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U.S. 'Confident' Top Al Qaeda Official Captured
Reuters ^ | 11-29-01

Posted on 11/29/2001 12:24:46 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Edited on 04/13/2004 3:29:04 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is confident that the opposition Northern Alliance has captured a top official of fugitive Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network in Afghanistan, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.

The Los Angeles Times reported that Rahman, described as a charismatic guerrilla training leader for bin Laden, was being held by Northern Alliance forces in Afghanistan. Rahman, 35, is the son of an extremist Muslim cleric convicted in 1995 of conspiring to blow up New York landmarks.


(Excerpt) Read more at bayarea.com ...


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1 posted on 11/29/2001 12:24:46 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
good news.
2 posted on 11/29/2001 12:28:59 PM PST by freedomvent.net
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
and very senior people (in the U.S. government) are working on what to do about it,

.....oh, oh, oh,.....

.....me, me ,me,.....

.....i know, i know.....

.....pop a cap in his arse.....

.....did i get it right?.....

3 posted on 11/29/2001 12:30:26 PM PST by cyberaxe
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To: freedomvent.net
Pump him for info then bury him.

Preferably alive.

4 posted on 11/29/2001 12:33:30 PM PST by mdittmar
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Perhaps he wouldn't mind answering a few polite questions.
5 posted on 11/29/2001 12:35:28 PM PST by Interesting Times
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
senior people (in the U.S. government) are working on what to do about it

Uhhh? Accident on way to store. noooo.
uhhhh? stepped on a mine. nooo.
uhhhh? fell into large cave 500 feet deep. noooo.
oh sh*t, just shoot the b*st*rd. Yeah, tha's the ticket.

6 posted on 11/29/2001 12:35:36 PM PST by ThomasMore
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
O boy we captured him huh? I guess that means "alive". What comes next?...you have the right to remain silent, if you cannot afford an attorney...
7 posted on 11/29/2001 12:38:14 PM PST by Cicero5
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Let the Turks interrogate him!
8 posted on 11/29/2001 12:41:11 PM PST by airborne
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Transport him first class to the Haig for eventual (perpetual) trial under the supervision of UNHCR? Hire Dershowitz for his defense? NOOOOOT!

Send to manhattan for hearing with local magistrate and NYPD lockup? Has it's merits... :>

9 posted on 11/29/2001 12:52:39 PM PST by epluribus_2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Lock him in a room with Al Sarpton and Hildebeast.
10 posted on 11/29/2001 12:54:33 PM PST by eFudd
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To: eFudd
no don't do that (Hildy and Sharpy) - they would end up singing Kumbaya and sharing bad Bush/Quayle jokes...
11 posted on 11/29/2001 12:56:44 PM PST by epluribus_2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Blow torch, pair of pliers, truck load of horny pigs. Get medievel with him until he sings every note in the song book.
12 posted on 11/29/2001 12:57:53 PM PST by Prodigal Son
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
working on what to do about it

Shoot him. Of course, since we are civilized, we should convene the military tribunal first, convict him and then shoot the bastard.

13 posted on 11/29/2001 1:01:16 PM PST by paul51
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To: airborne
Heck, let the Afghan women interrogate him!
14 posted on 11/29/2001 1:01:25 PM PST by Jerry W. Howard
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To: paul51
We first get him to talk (using whatever means are required) and then put him in front of a firing squad.
15 posted on 11/29/2001 2:17:42 PM PST by LarryM
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Rahman can be the first to be tried by the GWB Military Tribunal. Rahman will be brought into the courtroom gagged and blindfolded. He'll be asked what his defense is and as he mumbles through the gag, the court will say guilty. Then Rahman will be immediately taken out and shot.

President GWB's justice will be swift and decisive.

I hope this imaginary scenario is close to what will actually happen to these barbarian terrorists? It'll be no worse than what the WTC victims experienced.

16 posted on 11/29/2001 2:42:31 PM PST by zbogwan2
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Link to expanded article, Reuters:

US Official: Top Al Qaeda Official Captured


Can you hear the clock ticking
Osama bin Flintstone??????



17 posted on 11/29/2001 3:08:41 PM PST by MeekOneGOP
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To: zbogwan2
I got all the above beat:

take him to the highest point in Manhattan (Empire State Building), soak his worthless ass with gasoline, torch him, let him suffer for 5 minutes, then throw him off the top, only to land in a vat filled with bacon and ham, with plenty of pig crap gravy. If you're too squeamish, I will gladly volunteer; my pleasure.....

18 posted on 11/29/2001 3:13:29 PM PST by Malcolm
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Rahman, described as a charismatic guerrilla training leader for bin Laden

How does the son of a one-eyed hunchback become so charismatic?

19 posted on 11/29/2001 3:22:39 PM PST by BunnySlippers
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20 posted on 11/29/2001 3:24:30 PM PST by BunnySlippers
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