Pakistan misses al Qaeda's No.2 in raids

Pakistan's military discovered the location of al Qaeda's second in
command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, recently but missed catching him, a top
official said Monday night.

Rahman Malik, the adviser to the prime minister on internal affairs
and, effectively, Pakistan's interior minister, told reporters that
Pakistani authorities had missed catching al-Zawahiri.

"We had
indication Zawahiri and his wife were in the Mohmand Agency," in
northwestern Pakistan, said Malik. "We did raids and traces there ...
certainly we had traced him in one place, but we missed him. Certainly
he is moving in Mohmand Agency and Kunar, mostly in Kunar and Paktika,"
both in Afghanistan.

Malik went on to say there were currently some four or five dozen al Qaeda leaders in Pakistan.

"There are about 50 to 60 for leaders based in Pakistan. You hardly see them."

Yes, you "barely" missed him eh? Anyone want to take any bets on if someone in the Pakistani intelligence agencies tipped him off? Until I have al-Zawahiri and Bin Laden's head on a pike, I don't want to hear about how "we almost got him", I want to hear "how we got him".

Stop with the excuses, surround the entire area with thousands upon thousands of troops, and snuff him out. Do a scorched earth policy if you need to, but I want him and Bin Laden dead.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com