Was An Ultimatum Delivered With Cheney’s Trip To Pakistan?
We have sent CIA special operations units into Pakistan, in serch of Osama Bin Laden, and it would be my guess that Cheney gave Musharraf and offer he couldn’t refuse.Â
America is stepping up its hunt for Osama bin Laden by dispatching additional CIA operatives and paramilitary officers to Pakistan to kill or capture the al-Qa’eda leader.US officials said that the mission is intended to intensify the pressure on the terrorist leader, who turns 50 tomorrow, and perhaps force him into making a mistake. He is widely believed to be hiding in the region bordering Afghanistan.
Satellite photographs and details of communications intercepts were given to President Musharraf of Pakistan last week by Stephen Kappes, deputy director of the CIA, as part of a strategy to persuade him to give US intelligence agencies more assistance. …
“Reports that the trail has gone stone cold are not correct,” an American official said afterwards. “We are very much increasing our efforts there.”
Captain Ed points out:
For those who want action in Pakistan, it seems to be coming true. The US has tried to avoid trammeling Pakistani sovereignty in the past in order to keep from destabilizing Musharraf. The deal Musharraf signed with Waziri tribal leaders has changed the American perspective, it appears. If Musharraf will not fight for his sovereignty in Waziristan, then the US apparently has decided that we do not need to honor it, and will attack AQ assets ourselves. Admiral Mike McConnell signaled this last week in testimony to the Senate. The new Director of National Intelligence told the Senators that he would focus “with great intensity” on AQ’s Pakistani outposts.
Expect a much greater latitude in American action across the Afghan/Pakistani border from this point forward — a new policy that will cripple the Taliban’s expected spring offensive, and perhaps force Osama and Ayman al-Zawahiri to flee their safety zone.
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March 9, 2007 - 10:03 AM on March 9th, 2007
GW Bush on Osama bin Laden: “I really don’t think about him muchâ€
So what’s the new fresh push 2+ years later?
LOL!!!
March 9, 2007 - 10:25 AM on March 9th, 2007
OBL- isn’t a key figure to the fight at this time, he is a symbolic one to the US. I don’t think it is a new push, it is at a time when Pakistan is allowing us entry…we haven’t had access nor have they really cooperated with us.
March 9, 2007 - 12:35 PM on March 9th, 2007
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March 9, 2007 - 12:57 PM on March 9th, 2007
Déjà Vu [Weekend Open Trackback]
The Taliban want Italy to quit Afghanistan in exchange for the release of a kidnapped reporter, Italian public broadcaster Rai reported today.
Rai interviewed a Pakistani journalist, Rahimullah Yousefzai, who claims to be in direct touch with the Islam…
March 9, 2007 - 01:52 PM on March 9th, 2007
Podcast #210: Who’s the Boss?
When I urged you to contact your legislators regarding H. 248 (The Woman’s Right to View Act) and took my own advice and e-mailed my legislators, while I received a polite reply from one, I was shocked by what the other wrote back.
March 9, 2007 - 03:04 PM on March 9th, 2007
Beltway Madam Deborah Jean Palfrey
I guess the taxpayers aren’t the only ones getting screwed by the politicians. What cha wanna bet she’s getting very generous help with her legal defense fund ……
March 9, 2007 - 06:09 PM on March 9th, 2007
Weekend Open Trackback
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March 9, 2007 - 06:32 PM on March 9th, 2007
Hell Freezes Over: Local Court Declares Lawusuit
Satan was truly shocked to find that a Cincinnati court declared a lawsuit frivolous. That in of itself made Hell freeze over. But to add insult to injury, the court fined the man who brought the action. Hell dropped another 5 degrees when that …
March 9, 2007 - 07:09 PM on March 9th, 2007
“300″ Spartans that Saved Western Civilization
Mind you, there are many liberties taken with the historical sources… but this is one powerful story. It isn’t intended as an accurate reconstruction of troop movements and forces. Duh. It is meant as one powerful reminder that if it weren’t for me…
March 9, 2007 - 08:06 PM on March 9th, 2007
Barry Chamish and the Ringworm Children Hoax
A friend in Greece asked me to debunk an article he read alleging that Israel covered up an atrocity perpetrated on North African Jews back in the 1950s called the Ringworm Affair by conspiracy theorist and self-loathing Jew Barry Chamish.
March 9, 2007 - 08:06 PM on March 9th, 2007
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March 10, 2007 - 12:59 AM on March 10th, 2007
03/09/07: Morality and War
To a conservative, a foreign war is just if it benefits the people of the foreign country. To a liberal, a foreign war is just only if it does not benefit the United States….
March 10, 2007 - 06:53 AM on March 10th, 2007
Today’s Cut and Run News: Two Plans, Bafflement, and Kook Fringe
I reckon Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are learning that being the Majority leaders and satisfying the Kook Fringe base (which is really almost running the party) is not so easy.
Senate and House Democrats yesterday announced competing legislation that …
March 10, 2007 - 01:01 PM on March 10th, 2007
I Disagree
No, not with the conclusion of this article that San Francisco State University should drop all action against the College Republicans – for they should, based upon Supreme Court precedent permitting flag desecration. On the whole, I agree with the…
March 10, 2007 - 01:13 PM on March 10th, 2007
Appeals Court: Bill Of Rights Applies In Nation’s Capital
Sadly, though, this position was taken by only two of the three judges in the case. A federal appeals court overturned the District of Columbia’s long-standing handgun ban Friday, rejecting the city’s argument that the Second Amendment right to bear…
March 10, 2007 - 01:18 PM on March 10th, 2007
A Path to Victory in Iraq *Exclusive*
*EXCLUSIVE* A Path to Victory in Iraq I’ve been given an exclusive and amazing peek behind the diplomatic scene in Iraq. The next few months should be very interesting. Gen. David Petraeus assessed Thursday what he needs to succeed in
March 11, 2007 - 02:12 PM on March 11th, 2007
The Global Warming Swindle Video
The Global Warming Swindle Video: Watch and decide for yourself….
March 11, 2007 - 05:44 PM on March 11th, 2007
what you can do from your living room to win the war
Major Eric Egland is interviewed here at Hot Air by Michelle Malkin, and he has a very good message and even a book. Check him out.
Here’s his article at the Weekly Standard that ended up becoming a book. He outlines very simply six very simpl…
March 12, 2007 - 07:24 AM on March 12th, 2007
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