Bad week for terrorist

[kosar]

But that's kind of the old news in this post. Along with the vets turning their backs on Clinton because he was a draft-dodger

What's new in this post is that Bush didn't put tube socks the crotch pocket in his flight outfit to say that the war in Iraq was over. He was just telling one aircraft carrier that they did their job. One boat - nice job - that's what W was doin'

Nothing wrong with that. Last throes, indeed. Keep on keepin' on, Wayne.

It's not confirmed, but I heard that the cod-piece that W stuffed in there for that photo-op ended up going for $6.75 on E-Bay.

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

I'd ike to see the transcript of him failing to recall under oath 50 times in 42 paragraphs --please.

 

[Chadman]

Ok, Wayne, great point. I can't produce anything EXACTLY like that. You win...



Again, was just footnoting that for my own recordkeeping...carry on.

 

[bryanz]

Some big boys taken off the street--


7/7 'MASTERMIND' SEIZED IN IRAQ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1717571.ece

FOILED: Saudis Arrest 172 in Alleged Terror Plot...
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070427/D8OP6N8O0.html

FUNNELED: Troops seize gang transporting 'bombs from Iran'...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070427185225.eephgeaz&show_article=1

U.S. raids target al-Qaida in Iraq
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070428/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Pakistani forces capture al Qaeda suspect
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070428/ts_nm/pakistan_arrest_dc;_ylt=AsnRi3BWMZ33NI9esqsoH39Z.3QA

US reveals capture of senior Al-Qaeda suspect
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2007042...70428022746;_ylt=Au0AakM2eKfInuuMYPsQzXSFOrgF

Thought I'd cut/paste this last one to show left wing elements contribution--

by Jim Mannion
Fri Apr 27, 10:31 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States revealed Friday the capture of a senior-level Al-Qaeda commander and his transfer to its Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention center for "war on terror" suspects.

Abd al Hadi al-Iraqi, who allegedly led operations in Afghanistan and plotted the assassination of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, was taken to the Guantanamo Bay facility within the past week, the Defense Department said.

Al-Iraqi was intercepted as he was trying to reach Iraq to manage Al-Qaeda operations and possibly plot attacks against Western targets outside Iraq, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said.

Whitman said the suspect "was one of Al-Qaeda's highest ranking and senior operatives at the time of his detention."

Al-Iraqi was a key Al-Qaeda commander in the late 1990s, and from 2002 to 2004 was in charge of cross-border attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan, working directly with the Taliban, Whitman said.

"He also in recent years was involved in plots to assassinate perceived opponents of Al-Qaeda to include Pakistan President Musharraf as well as other officials," Whitman said.

Al-Iraqi was held by the Central Intelligence Agency before being turned over to US military authorities, said Whitman.

In a note to CIA employees, director Michael Hayden said the agency played a "key role in efforts to locate him," and called al-Iraqi's capture "a triumph on which we must continue to build."

Hayden also defended the CIA's interrogation program, which President George W. Bush acknowledged in September involved tough "alternative" interrogation practices.

"The information it has produced has prevented terrorist attacks and saved innocent lives," Hayden said. "Its methods are legal, thoroughly reviewed by our government to ensure that they are fully in accordance with our laws and treaty obligations."

On September 6, Bush announced that all high-value prisoners being held by the CIA at secret overseas detention centers had been transferred to Guantanamo.

A US intelligence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said al-Iraqi was captured in late 2006, well after the president's announcement, as part of a complex international operation.

But Amnesty International said the announcement raised questions about how many more people are being held by the CIA, where they were being held and whether al-Iraqi was subjected to the "alternative" interrogation techniques.

The lack of information "only adds to the deep concerns surrounding the United States' conduct in the so-called 'war on terror,'" the human rights group said.

News of the capture was welcomed by Pakistan and hailed by Afghanistan as "a major success."The Pentagon and the CIA declined to comment on where al-Iraqi was captured, whether US forces were directly involved, or where he was held.

