NO SURPRISE.
Recently USA threatened to cut aid to Pakistan , because they felt enough was not done to tackle Alqaeeda.
So VOILA now we have a prisoner caught with ease.
Or else the favorite mantra of Pakis is " There is no Al qaedda on our soil".
Threaten more financial aid cuts and see how with each threat one major terorist is handed over.
Dirty politics on part of pakis.

Posted by: Rajesh_singh at March 2, 2007 5:35 AM

Another article by Magdi Allam:

Mixed Marriages? Sharia is already in our midst

http://gardjola2.blogspot.com/2007/03/sharia-in-our-midst.html

Posted by: Stefania at March 2, 2007 5:40 AM

Threats to Nosheen Who Helps Pakistani Women to Study.

http://gardjola2.blogspot.com/2007/03/threats-to-nosheen.html

Posted by: Stefania at March 2, 2007 5:42 AM

I'll bet a dollar to a doughnut that the Pakis knew where they could grab him all along. This is merely a response to the Bush complaints. It's like the cops raiding a small time bootlegger during Prohibition; it's all done create the illision that they are on our side.

Posted by: Pelayo at March 2, 2007 6:33 AM

...hhmmmmm...did they also capture any weapons or explovises or any other operatives or terrorists?....did they find any computers...literature...maps...documents...photographs?....

....hhmmmm...did they encounter any resistance or actually fire a bullet?.....

....I smell sacrificial lamb here......a Pakistanii way of saying: "See..we are fighting the Taliban..."

...why not attack to kill instead of capture...it is the way the Muslims operate...yes indeed, a sacrificial lamb...

Posted by: exsgtbrown at March 2, 2007 6:52 AM

Well, I know for a fact, many people from Pakistan doesn't like the U.S. so this capture has to be political; I don't think it was a capture at all. Time will tell.....he'll probably escape pretty soon too.

Posted by: Jeff at March 2, 2007 7:21 AM

"The capture of Mullah Obaidullah Akhund marked the first time Pakistan had arrested a senior leader of the Islamist militia since it was driven from power in Afghanistan in 2001, and thousands of its fighters fled into Pakistan.

The security official, who requested anonymity, and the Taliban sources said Akhund, the third most senior member of the Taliban's 10-member leadership council, was arrested late on Monday"

So, it took 6 years to arrest one of the ten Taliban leaders? So, we should expect the other nine to be in custody by, oh, about 2060? Well, color me impressed.

You know, when our leaders promised that "we're going to get the terrorists who struck us on 9-11 'Dead or Alive,'" I did not think they meant "Dead of old age."

Posted by: ryoga at March 2, 2007 7:43 AM

Mullah Akhund will get to rest up for the weekend, get some needed sleep, contact his buddies in jail, and have a few hot meals.

If he doesn't escape by next Thursday, it will only be because he's lazy, and the Paki's will have to kick him out so they don't have to try him.

Posted by: texan at March 2, 2007 8:33 AM

Quiz
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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Abu Faraj al-Libbi
Abu Hamza Rabia
Mullah Obaidullah

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All were/are Al-Qaeda Number 3. They can't get Osama (#1) or Zawahiri (#2) but the # 3 is always, always conveniently, arrested/killed.

Posted by: infidel11 at March 2, 2007 8:37 AM

One day in the future you non Muslims may be required to wear a big yellow patch with a D on it (to identify you as a Dhimmi). Be wary of trains with cattle cars and be wary of turbans and burkas...You will be marked...Do not ask questions if your neighbors suddenly disappear from sight....do not be alarmed if suddenly you find your young daughter is suddenly married...do not be surprised if you have to pay your taxes on the street corner..daily...do not be alarmed by loud explosions or gunfire...its just the religious police rounding up some worthless tax evaders....do not be concerned when you see signs on bathrooms stating "Muslims Only"...and you see a bucket on the sidewalk with a sign "Dhimmi toilet". The smoke you see from the smokestacks at the old factory and the smell must surely mean the factory has be updated and is now operating again, you wonder if you can get a job on the assembly line...you soon get used to bowing your head and you learn to carry a prayer mat and a copy of the Qur'an...You may recall the days when you enjoyed a movie and barbeque pork ribs, but you do not tell anyone,..you may look at the photographs you keep hidden showing the pick up truck and bass boat you once had or of you and the family at the beach (you could wear bathing suits back then)...Do not be surprised if things change...

