Great news from Afghanistan: “Secret Joint Raid Captures Taliban’s Top Commander” putting aside for today the fact that the NYT leaked a secret again…something they do quite frequently.
The Taliban’s top military commander was captured several days ago in Karachi, Pakistan, in a secret joint operation by Pakistani and American intelligence forces, according to American government officials.
The commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, is an Afghan described by American officials as the most significant Taliban figure to be detained since the American-led war in Afghanistan started more than eight years ago. He ranks second in influence only to Mullah Muhammad Omar, the Taliban’s founder and a close associate of Osama bin Laden before the Sept. 11 attacks.
Mullah Baradar has been in Pakistani custody for several days, with American and Pakistani intelligence officials both taking part in interrogations, according to the officials.
I frankly find this news more exciting because Pakistan was in on it than I do that this animal was captured. He’ll be replaced soon enough, but here’s hoping he gets the kind of interrogation accommodations due him based on his resume. And, given it wasn’t US that took him, it’s a safe bet we won’t be seeing him in NY any time soon standing trial.
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I bet he was begging to be put in American custody -nt
bk (Diary) Monday, February 15th at 11:25PM EST (link)If he wasn't
Raven (Diary) Monday, February 15th at 11:55PM EST (link)He is by now…
“If you do not have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”
Luke 22:36
Begging, I mean... nt
Raven (Diary) Monday, February 15th at 11:56PM EST (link)“If you do not have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”
Luke 22:36
As much as I despise the NYT...
travelguy Monday, February 15th at 11:26PM EST (link)I understand the NYT did sit on the story for 4 days until it was common knowledge over there that Baradar had been captured.
That said, given that this was a Pakistan led operation, I’m guessing they aren’t playing the good cops.
Great news! And kudos to the Americans that participated
6eorge Jetson (Diary) Monday, February 15th at 11:53PM EST (link)to defend us against the evil plotting against us.
But if the special ops team gave him a fat lip
partyof1 Monday, February 15th at 11:55PM EST (link)we’re screwed
Don’t Court Martial the SEAL Three
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=34710
Who's he going to complain to?
Raven (Diary) Monday, February 15th at 11:58PM EST (link)The Pakistani’s?
“If you do not have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”
Luke 22:36
Under a normal US President I could see your point
partyof1 Tuesday, February 16th at 12:11AM EST (link)but Khalid Sheikh Mohammed started out being captured by Pakistani intelligence too. How’d that turn out.
Yes but KSM was under Bush different circumstance...
DONTREADONME (Diary) Tuesday, February 16th at 12:20AM EST (link)I am guessing your comment was snark.
Good cop/bad cop?
Erick Brockway (Diary) Tuesday, February 16th at 12:13AM EST (link)That works, as long as bad cop owns the police station.
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I always preferred "Bad Cop/Worse Cop"
nessa (Diary) Tuesday, February 16th at 1:15AM EST (link)Its much more satisfying for those doing the interrogating!
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teapartypatriot Tuesday, February 16th at 12:57AM EST (link)hussein, holder and their loony-left d-crat socialist cohorts, like the incompetent brennan and “systemic failure” napolitano, have a plan to deal with this captured Taliban leader. THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE HIM WITH ALL THE LAWYERS HE CAN HANDLE TO PROTECT HIS “CONSTITUTIONAL” RIGHTS AND TO DEFEND HIM AGAINST ANY AND ALL ACCUSATIONS!!! (I think they’re even planning to use the distinguished john edwards to help Baradar, in case he has any annoying cancer-stricken wife problems.)
If Barradar possesses any intelligence at all
hickorystick (Diary) Tuesday, February 16th at 1:43AM EST (link)don’t underestimate the pain spending 50 minutes alone in a room listening to John Edwards could inflict.
You may have hit upon a new technique
edwlstr Tuesday, February 23rd at 2:15AM EST (link)But the left also knows John Edwards so the howls of “Human Rights Violation!!” would be deafening almost immediately and I woulld have to agree it would be cruel.
You may have hit upon a new technique
edwlstr Tuesday, February 23rd at 2:15AM EST (link)But the left also knows John Edwards so the howls of “Human Rights Violation!!” would be deafening almost immediately and I woulld have to agree it would be cruel.
