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Pakistan Nabs [Two] 'Al Qaeda Operatives'
CNN ^ | 2/4/03 | Syed Mohsin Naqvi

Posted on 02/04/2003 7:43:59 AM PST by Coop

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:01 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) -- Two suspected prominent al Qaeda operatives have been arrested at Lahore Airport and will be handed over to the United States.

The two men, who were about to leave for Dublin on a Qatar Airways flight, were captured by Pakistani authorities on Tuesday after U.S. officials provided information about them, intelligence officials said.


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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abrarkahn; alqaeda; altafhussain; dublin; hussain; ireland; kahn; khan; pakistan; terrorism
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Like many here, I am sometimes frustrated by what goes on in Pakistan. But I have to give credit to the government. It has performed admirably in capturing terrorists in spite of vehement public opposition.
1 posted on 02/04/2003 7:44:00 AM PST by Coop
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To: patton; Angelus Errare
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2 posted on 02/04/2003 7:44:19 AM PST by Coop
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To: Coop
Change those baggage tags from Dublin to Gitmo.
3 posted on 02/04/2003 7:49:15 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Coop
Bump.

Hopefully they will be thoroughly "interogated" at some discrete location like Diego Garcia.

4 posted on 02/04/2003 7:50:09 AM PST by DoctorMichael (Liberals SuK; Liberalism SuX)
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To: Coop
>>The two men, who were about to leave for Dublin on a Qatar Airways flight<<

Who or what is in Dublin for them?

5 posted on 02/04/2003 7:53:31 AM PST by Jim Noble
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To: Coop
Dublin, eh? Perhaps they read about how easy it was for some Irish Commies to attack and damage a US Navy aircraft that had stopped over for refueling.

Neutral Ireland debates U.S. military flights as anti-war protester takes ax to plane

I'm sure the Islam-o-bombers would love to blow up a transport plane.

6 posted on 02/04/2003 7:57:53 AM PST by csvset
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To: blam
WOT arrest ping
7 posted on 02/04/2003 7:58:33 AM PST by csvset
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To: Coop
Who is Kahn?
8 posted on 02/04/2003 8:04:44 AM PST by patton (Killing babies is murder)
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To: Jim Noble
Who or what is in Dublin for them?

The IRA, a group that just loves to send explosive messages to British military and political entities. Pure speculation on my part.

Or they could just be wanting a few pints of Guinness before catching a connecting flight.

9 posted on 02/04/2003 8:09:01 AM PST by Coop
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To: patton
Who is Kahn?

He's the arch enemy of James Tiberius Kirk.

11 posted on 02/04/2003 8:09:30 AM PST by Coop
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To: Coop
Two suspected prominent al Qaeda operatives have been arrested at Lahore Airport and will be handed over to the United States

And tommy daschle and the Party of Fools still insist we're losing the "war on terror".

Nice post coop.

12 posted on 02/04/2003 8:09:55 AM PST by BOBTHENAILER (Kofi and his minions have anti-US opinions)
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captured by Pakistani authorities on Tuesday after U.S. officials provided information about them, intelligence officials said.

Kudos to our intel folks, hard at work both in the field and behind windowless walls.

13 posted on 02/04/2003 8:14:50 AM PST by Coop
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To: Coop
That's because there's a clear divide in Pakistan between Musharraf and his immediate supporters in the military and the interior ministry, who recognize that al-Qaeda is a threat to them (in the sense that they want to knock them off), the ISI, and what the people want.
14 posted on 02/04/2003 8:21:59 AM PST by Angelus Errare
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To: Coop
Kudos to our intel folks, hard at work both in the field and behind windowless walls.

Amen to that. Seems they are shedding the 'forced PC' culture imbued upon them by Clinton.

15 posted on 02/04/2003 8:22:26 AM PST by BOBTHENAILER (Just like Black September. One by one, we're gonna get 'em.)
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To: Angelus Errare
I've never recognized exactly where the divide is (although I take your word for it), but it's evident by the mixed messages and sometimes strange behavior. But I've been more pleased than not lately, and I wonder just how much cooperation is going on behind the scenes.
16 posted on 02/04/2003 8:48:39 AM PST by Coop
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Dublin, huh? My hunch about that renewed IRA cooperation seems to be more reasonable with each passing day...So, I'll ask again. Was Toon just looking for a "peace" legacy, or was he carrying messages and making introductions to the IRA?
17 posted on 02/04/2003 9:10:32 AM PST by Lion's Cub
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To: Lion's Cub
BTW, my guess is that Hussein is either Iraqi or related to Arafat, or both.
18 posted on 02/04/2003 9:22:10 AM PST by Lion's Cub
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Who or what is in Dublin for them?

Well, I recall a bomb expert last spring claiming that pipe bombs used to booby trap buildings in Jenin were similar in detail to ones used in Northern Ireland. The expert believed that Palestinian bombmakers must have directly trained by IRA bombmakers.

Back in the day the Evil Empire used to host "symposia," or arrange "lecture tours," so terrorists from different parts of the globe could share their expertise. It would seem that sufficient ties were formed in that area that cooperation now continues without Soviet sponsorship.

19 posted on 02/04/2003 9:22:21 AM PST by Stultis
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To: Angelus Errare
Are you pretty certain about that?

after U.S. officials provided information about them

Or did we make him an offer he couldn't refuse?

20 posted on 02/04/2003 9:27:32 AM PST by Lion's Cub
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