As you know . . . Franklin Rosevelt was a failure in WWII because we have yet to find Hitler's body.
Posted on 11/15/2002 11:05:10 AM PST by B-bone
U.S. Captures Senior Al Qaeda Leader, Sources Say
1 hour, 8 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the top two-dozen al Qaeda leaders sought by the United States in its war on terrorism was captured recently and is in American custody, U.S. government sources said on Friday.
The sources declined to name the operative for Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s network who was caught in the past week or so. But it was not top lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahri, operational leader Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, nor bin Laden's son Saad.
U.S. authorities have become increasingly concerned this week that al Qaeda was planning fresh attacks.
The FBI (news - web sites) said that in selecting its next targets, the network may favor "spectacular attacks" that result in mass casualties and severe damage to the U.S. economy.
Contributing to that concern was an audio tape broadcast earlier this week on the al-Jazeera television channel in Qatar believed to be of bin Laden praising recent attacks and making fresh threats.
The United States blamed bin Laden and his al Qaeda network for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America that killed about 3,000 people.
Senior al Qaeda leaders in U.S. custody include Abu Zubaydah and Ramzi Binalshibh, who were being interrogated at an undisclosed location overseas.
"There have been a number of -- numerous senior leaders of al Qaeda that have either been eliminated, incarcerated or detained someplace," national security adviser Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites) said without elaborating.
President Bush (news - web sites) earlier this week, in response to a question about the audio tape, said, "We'll chase these people down one at a time. It doesn't matter how long it takes, we'll find them and bring them to justice."
Thank heavens Tom Daschle is on the case.
Yep, but the Dems claim we aren't making progress. Two Al Queda bigs so far this month, one captured and one splattered by a remote-control airplane, the thought of which tightened a thousand Al Queda sphincters around the globe.
Isn't it amazing how uniformly bad his timing is?
What is this...the fourth (or fifth) time he's opened his mouth about the war and had the US military put his foot in it for him?
You bet it did! LOL
I'm sure they've got the ACLU on the case already. I can hear them whining already, "Where's the due process????"
Okay, let's assume that al Qaeda is planning a spectacular series of simultaneous worldwide attacks.
And let's assume that this captured al Qaeda leader knows a fair number of details of these attacks, but isn't talking.
Is turning him over to some third-party people who will torture him to get information on the plans appropriate?
This is where all the goody-two-shoes mentality of the liberals runs into a brick wall. Can you imagine the outcry from Tom Daschle if such attacks occur and we had in our custody someone who knew the details but wasn't talking? Can you imagine the outcry from Tom Daschle if a bunch of attacks are averted but some al Qaeda leader was tortured to reveal details?
Either way Daschle will whine.
What is this...the fourth (or fifth) time he's opened his mouth about the war and had the US military put his foot in it for him?
lol
It's gotten so bad that whenever he opens his mouth on the subject, I start looking for a recent success to pop up in the news.
YA HEAR THAT HITLERY-CARVILLE-BEGALA-BILLY BOY-McAULIFFE-DASCHLE and the rest of you flying monkeys who visit our forum????????
We understand you are mentally ill. Overtaken with lust for power to the point that you would stoop to dispirit a nation and our hard working, at risk troops overseas, you know no bounds. You are willing to forsake our security and our will to win this long war on terror in order to gain political points by encouraging distrust in our commander and chief and our military.
Pretty sick. Reread what our President has said, continuously, and try to be Americans, for ONCE in your pathetic, commiestyle lives.
-Suliman Abu-Ghaith----spokesman
As you know . . . Franklin Rosevelt was a failure in WWII because we have yet to find Hitler's body.
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