Another bin Laden aide in custody after raid

times online ^ | 9/16/02

[lasereye]

If they turn him over, we should use truth serum. Do they ever use that? If not, why not? Besides finding out where other Al Qaeda are, including whether Bin Laden is still alive, we need to know where the financial assets are. They need those as much as people on the ground.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Give him truth serum and get the link established to Saddam Hussein of Iraq!

That is all we need!

[aristeides]

I'm not so sure Al Jazeera's help was unintended.

[muawiyah]

Bin Laden's connection with Yemen extends beyond his father's birth there. The key is the wholesale honey market in the Middle East.

These guys might be AlQaida. They might also be nothing more than "enforcers" for Bin Laden's honey cartel.

That's why it took nearly a year before they were busted.

[The KG9 Kid]

You may be right about that.

[thucydides]

The fact they are keeping the name of the second important Al Qaeda figure quiet suggests that it is important that others in their network not know who it is. If it is a key controller, who they know knows them, they will run for cover. My guess is that a lot of operatives are being rounded up right now. Bin al Shibh looks like an excellent candidate for the military tribunal, after he has been squeezed dry. Nothing would do more to destroy Islamic fundamentalism than the spectacle of top Al Qaeda people being executed in the West.

[ClancyJ]

Indeed it is. We are finally reelin' em in.

[Robert_Paulson2]

nice to let them all know... their leaders/cowards, have started rolling and we are developing the entire "knock list" for their operation...

We are also closing in on STATES that have sponsored them knowingly... probably not just the arab ones...

china?

[xkaydet65]

Good point about al Jazeera's help, but maybe it wasn't quite so unintended. Al Jazeera's HQ is in Qatar. This is one sheikdom that seems to have recognized the current direction of the wind.

If the Muslim news service is compromised it will serve to further isolate the al Queda cells. They will have to view with great suspicion any info transmitted by al Jazeera. Any doubt, confusio, or bewilderment that can be directed al Queda's way is cause to celebrate.

[drlevy88]

Bin al-Shibh has claimed to be the co-ordinator of the four simultaneous hijackings.

An "impressive" job if so, since he would have had to have done it entirely from outside the USA. Lots of phone calls and/or email and/or faxes, which nobody noticed. I take it with a tiny grain of salt, since Muslim bullies are also known to be highly exaggeratory braggarts.

[Dialup Llama]

>We are also closing in on STATES that have sponsored them knowingly... probably not just the arab ones...

>china?

New Jersey, Michigan, Florida.

[rdb3]

Think you'll wanna sic your pooches on 'em, blam? I know my two pits would love to make their acquaintances.

I'll save some money that way. They sure do eat a lot...

;^)

[Stultis]

Pakistan has been extraditing to us without even giving the suspects a hearing.

And they have rounded up about 400 of these perps. Musharrif is Dubya's B*tch. Contrast to Scumbag, who couldn't even control his own wife.

Actually, the Pakis are doing really well, IMHO. I'm sure there are still scattered al-Qaeda sympathizers in the intelligence service, police and military, but the degree to which Pakistan has reversed policy is quite amazing. Many Paki police and intelligence agents are putting it all on the line to fight terrorism. (However I fear that India/Kashmir may still be something of an exception in this regard.)

[blam]

"Think you'll wanna sic your pooches on 'em, blam? I know my two pits would love to make their acquaintances.

"I'll save some money that way. They sure do eat a lot...

That's an idea but, I wouldn't want to make them sick with the 'tainted' meat.

[hchutch]

We have two options to get the info out of this crrep:

1. Sears DieHard battery and jumper cables.
2. Versed IV.

Let the debate begin!!

[Kenton]

I was watching FOXNEWS at lunch and they mentioned that this guy was in US hands at this time, en route to an "Undisclosed Location" for interregation by "American and Allied interregators".

In other words, no trip to GITMO or the US for justice for this guy. They'll take him someplace like Turkey, and let the Turks "interrogate" him. The US interregator will simply be there to observe and learn what he can.

This guy doesn't get do replay of the "Ramsey Youseff" public charade, he just gets a chance to make all kinds of serious decisions about his future in a more private setting.

I bet that knocks some of his defiance out of him pronto... which is just fine with me, I'm pretty tired of seeing these maggots use our freedoms as a weapon against us.

[Grampa Dave]

We could actually give them the choice. After the Sears Die Hards are connected to jumper cable, you could connect one of the alligator clips to a certain part of their anatomy if Al Qaeda thugs have that part still left.

Then you give them the choice of the Versed IV or actual connection of the second cable via the alligator clip to another piece of their anatomy!

[cake_crumb]

""Well, maybe a little checkmark."

"This is EXCELLENT."

It SURE IS...1 little, TWO little, THREE little checkmarks....

[cake_crumb]

"I'm not so sure Al Jazeera's help was unintended."

I am. Unless they felt the need not to have the names of some of their editors and producers put on "wanted" lists. Unless they didn't have a choice but to cooperate.

The US did a little electronic serveillance on bin al-Shibh's satellite phone, the scuttlebut goes...and most likely, it was his interview with al Jazeera. Al Jazeera has proven itself to be biased toward extremists...it's take an awful lot to convince me they've changed their tune.

[Poohbah]

I'm a Sears DieHard kinda guy, myself. But don't forget the 200-piece Sears Craftsman tool set, there's LOTS of toys for an up-and-coming Torquemada interrogation specialist to use.