posted on March 1, 2003 01:37:04 PM new
Just read an article on Yahoo.com that stated "The Pakistani government says it has arrested the alleged 9-11 Mastermind."
Mohammed, 37, is one of the FBI's most-wanted terror suspects, and the U.S. government had offered up to $25 million for information leading to his capture.
U.S. officials have described him as a key al-Qaida lieutenant and the organizer of the terror mission that sent hijacked passenger jets crashing into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, killing more than 3,000 people.
There have been those here, in the past, that have stated we've given up on finding the people who were involved in the WTC. But if you read the last paragraph of this article, you'll see:
"The Pakistani government says it has handed over more than 420 Al-Qaida and Taliban suspects to U.S. custody." And that's only from one country.
posted on March 1, 2003 06:11:43 PM new
One has to wonder how they managed it. After all, Pakistan is home to the Al-Queda. This "lieutenant" must have pizzed off someone over there, how else would he be allowed to walk freely for over a year there and suddenly get captured? Think about how TOTAL the Al-Queda population is there in Pakistan.
It has been the Bush mode of the past to clearly exaggerate the importance of captured suspects. While it is nice to think that we have indeed captured this person, will he in following weeks prove to be just another low-level jerk who pizzed off some higher up who got rid of him? I mean, I'm sorry to douse your fire with this thought, but honestly, as much of a liar as this administration is and their continuous over-exaggeration of the importance of suspects captured, I'[m going to reserve my opinion for later confirmation. I've been disappointed time after time after time with reports of "success" by this failed administration. Wait and see!
