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Re: Pakistan's loyalty
| quote: | Originally posted by josh4
Pakistan really has been quite the little helper. Why? |
Cos they get a shit load of aid?
Pakistan seize al-Q no. 3
The Americans wouldn't know an "al-Q no. 3 if it bit them on their arses"
| quote: | Al-Libbi’s arrest in Pakistan, announced last Wednesday, was described in the United States as “a major breakthrough” in the hunt for Osama Bin Laden.
Bush called him a “top general” and “a major facilitator and chief planner for the Al- Qaeda network”. Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state, said he was “a very important figure”. Yet the backslapping in Washington and Islamabad has astonished European terrorism experts, who point out that the Libyan was neither on the FBI’s most wanted list, nor on that of the State Department “rewards for justice” programme. |
| quote: | The only operations in which he is known to have been involved are two attempts to assassinate Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s president, in 2003. Last year he was named Pakistan’s most wanted man with a $350,000 (£185,000) price on his head.
No European or American intelligence expert contacted last week had heard of al-Libbi until a Pakistani intelligence report last year claimed he had taken over as head of operations after Khalid Shaikh Mohammad’s arrest. A former close associate of Bin Laden now living in London laughed: “What I remember of him is he used to make the coffee and do the photocopying.” |
So, well done Pakistan you just arrested al-Qaida's tea boy! But then, dont worry bout it, the Americans will think he is a very important person, if you say so!!!
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