Third of Senior al-Qaida Dead - report

TIMES ONLINE ^ | World : last updated, February 24, 2002 04:31

[Bad~Rodeo]

US military chiefs believe up to a third of Osama bin Laden's most senior lieutenants have been killed in the war in Afghanistan.

They also believe Osama bin Laden survived the assault on the cave complex of Tora Bora and is moving around the mountains that straddle the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to the New York Times.

But intelligence experts say they are no closer to capturing bin Laden, who has a £17.5 million price on his head, as they do not have specific information that could be used to launch an attack on his hide-out, the newspaper reports.

[ppaul]

[fm1]

No, no.. it's optimistic... 2/3s empty gives us all something to look forward to.

[nocommies]

THANK YOU!

[nocommies]

how many of the antichrists who complain about the treatment of the animals at gitmo complained about the treatment of mr pearl by his captors? the bleeding hearts who sympathize and defend the terrorists, are WTIH THE TERRORISTS, NOT WITH US!! they can all fry in hell.

[sheik yerbouty]

The jihadists? Get them all!

[Duckdog]

One third, well, its a start.

[RightOnline]

"Summary execution is not justice, unless this is war, which it isn't."

Yeah, gee, you're right.

Let's just call it "The Afghan Olympics With a Lot of Noise and Flying Metal".

[conqueror]

Two thirds? There are 1.4 billion of these evil ba$turds left.

[VMI70]

Let's just call it "The Afghan Olympics With a Lot of Noise and Flying Metal".

LOL!

[Young Rhino]

No, no.. it's optimistic... 2/3s empty gives us all something to look forward to.

This could give Las Vegas bookies a new source of revenue. Bet on when each of these guys gets it. Start with the top three, and let gamblers bet on win, place, and show. :-)

[AdvisorB]

And their families! We have to do to them what the Soviets did to the hizbullah terrorist scum in the 70's. When a Soviet diplomat was kidnapped in Lebanon, the kgb was able to round up some of the family members of the kidnappers. One family member turned up with his dip stick severed in taped inside his mouth. The soviet diplomat was quickly released and no soviet diplomat was ever kidnapped again. This is the only thing that the fatatics understand.

[eno_]

He was the money man and organizer. He now has no money and little or no organization. It is the men like Mohammed Atta we have to find and kill. OBL is actually more useful as the Elvis of terrorism. He could turn up ANYWHERE.

[Tea42]

"I wonder if he thought our retribution for 9-11 would be as weak and inconsequential as our response to previous attacks on our embassies and military overseas."

That is precisely what he thought. We have not been clear, resolute, and thorough in dealing with these vermin in the past. I pray that President Bush sees this and will not relent until the job is done right, including tending to the unfinished business in Iraq.

[curmudgeonII]

Typical military speach. In my book, up to a third means no more than one third, at the most.
They haven't really said very much. [It could also mean zero.]

[Pistias]

We have evidence of guilt.

Of al-Qaeda's guilt?

[Pistias]

War must be declared by Congress. Don't get in the business of redefining the Constitution.

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations

This was an Offence against the Law of Nations, not an act of war, unless al-Qaeda is a country.