Nonsense.
heh, heh, heh.
When he runs he's dead.
IMO, this info is being put out by the Bush administration/campaign through Lehman's mouth for a reason. Lehman wouldn't talk on this on his own.
You bet I believe the capture or death of Osama bin Located is the October surprise.
Leni
What an incompetent....no wonder I hated the commission.
If we knew where he was, we'd simply go get him.
"He's dead, Jim."
DNA smear in some cave in Afghan.
bin Laden is dead...that's why al Zarqawi is trying to take over. (No..I don't mean zawahiri.)
i wonder what sort of taxes he pays on that?
Whoa....
Bump.
By Dilawar Khan Wazir
WANA, Oct 21: The government on Thursday warned local and foreign militants in the besieged Spinkay Raghzay area in South Waziristan tribal region to surrender or face a full-scale assault.
No significant engagements occurred on Thursday as over 2,000 soldiers encircling the area tightened the cordon.
The administration sent in a jirga of tribal elders into the besieged area to persuade militants to surrender peacefully.
"They have been given three options, surrender peacefully, or identify militants and show us where they are or face a full-scale assault," a senior security official said.
The jirga, however, returned later in the afternoon without scoring any success.
The elders have sought more time to convince the militants holed up in the area and the government appeared inclined to grant more time to these efforts.
"It is better to wait and resolve this issue peacefully than to cause more bloodshed and killings," an official told Dawn.
A general calm prevailed in the area after overnight clashes between security forces and the militants left one soldier dead and three others wounded.
The fighting has so far claimed the lives of six soldiers in three days.
Officials said that a militant was also killed in the clash while two others were captured alive.
They said that Abdullah Mehsud, who had masterminded the kidnapping of two Chinese engineers on Oct 9, was not in the area.
"Spinkay Raghzay was used as a transit point by militants to cross over into different parts of the tribal region and Abdullah though used this as a route, he is not present there at the moment," the official said.
He did not know the exact number of foreign or local militants holed up in Spinkay who, he added, were determined to put up a fight and die rather than surrender, but said that their number could be significant.
Eight gunship helicopters are on standby in Jandola, adjacent to Tank district.
Officials said that army troops had entered a small bazaar in the Spinkay Raghzay and secured nearby hilltops in the area.
Residents also reported fierce gunbattle between security forces and militants in the Mandana and Qalqala areas while people were seen leaving the area in large numbers.
Militants, meanwhile, fired three missiles on a paramilitary camp in Wana on Wednesday night.
Authorities said that a missile hit a barrack inside the camp, but did not cause casualty. Skirmishes have been reported from the Kaniguram and Karwan Manza areas.
Why not load up on carpet bombing matierals and just light up the whole area at once? Then the President of Pakistan won't have to worry and a whole huge hive of bad guys would be back with their lord Satan.
There would also be new available land for nice people to populate.
Sounds like a WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN.
Security pound hideouts of al-Qaeda linked militants in Pakistanfs tribal belt to capture the mastermind of Chinese engineersf captivity.
Caging Instigator: Pakistan Security Hits Militants Hideouts
Pakistan Times NWFP Bureau Report / PT Monitoring Desk
WANA (South Waziristan): As the crusade against al-Qaeda militants got stepped-up in the tribal belt of Pakistan to put in cage Abdullah Mehsud, the ringleader of Chinese engineersf captivity, dozens of families left their mountainous abode near the Afghan border on Thursday.
Backed by helicopter gunships, the security forces kept up a barrage of artillery and mortar fire, which was aimed at foreign antagonists, who were reported to be taking shelter in the terrain with their local collaborators, known as the turncoats all-around the vicinities.
Three civilians were killed when a mortar exploded at a roadside restaurant in Spinkai Raghzai village Wednesday, a foreign news agency report says. "We could hear artillery fire the whole night," said Alam Gul Bitani, who lives in neighboring Jandola village.
He said dozens of families, carrying their children and bundles of possessions, were streaming into his village to avoid the siege by troops, which began Wednesday.
Of the Militants
The militants, led by Abdullah Mehsud, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner blamed for masterminding the kidnapping of two Chinese engineers have fired back at the troops with mortars and guns.
The rebels also fired rockets Thursday at a nearby checkpoint, but they landed in a field and caused no casualties, said an official in Wana, the main town in South Waziristan.
Authorities say the militants suspected of having al-Qaeda links are in South Waziristan. But there has been no hard evidence about the whereabouts of the two top al-Qaeda heads.
Mehsud and Men
On Thursday, Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao told reporters in Islamabad that their security forces had surrounded a South Waziristan village where Mehsud and men were thought to be hiding. "We are optimistic that Abdullah Mehsud would be captured soon," he said.
Sherpao reiterated Pakistan's pledge that bin Laden or Taliban chief Mullah Mohamnmed Omar were not present in Pakistan. "Osama and Mullah Omar are not here, but they could be somewhere in Afghanistan, where they have more options to hide," he said.
Pakistan, a key ally of the United States in its war on terror, has arrested more than 600 al-Qaeda suspects.
Arrests
Officials on Wednesday said they had captured a suspected al-Qaeda communications expert of Middle Eastern origin. They identified him as Abdul Rahman.
Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed confirmed the arrest of a terror suspect, but would not give details. Rehman, who was known as "Electronic" within al-Qaeda, was also wanted by U.S. intelligence, Sheikh said.
On Thursday, another official, said an al-Qaeda suspect, a Yemeni in his 20s identified as Saleh Nauman was arrested in Lahore city on Tuesday as he was leaving for the airport.
Nauman had allegedly been trained as a terrorist in Afghanistan. Info Minister said he could not confirm the arrest.
Yet, Sherpao confirmed both arrests, but gave no details. "At this stage, I can only say they are al-Qaeda suspects, and our security agencies are questioning them," he said.
Another report says that security tracked him as he traveled from Wana, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, through Islamabad and on to Lahore. Minister said he was planning to return to Yemen through the Arabian Sea.
Pakistani authorities said; he was carrying some important documents with him.
Spinkai Raghzai
Sherpao said troops have surrounded Spinkai Raghzai, about 55 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Wana, to capture Abdullah Mehsud.
Officials say Mehsud has forged ties with al-Qaeda, although his whereabouts have not been known since Oct. 14, when commandos raided a house where five of his men were holding the two Chinese engineers.
One of the Chinese was freed, but the other was killed in the assault. All five kidnappers were killed. Security chiefs then vowed to hunt down Mehsud, who disappeared after the attack.
Series of Offensives
Pakistan has launched a series of offensives this year targeting al-Qaeda fighters in South Waziristan, and says it has broken up several terrorist hideouts and training camps.œ
No...get him AFTER the election. Don't Churchill Bush. No time to the RATS say: "the war is over let's do healthcare."
For those interested in what the religion of peace is about, please check this link:
http://news.daylightonline.com/Quetta.html
Quetta, capital of Baluchistan. A very unfriendly place.
George W. Bush will win reelection by a margin of at least ten per cent
That's like saying in the Catskills portion of the Appalacian mountains.
Wazirsitan and Baluchistan are two different places
Real precise
Lehman should be prosecuted and imprisoned for violating his security clearance. Whether UBL is a cave painting or in Pakistan is not the point. Lehman shouldn't be talking about 'what we know' regardless.
Could we send in a bunch of F-117s with JDAMs or Paveway LGBs? No one need know the -117s are even in the area, especially not the Pakistanies and Afghans, until things start going BOOM.
Who would Osama rather see as Prez-Bush or Kerry?
OK, vote for the other one.
Any questions?