Sorry about the
edwlstr Tuesday, February 23rd at 2:18AM EST (link)DOUBLE POST!
EVERY individual arrested in the United States ...
merkinmuffley Tuesday, February 16th at 3:03AM EST (link)… on terrorism charges since September 11, 2001, including Zacarias Moussaoui, was Mirandized and afforded habeus corpus (excluding José Padilla and Ali Al Marri, both of whom eventually HAD to be prosecuted in civilian court because their military incarcerations had been so badly bungled).
All intelligence gathered from these terrorists was collected at the hands of trained FBI interrogators, most of them working under the Bush Administration.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called “underwear bomber” was treated no differently than any terrorist caught on US soil since 9/11, and because he was afforded due process, his family trusted the US government and convinced him to cooperate. As a result, the US has gained vital intelligence about other English-speaking Al Qaeda operatives in Yemen.
This was reported by the Washington TIMES (not Post … but TIMES)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/15/english-speakers-trained-to-attack-us/
Have faith in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. They’ve held us together for more than 200 years.
Great quote on defending the constitution
wyllyness Wednesday, February 17th at 10:43AM EST (link)You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.
– Charles Austin Beard
Hmmmm
wyllyness Wednesday, February 17th at 10:51AM EST (link)Now that I read up on Beard, this isn’t necessarily a good quote. I’m not positive, but it seems he was a ::gag::: progressive. Sorry.
Beard died in 1948. I believe this quote IS appropriate for our situation, but maybe not in the context it was used when Beard said it.
Let's say he gives info to the Pakistanis and they offer it to us
bk (Diary) Tuesday, February 16th at 4:23AM EST (link)Shouldn’t Obama refuse to let the military accept it, since it might have been obtained via … oh let’s just say via means outside the US Army Field Manual? Otherwise he is condoning rendition and torture, correct?
HAH! But that's different, it's Bush's fault, the US doesn't torture, and unicorn farts smell like pansies.
nessa (Diary) Tuesday, February 16th at 4:30AM EST (link)that covers the obvious distinctions doesn’t it? Of course they’ll use it, it might actually provide them one of the few victories they can claim legitimately, though they should credit Bush with the assist.
“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
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pwnt Tuesday, February 16th at 7:46AM EST (link)“In November 2001, as Taliban forces collapsed after the American invasion, Mullah Baradar and several other senior Taliban leaders were captured by Afghan militia fighters aligned with the United States. But Pakistani intelligence operatives intervened, and Mullah Baradar and the other Taliban leaders were released, according to a senior official of the Northern Alliance, the group of Afghans aligned with the United States.”
I think we can all agree that Obama is taking the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan a lot more seriously than Bush had. Too soon to say, but it looks like the Taliban and AQ are running scared! I hope our troops keep up the great work and are home safe as soon as possible.
No, we can't all agree
Dave Poff (haystack) (Diary) Tuesday, February 16th at 8:03AM EST (link)Obama’s record on what he takes seriously re: war and terrorism and placing America’s security interests ahead of all other items on his agenda is a stark contrast to that of Bush’s. November 2001 (right after 9/11 and long before the carnage the Taliban and AQ has wrought since) is a far cry from the reality of the world today…and the need to do whatever is necessary to get these guys and kill them d.e.a.d.
I couldn’t disagree more with your statement that Obama takes this more seriously than Bush did.Worse, Obama isn’t even fighting terrorism in Afghanistan-he’s just trying to disrupt and dismantle Al Qaeda. Read his white paper on the new way forward there.
“It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”
~Sam Adams
Ah, my mistake.
pwnt Tuesday, February 16th at 7:33PM EST (link)I didn’t realize that “disrupting and dismantling Al Qaeda” isn’t considered fighting terrorism. Here I was thinking that going after the individuals that committed the terrorist attacks on 9/11 was fighting terrorism. As it turns out, launching a second war into Iraq, a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, is the right way to fight those terrorists.
Thanks for clarifying haystack.
no, pwnt, thank YOU!
