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Exclusive: A U.S. Intelligence Breakthrough in the Persian Gulf? (Pure BS!)
Newsweak ^ | 2/14/2010 | Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball

Posted on 02/14/2010 2:08:01 PM PST by tobyhill

U.S. intelligence officials appear to have obtained access to what could turn out to be a significant trove of phone numbers, photographs and documents detailing the links between Al Qaeda's leaders in northwest Pakistan and the terror group's increasingly menacing affiliate in Yemen, two counter-terrorism sources tell Declassified.

In late January, an Al Qaeda operative headed from Pakistan on his way to Yemen was arrested in the Persian Gulf country of Oman, a U.S. counter-terrorism official confirmed.

There has been no public announcement of the arrest. But in a possible indication of the operative's importance, just a few days later, two postings on a jihadi web forum suggested that Al Qaeda leaders were worried and wanted their "commanders" to take immediate precautions.

The postings stated that the "captured brother" -- identified as a "field commander" named Abdullah Saleh al-Eidan who went by the name of "Barud"- - was "on his way back from Afghanistan" and had been turned over to Saudi authorities.

Even more noteworthy, the postings -written by a fellow Al Qaeda "brother" - reported that Al Eidan had with him 300 "important phone numbers" as well as pictures, names and documents from Afghanistan.

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.newsweek.com ...


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1 posted on 02/14/2010 2:08:01 PM PST by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

Newsweek gives a “head up” to the terrorists it
so loves around the world.


2 posted on 02/14/2010 2:22:31 PM PST by Diogenesis (Alea iacta est.)
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To: tobyhill

So let’s just tell the world, mmmkay?


3 posted on 02/14/2010 2:22:57 PM PST by VoiceOfBruck (Was "Hussein" a common American Christian name in Hawaii in 1961? Just askin...)
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To: VoiceOfBruck
So let’s just tell the world, mmmkay?

As long as we 'whack' everything that makes a run for cover.

4 posted on 02/14/2010 2:29:06 PM PST by UCANSEE2
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To: tobyhill

Obama PR working overtime.


5 posted on 02/14/2010 2:38:11 PM PST by ricks_place
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To: Cindy; JustPiper

ping


6 posted on 02/14/2010 2:43:43 PM PST by AliVeritas (Stolen from the best site ever: http://directorblue.blogspot.com/)
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To: tobyhill

You’ll recall that Newsweak also spread the rumor that U.S. troops had thrown a Koran into a toilet, and there were riots all around the world that killed several hundred people. The rumor was proved to be untrue, but Newsweak saw no reason to apologize, or to print a retraction.


7 posted on 02/14/2010 3:15:18 PM PST by Clioman (wHAT)
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To: tobyhill

Gee, did we get this info from the CIA “turncoat” who killed our agents?


8 posted on 02/14/2010 3:55:41 PM PST by Darteaus94025
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To: AliVeritas

Thank you for the ping Ali Veritas.


9 posted on 02/14/2010 5:36:12 PM PST by Cindy
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To: AliVeritas

I agree Ali V. BS -g-


10 posted on 02/14/2010 9:51:51 PM PST by JustPiper (Where IS the "Progress in PROGRESSIVE" ?!? Don't Trust anything with a "Caucus")
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To: tobyhill

Sounds to me like we are using “remote-viewers” like what the Russians were trying to perfect.

And thats not BS, its been proven some people have the ability to see through others over long distances.

There was even rumors that those in charge of the missile bunkers when viewing secret launch codes had others nearby reciting nursery rhymes to mislead these viewers.


11 posted on 02/14/2010 9:55:43 PM PST by Eye of Unk ("Either you are with us or you are for the terrorists." ~~George W. Bush)
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To: tobyhill; Cindy; G8 Diplomat; SunkenCiv; Marine_Uncle; Fred Nerks; NormsRevenge; Oynx; gandalftb; ..
This might connect ...related thread:

Report: Taliban's top military commander captured (in Karachi, Pakistan, in a raid)

12 posted on 02/15/2010 9:25:43 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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ON THE INTERNET:


LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "MULLAH BARADAR, THE AFGAN TALIBAN'S DEPUTY COMMANDER, REPORTED CAPTURED IN KARACHI" by Bill Roggio (February 15, 2010)

Link

Link

Link

Blog.NewsWeek.com: "Exclusive: A U.S. Intelligence Breakthrough in the Persian Gulf?" by Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball (SNIPPET: "In late January, an Al Qaeda operative headed from Pakistan on his way to Yemen was arrested in the Persian Gulf country of Oman, a U.S. counter-terrorism official confirmed." SNIPPET: "The postings stated that the "captured brother" -- identified as a "field commander" named Abdullah Saleh al-Eidan who went by the name of "Barud" -- was "on his way back from Afghanistan" ...") (February 14, 2010)
THE JAWA REPORT - blog: "Online Jihadis Really Are Connected to al Qaeda" (SNIPPET: "You'll notice that the source of the story is the al Faloja forum. Somehow they knew that an al Qaeda courier had been arrested in transit from Pakistan to Yemen.") -Posted by Rusty, February 15, 2010, 11:40 am)


13 posted on 02/16/2010 3:39:58 AM PST by Cindy
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ON THE INTERNET:

A Phone Call
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iveTOO7uV-E


14 posted on 02/16/2010 3:45:51 AM PST by Cindy
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http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/61388

“U.S. Military Captures Taliban’s Top Commander With Pakistan’s Help”
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
By Munir Ahmad, Associated Press

SNIPPET: “They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release such sensitive information.”


15 posted on 02/16/2010 4:00:56 AM PST by Cindy
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SNIPPET from the link in post no. 15:


"They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release such sensitive information."

16 posted on 02/16/2010 4:02:13 AM PST by Cindy
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RECAP:


SNIPPET from the link in post no. 15:


"THEY SPOKE ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT AUTHORIZED TO RELEASE SUCH SENSITIVE INFORMATION."

17 posted on 02/16/2010 4:05:18 AM PST by Cindy
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ADDING to post no. 13:

http://blogs.rnw.nl/vredeenveiligheid/2010/02/16/interview-with-mullah-baradar/

“Interview with mullah Baradar”
Feb 16th, 2010 by Hans de Vreij.

SNIPPET: “In June last year, the Taliban published the English text of an interview with Abdul Ghani, a.k.a. mullah Beradar (alternative spelling: Baradar, Biradar, Birader, Berader, Broadar etc.) I have corrected some interpunction mistakes and put non-English words and texts from the Qur’an in italics. Otherwise, the text is as published on ‘The Voice of Jihad’ (www.alemarah.info).”


18 posted on 02/16/2010 4:21:48 PM PST by Cindy
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To: tobyhill

Toby Hill,

Your thread has been updated.

Cindy


19 posted on 02/16/2010 4:24:20 PM PST by Cindy
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ADDING to post no. 18:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alemarah/index


20 posted on 02/16/2010 4:25:13 PM PST by Cindy
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