In the not to distant future, there are a lot of people who denigrate President Bush who are going to be surprised that they wish he were back.
Posted on 02/11/2008 3:02:28 PM PST by gandalftb
QUETTA, Pakistan - Pakistani security forces critically wounded a top figure in the Taliban militia, among six militants captured after a firefight near the border Monday, the army said.
Mansoor Dadullah, the brother of slain Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah, and five others were challenged by security forces as they crossed from Afghanistan into Pakistan’s southwestern province of Baluchistan. They refused to stop and opened fire, said army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas.
“Security personnel returned fire. As a result all of them sustained injuries and all of them were captured,” Abbas said. “Dadullah was arrested alive but he is critically wounded.”
Earlier, a senior military official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to journalists, said Dadullah had died of his wounds while being flown to a hospital with the other injured men.
Two Pakistani intelligence officials, who declined to be named for the same reason, gave a different account of Dadullah’s capture, saying he was nabbed during a raid on a religious seminary in a neighboring district. It was not immediately possible to reconcile the differing accounts.
Dadullah rose in the militia’s ranks as an important commander in southern Afghanistan after his brother was killed during a military operation in Afghanistan’s Helmand province in May.
Abbas, the army spokesman, said Dadullah was captured near Gaddal, a border village in Qila Saifullah district in Baluchistan.
Two Pakistani intelligence officials, however, gave the location as Gwal Ismailzai village, in neighboring Zhob district. They said five militants, not six, were captured and wounded, some critically.
One of the officials identified those captured with Dadullah on Monday as Haji Lala, Khudai Dad, Khaliq Dad and Abdur Razzak. He said the injured suspects were whisked away by an army helicopter from Zhob airport to an unknown destination.
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“He said the injured suspects were whisked away by an army helicopter from Zhob airport to an unknown destination.”
We can only hope that the Paki’s helicoptered them to a water boarding, ah, I mean water-treatment facility.
“We can only hope that the Paki’s helicoptered them to a water boarding, ah, I mean water-treatment facility.”
I love the Free Republic.
Rumor has it his capture is linked to a dispute between Dadullah and the Taliban’s central command, the Pakis were waiting for him in a very remote location. This was no accident. The Taliban seems to be fracturing.
Dead-dullah. The best kind of dullahs.
I think Dadullah might have been behind us “finding” those OBL letters.
“water-treatment facility” Hmmm. I’ll donate the first case, should we be big spenders and go for the Perrier?
Possible, disinformation, but the letters were pretty old.
I love these names! They work so well in the “Name Game Song”!
What made Dadullah think that was an option? Hope the Taliban/Paki coziness is going away.
The unit that captured him was the Frontier Corps Balochistan. Very possible (wink, wink) that the FC is getting our SF training. That’s how it’s done. Excellant.
If it’s the sparkling water boarding treatment perhaps an old recording of Don Ho singing “Tiny Bubbles” in the background will make the Tali-bunnies start to squeal in no time.
I remember lots of speculation that as we get closer to the elections, old Osama himself might finally be nabbed.
I think the speculation was we might have known all along where he was at or had a better idea then let on, to somehow benefit our intel.
As I said, pure speculation, but sure would be nice.
If El Presidente Jorge produced Osama - just before the elections ——— “Democrat” heads would explode...
They would be screaming FOUL all the way to the Supreme Court...
In the not to distant future, there are a lot of people who denigrate President Bush who are going to be surprised that they wish he were back.
Excellent news
Whatever happened to Mullah Omar?
The Taliban is fracturing and he is having a hard time keeping the group together. Baitullah and the Mehsuds are woking with AQs Uzbek thugs so lots of problems with the Paki Taliban.
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