Dave Poff (haystack) (Diary) Tuesday, February 16th at 9:24PM EST (link)for clearing up things for me and the rest of us here that have heard this all before…
“It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”
~Sam Adams
haystack maybe my memory is foggy
bk (Diary) Thursday, February 18th at 6:36AM EST (link)But whenever any senior leader was captured or killed during Bush’s watch, wasn’t the refrain from the left always some combo of:
a) It’s too little too late.
b) He’s easily replaceable.
c) Where’s bin Laden?
No, he isn't taking this "more seriously"
Danielle Davis (ocleverone) (Diary) Tuesday, February 16th at 11:18PM EST (link)His ground commander asked for troops in August and he took months to figure out that he would send only a partial number requested.
Under his “more serious” watch troop fatalities racheted up.
Under his “more serious” watch, the fallen were used as a prop for a midnight photo op.
To me, “consensus” seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects … There are still people in my party who believe in “consensus” politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors … I mean it. — Margaret Thatcher
pwnt what?
avgamerican (Diary) Wednesday, February 17th at 12:17AM EST (link)SInce President Obama came into office we have had a big mishap on an airline and the CIA suffered a bombing at one of its HQs. The recent progress here is total knee jerk although I welcome it. Barack Obama knows that he cannot afford to treat this haphazrdly anymore and that is good for all of us, although you can count on the fact he is doing it with all the Bush techniques in place, save waterboarding.
I didn't know that President's got graded on the curve..
qurys Wednesday, February 17th at 10:00AM EST (link)If you think Bush did poorly…made bad decisions…fine. Your opinion. But if Bush did poorly…that doesn’t necessarily at all mean that Obama’s decision are good. Bush is history and Obama needs to stand on his own.
Sounds like the CIA is getting smarter
PrecinctPatriot (Diary) Tuesday, February 16th at 7:49AM EST (link)by letting the Pakistani intelligence keep control of him. They don’t have to turn him over to Holder and Obama to mirandarize. Plus the gloves are off on “harsh” interrogation methods.
Who is John Galt?
http://thefloridaprecinctproject.wordpress.com/
Read Courting Disaster
Vegas_Rick (Diary) Tuesday, February 16th at 9:06PM EST (link)by Marc Thiessen if you want to see how this SHOULD be handled now that we have this scum bag.
It’s very enlightening look at what GWB and the CIA did to keep us safe. I have no doubt that if Obama hadn’t killed the program, the Christmas bomber would never have gotten on the plane.
“God is great, beer is good and people are crazy.”- Billy Currington
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
Thiessen was a speechwriter
merkinmuffley Thursday, February 18th at 5:24AM EST (link)A SPEECHwriter! He didn’t help craft policy, and I doubt he was included in the big-boy club at the Bush White House.
First he argues that we are killing too many terrorists, then he bitches when we properly interrogate them and get them to talk.
Oh, and then there is his fully debunked argument about how our “enhanced interrogation” of KSM in 2003 prevented the terrorist attack on the Los Angeles Library Tower … in 2002. “Hey, Mr. Peabody! Al Qaeda has seized control of the Way-Back Machine!”
If you are going to cite failures of the Obama Administration’s efforts to thwart Al Qaeda (and I’m sure there are plenty), use a better source than some water boy trying to sell a bloated piece of fiction.
Water board
gibonski Wednesday, February 17th at 9:46AM EST (link)Water board his butte and save many American lives
On a similar tack, the new rules
olddog Thursday, February 18th at 12:16AM EST (link)of engagement are hampering our troops, and getting more of our best, killed. I think any who has not fought for this nation, should have to fight in this mess, before they enact any new rules of engagement, that will keep more of our people from making it home to their loved ones, alive. I b—–ed about Pres. Johnson micromanaging Nam, but this guy takes the cake. Fellas shooting at you, concealed, then when you have them surrounded they drop their weapons and walk out cockily smiling at you and you can’t even check them for gunpowder residue, arrest them, or even touch them because they know our rules, better than most of America does. WHY are the politicos putting our troops at such risk.?? What is their end game in Washington? To dismantle the best Military in the world, making the U.S., weak for the rest of our enemies?
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