Capture of Abu Zubaydah could be serious blow to al-Qaida's attempts to reorganize

AP | 4/01/02 | JOHN J. LUMPKIN

[Dialup Llama]

>"That's information U.S. intelligence can exploit, if Zubaydah talks, Bedlington said."

So Zubaydah, you have chosen the way of pain!

[colorado tanker]

Hiding out far from the Pastun tribal areas, in the heart of Pakistan, a police state cooperating with the US, trying to "reconstitute" al-Qaeda, a move that would necessarily leave financial and electronic footprints??? Maybe these guys aren't as smart as we thought, or perhaps they've lost a lot their capabilities.

[Magnum44]

Why was this kind of info even confirmed, much less announced?

Your points being taken, there is value in letting the enemy know he can not hide forever, that we will hunt him down, that we will find him, that no place is safe. It keeps them constantly in hiding or on the run. While not a physical 'kill', it accomplishes a mission kill, rendering Al Qiada inneffective. It buys us time to root them out. Knowing what this guy knows, many terrorists may be spooked into running now, putting them in the open for us to catch. Just some rational for this.

[COBOL2Java]

Just load this Clymer up with Versed IV, and he will talk and talk and talk and never remember a thing he said or was questioned about.

Sounds like good stuff. Here's some info on the drug

[Reborn]

Excellent News!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Thud]

ping

[Thud]

Don't let the French have him.

"Keep him away from ledges and shower stalls.

[swampfox98]

Good work you wonderful American soldiers.

[Texaggie79]

Apu?

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the link: I sold this stuff for years before retiring, and it is the ultimate truth serum. Ludlum in his latest book infact labeled it as such.

This is from the link you provided: How do you know if it works: The patient will be calm, pain free, but able to follow directions. Speech will be slurred, patient will be drowsy, motor movements will be sluggish. Memory of the procedure will be blocked.

So there is no need to torture these clymers, just iv them with a slow Versed continuous drip or by an infusion pump. They will be calm, pain free and will follow directions and answer all questions. Then, they will not remember being asked

The patients receiving Versed have amnesia during the procedures. They really talk after the procedures and still have no memory of what they said or what was asked of them.

[cynwoody]

I wonder how much persuasion it will take to make him talk

Not to worry ... the Pentagon has been working on a new interrogation system since last December. See the prototype below (electrodes not shown):

[COBOL2Java]

Looks like Johnny Jihad there...

[Free the USA]

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[LouD]

Spark up the field telephone generator, fill me a bucket with salt water, heat up the vise grips in the fire...

It's time to have a party. If this asshole talks before we're done with him, so much the better...

[Dialup Llama]

>Spark up the field telephone generator, fill me a bucket with salt water, heat up the vise grips in the fire...

A traditionalist I see. From the other posts, FR seems to recommend a Versed Iv for all your interrogation needs.

[aristeides]

A slightly earlier report by this same AP reporter, Lumpkin, Pakistan Hands Over Senior Al-Qaida Leader Zubaydah to United States, contained this further claim:

A senior Pakistani intelligence officer told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity that the man believed to be Zubaydah is among about 20 Arabs to be flown to the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where hundreds of al-Qaida and Taliban prisoners are detained.

This later report seems to go back on that claim. However, it is possible that the senior Pakistani intelligence officer was deceived about the plane's destination. Your suggestion about Jordan may be right. Remember that Yemeni microbiology student that was handed over to American authorities at Karachi airport late last year? A recent Washington Post article reported that he was flown in a Learjet to Jordan.

[freeasinbeer]

Good Hunting lads!!!!

I am pumped on this news. As the article said, this guy has a good percentage of the Al Qaida's network layout and stratedgy in his head. Let's see if we can't get that info out.

[Dialup Llama]

>...we got the middle man between Bin Laden and Zawahari and the al-Qaeda troops...

As these are Pashtuns, the term middle man must be clarified.

[rbmillerjr]

bump for a good get