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March 18, 2004
They Would Fight to the Death
From an interview with CNN national security analyst Ken Robinson: ROBINSON: What's interesting is speaking with senior Pakistani army officials. They were describing the tactics being used, which included very aggressive enforcement of homes that they had barricaded. They called them fortresses in this village. They said that the enemy that they were up against was using very sophisticated mortar techniques, using mortaring shells against their forces and using target reference points that had been preregistered. In other words, they had anticipated that at one point they would have to defend this location, and they had very significant defenses outlayed for them. That's why the casualties were so high. PHILLIPS: If indeed this is Ayman al-Zawahiri, who is in this area that is now surrounded? What are the rules of engagement? Is it to get in there and bring him out alive and take him into custody? Or is that necessarily not the objective? ROBINSON: Well, one of the things that the generals, the Pakistani generals that we spoke to yesterday and today, stressed was that one of the things in this engagement that causes things to slow down was their concern for collateral damage on innocent civilians. ... PHILLIPS: Well, what [do] you know about al Qaeda's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri? Is this somebody that would come out alive or die -- as he would be believed to be -- a martyr? ROBINSON: I cannot believe that we would see al-Zawahari or Osama bin Laden captured alive. I believe they both would probably fight to the death. Ayman al-Zawahiri was the leader of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, a very lethal terrorist organization in Egypt, before he linked up with bin Laden. And he's the guy who really took bin Laden over the edge in terms of getting more lethal in his own thought processes. Posted by Michele at March 18, 2004 07:51 PM | TrackBackComments
Michele,
Posted by: jeffers at March 18, 2004 09:45 PM I hope someone is reading the above comment... Posted by: Cap'n DOC at March 18, 2004 10:16 PM Hmmm... Posted by: Worms at March 18, 2004 10:22 PM Check your mail, Jeff. Posted by: michele at March 18, 2004 10:25 PM who would THAT be... Posted by: Worms at March 18, 2004 10:27 PM This ( US Forces stuck in Afghanistan ) is like sitting on the Sidelines, and letting the Second sting team play in the semi-finals.
Posted by: Redneck Texan at March 18, 2004 10:38 PM US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz acknowledged in an interview that the U.S. was expecting favors in return for the tolerance of the pardon of A. Khan, and the threat of sanctions was also dangled. I have posted the details and additional background story behind the joint U.S.-Pakistan border offensive here Posted by: sytrek at March 18, 2004 10:42 PM Received and answered, Michele.
Posted by: jeffers at March 18, 2004 11:37 PM I hope they use a kind of KO-gas, and they get them alive!!! Posted by: DrSigSag at March 19, 2004 07:22 AM I am trying to reach Ken Robinson of CNN-- he and I went to the same school, together.. Anyone know how I can email him?
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