Pak, US forces closing in on top al-Qaeda leadership--News Intl., Pakistan

[Gloria]

http://jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2005-daily/02-03-2005/main/main10.htm



Wednesday March 02, 2005-- Muharram 20, 1426 A.H.
ISSN 1563-9479

Pak, US forces closing in on top al-Qaeda leadership

WASHINGTON: US and Pakistani forces were narrowing the ring around al-Qaeda’s top leadership in the Pak-Afghan border areas, US Central Command Chief Gen John Abizaid sain on Tuesday.

"We have been successful in really working specific aspects of the network in such a way that it is much less effective this year than it was last year," Abizaid, who commands US forces throughout the region, said.

"In the Pakistan-Afghanistan area in particular, there are indications they are having difficulty gaining money, and there is indication of concern from various intelligence sources about the safety of being able to operate in those areas," he said.

Abizaid said that al-Qaeda remained dangerous, however, and expressed concern it may attempt attacks during Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections in June. Abizaid also said Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s "days in Iraq are numbered". He cited Iraqi intelligence and treason within the Jordanian’s network as keys to recent successes against him.

[David Dunham]

1. We heard this "news" many times before.

[u2spirit]

2. Yawnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lather, rinse, repeat. Wake me up in 2008!

[Gloria]

3. I know....however....

I posted in the WMW a couple of weeks ago an article from Asia Times detailing the fact that there really is big push going on the Pak-Afghan border. So, who knows??

[Warren Stupidity]

4. ok so they capture the big guy

is that it? Can we declare the warn terr over? Can we end all the crapola?

[cygy2k]

5. nm

Don't be surprised if they catch BushLaden now that they are saying they are intercepting messages of future attacks, etc. Bush will come out saying they caught his brother Osama and they stopped some huge 9/11 type attack on US soil. What pansys....

[Yuugal]

6. they have been closing in for years now....

GROAN!

[LynnTheDem]

7. Four years later..."we're getting close!!!" *yawn*

Yeah yeah what the fuck ever.

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. "they are having difficulty gaining money" ...them and millions

of other guys too. That idiot can't possibly be serious about these claims.

[Gloria]

9. Actually, according to reports, Al-Qaeda itself has been weakened but

there are Zillions of offshoots that are hard to keep track of. The article is at Asia Times Online, I believe....I had it in the World Media Watch a couple of editions ago....