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"...Ray Robison, currently a military operations research analyst specializing in aviation and missile research in Huntsville, Ala. Robison served on active duty as a fire support officer for the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Wash. and as a Battalion Signal Officer with the 101st Airborne. His 10 years of active service include duty in the Gulf War and on peacekeeping assignment in Kosovo."

"Robison also served in Qatar as a contractor for the Defense Intelligence Agency, working as part of the CIA-directed Iraq Survey Group (ISG) that examined efforts by Saddam Hussein to build and hide weapons of mass destruction, among other objectives."

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Lots of very good OSINT here -
Within the Pak border regions - When discussing Uzbeks (and Chechens).....There are two different groups - You have the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), led by Tahir Yuldashev - This group is very closely aligned with AQ (and Sr. Taliban) - Yuldashev is believed to sit on the Mujahideen Shura Council - his fighters serve as members of the Black Quard (UBL’s / Zawahiri’s bodyguards) -

The second group of Uzbeks is the IJG/IJU - This is a spliter group that broke off from the IMU (03/04 ish) - This group believes in fighting the “close enemey” first - Meaning taking out the Pak/Musharraff Gov’t - Which has brought plenty of troubles for the Pak border region warlords and Pak-Taliban -

It is Uzbek’s from this group that have mainly been targeted within the Pak border regions (by Pak-Taliban) and forced to move out (and back into Stan).

Now perhaps IMU has tried to come to the defense of their Uzbek IJU/IJG brothers....and moved back into Stan with them (this would be a great turn of events for our side).

Killing capturing Tahir Yuldashev (IMU) leader would be a great success (and a wealth of Intel).

Faqir Muhammad is another big wild card in all this - He has a large following (leader of the TNSM - the Movement for the Implementation of Mohammad’s Sharia Law) - THe TNSM is a banned terrorist movement inside of Pak - Faqir has provided personal shelter for Zawahiri (we are certain of this) - Faqir home village of Damadola (inside Pak) was targeted by both U.S. air strikes as well as a U.S. SOF raid.

Baitullah Mehsud is another of great importance - He is the most powerful Taliban leader in Waziristan - Where does his loyalties today stand with the IMU or IJU/IJG??? (Or AQ for that matter).

One thing is certain....The more movement we get out of these groups....the better. The more pressure we can put on them the better......And if they are made to run back into Stan.....Excellent.

In order to get HVT #1 & 2 (along with Sr. Taliban) we have to be willing to take more risks....cause more havoc/chaos...and HQs have to be much less risk adverse....