Ban Muslim immigration now....

Posted by: exsgtbrown at March 2, 2007 8:55 AM

infidel11, actually, the distinction should be made that Mullah Obaidullah was the Taliban's #3, not Al Qaida's. Although from our standpoint, there is really no (ideological) difference between the two, this view is unfortunately not shared by Pakistan. Although the Pakistani regime probably has some self interest in limiting Al Qaida activity, at least on the Pakistani side of the border, the regime, or at least parts of the government have seemed unwilling to break ties with their old allies in the Taliban.

Posted by: Abu Allah at March 2, 2007 9:06 AM

Let's keep in mind that Baluchistan is split between Pakistan and Iran, and that the Baluchis have been in guerilla warfare against both since the end of WW2. While the Baluchis are a strong presence within Al-Qaeda, Baluchi separatism may present an opportunity to weaken Iran and Al-Qaeda yet force Pakistan to recognize that its interests align with the USA's.

chsw

Posted by: chsw at March 2, 2007 9:36 AM

Has the scrambled land line and 24 x 7 room service been set up for him yet?

Posted by: A_Plague_on_Both_Houses at March 2, 2007 9:44 AM

"thousands of Taliban fighters fled into Pakistan"

Surely the Pakistani government KNEW this was happening. Why else would so many fighters think that they could find refuge there. Sympathetic to their cause perhaps? No doubt.

Posted by: champ at March 2, 2007 11:31 AM

Immediately after the Taliban flight to Pakistan, the Pakistanii government told the US we could not follow...

...with allies like this no wonder the Taliban is still operating.....

Posted by: exsgtbrown at March 2, 2007 12:41 PM

So, mullah Obaidullah Akhund's card fell out of someone's Rolodex over at the ISI and Musharraf picked it up off of the floor during an inspection. Does anyone really view this as a substantive development in Pakistan's nonexistent fight against Islamic terrorism?

[crickets]

"I'll bet a dollar to a doughnut that the Pakis knew where they could grab him all along. This is merely a response to the Bush complaints. It's like the cops raiding a small time bootlegger during Prohibition; it's all done create the illision that they are on our side."

Pelayo, is on the money, (as usual). No surprises, nothing to see here folks. Move along.

So, it took 6 years to arrest one of the ten Taliban leaders? So, we should expect the other nine to be in custody by, oh, about 2060?"

ryoga hits the bottom line with this succint observation. How long should we let it take Pakistan to round up what was originally a state sanctioned militant organization?

Why we aren't hovering gattling gun armed drones over the Afghan-Pak border and blowing anything that moves to smithereens is beyond me. It is to Bush's eternal shame that he'd rather see our young soldiers die instead of taking more aggressive measures.

Posted by: Zenster at March 2, 2007 2:01 PM

"Why we aren't hovering gattling gun armed drones over the Afghan-Pak border and blowing anything that moves to smithereens is beyond me."

...If we see something moving, you can bet it is not the Pakistanii military looking for terrorists....

...By the way we can see them through excellant satellite photography and thermal imaging...I would suspect we have on going high altitude photography going on....we have drone camera planes which can stay aloft for several days at a time without returning home, these drones have both photo and thermal imaging capabilities...you can bet we have spies on the ground too...

taking the bad guys out is not much of a problem and I suspect the reason for not doing so will remain a mystery for a little longer....If you remember when we first went into Afghanistan,,,the Taliban lasted about 3 weeks.....we had no problem locating them then and we have no problem locating them now--the terroritory is the same, the mountains do not change...we just need to pull the trigger.....I would do it...Anyone who complains would be considered a conspirator on the side of the terrorists....we would see no surprises...we probably already know who the terrorists are....

Posted by: exsgtbrown at March 2, 2007 3:28 PM

Abu Allah, Thanks for correcting me. My bad.

But the question I have is:

We know this mobot is Al-Q/Taliban #3 and go after him or are these mobots caught/killed first and then presented to the world as Al-Q/Taliban #3?

Anybody seen the top 10 wanted list for Al-Qaida/Taliban? All I know,

Al-Qaida
#1 Osama
#2 Zawahiri

Taliban
#1 Mullah Omar
#2 Mullah Dadullah

It gives an impression that every Al-Qaeda/Taliban is a #3 after the above-mentioned cavemen.

Posted by: infidel11 at March 3, 2007 6:12 AM