 Thanks, Tonkin!

If you want on or off my Pro-Coalition ping list, please Freepmail me. Warning: it is a high volume ping list on good days. (Most days are good days).

6 posted on 10/07/2003 1:05:53 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("Most selfish thing I've ever heard," Ollie North, 10/7, re those who object to $ 87 b 4 ME effort.)
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To: mikegi
Thanks for the good news. There is a lot of significance in this comment in the article.

Afghan authorities and NATO-led peacekeepers have arrested a commander for a renegade warlord thought to be fighting alongside Taliban and al Qaeda remnants.

Don't you love it, Remmants of the Taliban and al Qaeda.

7 posted on 10/07/2003 1:09:39 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Fight Liberalism 24/7/365 for only 17 cents / day. Donate $5 monthly to Free Republic.)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Another bad day for the bad guys, ping!

The bad guys walked right in to a veritable quagmire.

8 posted on 10/07/2003 1:32:36 PM PDT by BOBTHENAILER (One by one, in groups or whole armies.....we don't care how we getcha, but we will)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
9 posted on 10/07/2003 1:35:45 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Yes ~ Another bad day for the bad guys ~ Bump!
10 posted on 10/07/2003 2:42:05 PM PDT by blackie
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
11 posted on 10/07/2003 7:09:57 PM PDT by windchime
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl; mikegi; MEG33; Grampa Dave; BOBTHENAILER
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We really want to take this guy off the streets so give us a call.

12 posted on 10/07/2003 8:01:51 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: PhilDragoo
Lol, bump!
13 posted on 10/07/2003 8:13:24 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("Nobody ever said we can't afford to defeat Hitler." ~ Ollie North, 10/7)
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To: PhilDragoo
LOL!
14 posted on 10/07/2003 8:14:44 PM PDT by MEG33
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To: PhilDragoo
You are really bad.

Is his picture on the Camel Milk boxs?
15 posted on 10/07/2003 9:54:04 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Fight Liberalism 24/7/365 for only 17 cents / day. Donate $5 monthly to Free Republic.)
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To: mikegi; Ragtime Cowgirl
Another bad day for the bad guys, ping!

Thanks for the ping, RC.

I love it when the bad guys have bad days like this!!

16 posted on 10/07/2003 11:27:14 PM PDT by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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