Afghanistan: Now it's all-out war

AsiaTimes ^ | Feb 23 2004 | Syed Saleem Shahzad

[swarthyguy]

More background and geographical details.

[swarthyguy]

The Hills are alive with the sound of music.

[Dog]

Hey Boot can we get a map of this area..

[Dog]

Angelus.....any idea who these two guys are..

The main targets of operations here are resistance leaders Jalaluddin Haqqani and Saifullah Mansoor and their followers, who are believed to number between 2,000 and 2,500, spread all over the Khost, Paktia, Paktika and Gardez areas.

[Dog]

Nice of the media to confirm something we on FR have known about for a month or so....

Asia Times Online can confirm media reports in Pakistan that Pakistan has allowed the US to use some of its air bases for surveillance purposes, including Kohat and Bannu. Residents of North West Frontier Province are already witnessing flights of US "spy" planes over the region.

[50sDad]

Just remember, "Bush isn't doing anything to get Bin Ladin!" You watch...five minutes after we bag OBL, the mantra will become "He's not that important! How could a guy in a cave do 9-11!?!"

[2banana]

The response of the resistance to the new offensive has been deliberately muted. Even suicide missions and random guerrilla attacks have been scaled back as the resistance lies low, possibly until a major spring offensive is launched.

Or maybe they are getting their arses kicked.

[swarthyguy]

This is Terror Central. Nothing escapes the watchful eyes here.


This is getting big there. But this week's gabfests will focus on Nader and gaymarriage.

[Coop]

adding that several villages situated on the border had been evacuated

Well, that's nice. Wonder how many terrorists got away via that route?

[Cap Huff]

Kind of like the Tenet visit. . . .

On "Jalaluddin Haqqani" in the last day or so I've seen his name pop up. Some Taliban spokesman with the name of "Mohammed Saiful Adel" mentioned that JH was running the show for the Taliban along the border. I have noticed that Saiful Adel is very much like Saif al-Adel, but I can only imagine that it is a different person. Saif al-Adel is Egyptian, and this Saiful Adel seems to be Taliban, therefor probably ethnic Pashtun. Probably a case of "John Smith" commonality.

[Dog]

Like I said earlier....I'll match anyone of us on these terror threads.....against the so called terror experts.

[Shermy]

Cueing up my John Denver LP...

"Almost Heaven, Waziristan

Tora Bora, Opium and Osama...

[atomicpossum]

Don't forget the Albright Conspiracy Theory:

"Bush has had him all along and is doing this for re-election purposes!"

[Dog]

They probably stopped them and had them over for high tea .....before sending them along their merry way......:-)

[Blood of Tyrants]

Many suspects (mostly bearded with black turbans) have been rounded up

Kind of skimpy on the details as who/what to look for, don't you think?

[marron]

...! CandyGram !...

[Dog]

Hey Cap ......remember that thread I posted the other day about the man the Pakistanis arrested communicating with the AQ leadership over the internet.....I bet that was the opening round in this..

[tessalu]

I have a friend in the Pakistani Army, and I do believe that things in Pakistan have been very serious for some time now. Pakistan has a good and loyal army.

[swarthyguy]

Not if the locals prefer different colored and styles of turban than the talibs.

[teletech]

With all the technology we have, I can't imagine we don't know where OBL is hiding. We WILL get him!