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2006.01.16

al-Zawahiri a no-show at attack in his honor?

(see my previous related post here.)

Dinner guest in Pakistan air strike a no-show
By Riaz Khan, AP

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Terrorist leader Ayman al-Zawahri, the target of an air strike that killed 18 persons in a border village, had been invited to a dinner in one of the ruined homes but did now show up, Pakistani intelligence officials said yesterday.

[...]

The Pakistani intelligence officials said al-Zawahri, the No. 2 leader of al Qaeda, had been invited to the village for a dinner marking a Muslim festival in one of three houses struck by missiles on Friday night.

[...]

... Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, and other American lawmakers defended the air strike.

"This war on terror has no boundaries," Mr. McCain, a former Navy combat pilot, told CBS. "We have to go where these people are, and we have to take them out."

In a sign of tensions over the attack, two top Pakistani officials -- one from the military, the other from the civilian administration -- said privately that the government was informed of the strike only after it occurred.

However, Sen. Evan Bayh, Indiana Democrat and member of the Senate intelligence committee, said he had "every reason to believe" high-ranking officials in the Pakistani government knew in advance.

[Read on here.]

Does it sound to anyone but me like the only mistake we made was telling the Pakistanis we were coming so someone could leak the information to al-Zawahiri?

*** PM Update:

Don't miss Michelle's related post here, and please do follow the link to Thomas Lifson's post here.

Posted by Bill Faith on January 16, 2006 at 01:03 AM | Permalink

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