"At the time of his capture he was trying to return to his native country, Iraq, to manage Al-Qaeda's affairs and possibly focus on operations outside Iraq against Western targets," Whitman said. "He was intercepted before he got there."

Whitman said al-Iraqi also met with Al-Qaeda members in Iran, but would not say when.

A fact sheet released by the Pentagon said al-Iraqi believed that Al-Qaeda members in Iran "should be doing more with the fight, including supporting efforts in Iraq and causing problems within Iran."

As a senior Al-Qaeda planner and operative, al-Iraqi "had fundamental responsibility for Al-Qaeda operations in that whole stretch of the world as well as other responsibilities," the intelligence official said.

"I would think of him in relation to the plot against Musharraf as someone who had a leadership or guiding role," he said.

Al-Iraqi was born in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in 1961 and served in the Iraqi military before going to Afghanistan where he spent 15 years, according to the fact sheet.

Before the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, he was a member of the Al-Qaeda military committee that oversaw terrorist and guerrilla operations and paramilitary training, the Pentagon said.

He also was a member of a 10-member group of advisors to Osama bin Laden, and was known and trusted by the Al-Qaeda leader and his deputy Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the Pentagon said.

It said that at one point al-Iraqi was Zawahiri's caretaker and that he interacted with top Al-Qaeda planners and decision makers such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, Abu Faraj al-Libi, Hamza Rabi'a and Abd al-Rahman al Mujair.

More recently, he associated with leaders of other extremist groups allied with Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, including the Taliban, it said.

He worked "directly with the Taliban to determine responsibility and lines of communication between Taliban and Al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan, specifically with regard to the targeting of US forces," it said.

DTB, you are the self proclaimed conservative ret vet, I would add with no clue. I'm going to break it down for you pal. Terrorist don't have bad days. They don't play the same number games that you do. If you are going to talk about the enemy, I suggest you get to know them. As long as they inflict damage , they don't care how many of them die. This is a suicide mentality we are fighting with guys like you and our president thinking you can kill a number of them and they wave the white flag. We can't ever kill enough of them to see that flag. If you want to match body for body, we will never win. The Answer is deeper and easier than you and the dopes you follow are willing to explore. We can't fight terror with terror. We are not that kind of people. If we had the mentality of the terrorist, we would drop a bomb on Iraq and Afghanistan and get it over. We don't have that mentality.

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Well maybe not bad time for all terrorist and some have something to cheer about--we have one element that continues to keep their spirits up-----

"Al Qaeda No. 2 says bill that would set timetable for withdrawing troops is sign of America's 'failure and frustration"

 

[Chadman]

Well maybe not bad time for all terrorist and some have something to cheer about--we have one element that continues to keep their spirits up-----

"Al Qaeda No. 2 says bill that would set timetable for withdrawing troops is sign of America's 'failure and frustration"

Good point, Wayne. I can't imagine why Al Qaeda would want to make comments publicly to rally the cause. So, your point is that all the comments they make are true (I know you have their Website bookmarked...you qoute from it daily), or some of the comments they make might be outlandish and designed to achieve another cause? Like keeping us in harms way so they can continue to kill Americans without having to work hard to do it? I'd say that about as valid an outlook as your eternal drumbeat.

 

[Chadman]

Not to mention Bush and Co. doing such a good job of pulling away from Bin Laden with the majority of our attention in the early stages of the "War on Terrah", which did more to rally the cause than anything we've done since - and I suggest will ever do.

 

[djv]

We need to spend more money here at home to get ready and to strengthen our protection. It's coming up on 6 years since 9/11. They take there time. I would guess they will want to do something big here before we throw Bush out in 08. W are not ready.

 

[StevieD]

Well maybe not bad time for all terrorist and some have something to cheer about--we have one element that continues to keep their spirits up-----

"Al Qaeda No. 2 says bill that would set timetable for withdrawing troops is sign of America's 'failure and frustration"

They make those quotes because they want to keep us there. Fighting, dying, bankrupting our country. That is their only weapon against us.