Pakistan Arrests Top Al Qaeda Member Al-Jaziri

Yahoo ^ | 3/15/2003 | Reuters

[Dog]

No they weren't arrested today with hi.....that article is from Jan 2003.. Pakistani police suspected the family of harboring AQ types who were wounded....go back and read it careful..

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Cuff 'em and stuff 'em :)

Not a bad idea. We could make a Terror Museum with stuffed bodies of the captured terrorists. The bodies should be staged as their capture occurred (i.e. cowering under beds, in closets, etc.).

[Desron13]

Sorry for the misstype. I should have used the spell-check.

[Angelus Errare]

I recognize they weren't arrested, but al-Jaziri's arrest could potentially lead to them if he's part of the Algerian subdivision of al-Qaeda as Mansoor Ijaz said on FNC. While al-Jaziri appears to be just a cog in the larger al-Qaeda machine, he appears to have links to some high-level operators according to the information you posted.

[Dog]

Angelus this guy was caught in a very upscale neighborhood....they aren't hiding in caves it seems..

Makes me think Bin Laden or Al-Zawahiri maybe are hiding in plain sight...

[kayak]

[Coop]

Bump for later.

[Interesting Times]

Sweet.

Roll 'em up.

[First Amendment]

No religion can claim legitimacy when it's members are coerced under penalty of death to practice it.

Interesting footnote is that in almost all countries that are predominantly Muslim today the people were converted by force. The Koran or the scimitar, or by heavily taxing the non-Muslims, forcing poor people into the mosques. Basically "Pakistan" used to be India and the people were Hindus, until their ancestors were put to the sword. Very few Muslims have been converted by reason or a heart change.

[Aquamarine]

Can't understand why this is'nt in breaking news and the Dixie Chicks are.

[SuziQ]

Wasn't KSM also caught in an upscale neighborhood in Islamabad?

I seem to remember he was caught in a rather lower scale neighborhood. Maybe he figured they wouldn't look for him there as he had tended to live a relatively 'comfortable' lifestyle.

[Dog Gone]

It IS in Breaking News, silly. Maybe your sidebars got shuffled.

[rface]

.....good.....

[Larry381]

"He said a laptop computer and some CDs had been recovered in the raid."

Listening to the Dixie Chicks?

[Angelus Errare]

Well, KSM was caught right outside a military base and a Pakistani major was arrested soon afterwards, suggesting that there was some kind of under the table arrangement going on there. I suspect that the lower echelons of the ISI has been allowing these guys to operate freely whenever possible, as they're still rather sympathetic to al-Qaeda and its cause.

That being said, I tend to think that the most likely destination of bin Laden and his resident sidekick is Iran, assuming that they were indeed in Baluchistan when KSM was arrested.

[Straight Vermonter]

Thanks Dog. (I sound like I'm from the 'hood) I added him to the scorecard.

[Straight Vermonter]

If they were arrested it would severely diminish al-Qaeda's ability to coordinate with their affiliates in North Africa.

FNC had a former Pakistani official on today who gave that exact analysis. He further speculated that al-Jaziri knew who all the big players were in Algeria. Apparently there are 3 big groups there and he would have contact with them all.

[LowOiL]

Scorecard..

Hey Vermonter, do you mind if I borrow your link please. I have a Indian man that is doing his best Anti-Bush tripe on this site and I want to enlighten him. www.mouthshut.com seems to have an India base with highly dense perceptions. I already ripped him a good one on his Bush is Dumb statements. Mouthshut.com site

[LowOiL]

Of course he is here in the good ole USA with a visa I am sure.