Posted on 03/19/2004 12:31:07 AM PST by kattracks
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:04:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani forces have surrounded an estimated 200 fighters they suspect are protecting a "high-value" al Qaeda leader near the Afghanistan border, and are asking them to "surrender immediately," sources told CNN.
Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said he suspects the fighters are protecting al Qaeda's second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
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And what happened to the thread that passed 3,000 postings without breaking a sweat last night, but is nowhere to be found this morning?
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