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TOP TALIBAN Military Chief Captured by US in Pakistan
« on: February 15, 2010, 09:09:48 PM »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8517375.stm

Taliban military chief Mullah Baradar in custody


     The top Taliban military commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, has been captured in Pakistan, US officials say.

Mullah Baradar - the Taliban's overall number two - was captured in a secret US-Pakistani raid in Karachi several days ago, The New York Times reported.

Senior officials later confirmed the report, saying Mullah Baradar was "providing intelligence".
"This operation was an enormous success,"
one official told US network ABC News. "It is a very big deal."
Senior intelligence officials voiced hope that Mullah Baradar would provide the location of Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar.

The New York Times, citing US government sources, said the prisoner was the most significant Taliban figure to be detained since the US-led war in Afghanistan began in 2001.
'Big fish'

Mullar Baradar is believed to rank second only in influence to the Taliban's spiritual leader, Mullar Omar, who has been hiding from Western agencies since the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001.
   
MULLAH BARADAR
Second-in-charge behind Taliban founder Mullah Omar
In charge of Taliban's military operations and financial affairs
Born in Dehrawood District, Uruzgan Province, in 1948
Former defence minister for the Taliban regime

Source: Interpol, news agencies

The BBC's North America editor Mark Mardell, in Washington, says Mullah Baradar is a "big fish" who runs the Taliban's day-to-day operations, both military and financial.
He allocates Taliban funds, appoints military commanders and designs military tactics, our correspondent says.


Mullah Baradar was quoted last year as telling his troops to not to confront US soldiers with their superior firepower, but to operate using guerrilla tactics.
He is said to be responsible for the Taliban tactic of planting "flowers" - improvised explosive devices (IEDs) - along roadsides.

Mullah Baradar's capture comes as Nato and Afghan troops are carrying out a major offensive against Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan.
Sanctioned
The New York Times said the Karachi raid was conducted by Pakistan's Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and CIA operatives, citing officials.

The newspaper said it learned of the operation on Thursday, but delayed reporting it after a request by White House officials. They said disclosing it would end a very successful intelligence drive.
US officials later acknowledged the news, saying it was becoming broadly known in the region.
According to Interpol Mullah Baradar was born in 1968, and served as deputy minister of defence for the Taliban regime in Afghanistan before it was toppled in 2001.
He has been subject to UN sanctions including a travel ban, an arms embargo and the freezing of assets.

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Re: TOP TALIBAN Military Chief Captured by US in Pakistan
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2010, 09:52:25 PM »
Good thing Bush did what he did 8 years ago or nothing would have been done!

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Re: TOP TALIBAN Military Chief Captured by US in Pakistan
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2010, 09:58:32 PM »
Good thing Bush did what he did 8 years ago or nothing would have been done!

And yet he couldn't capture a guy this high up the totem pole. From what I've read, this guy is pretty much the #2 guy in the Taliban and a major player.

Score one for Obama.

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Re: TOP TALIBAN Military Chief Captured by US in Pakistan
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2010, 10:05:29 PM »
Are they going to extradite him back to the US and try him in small claims court?

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Re: TOP TALIBAN Military Chief Captured by US in Pakistan
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2010, 10:06:28 PM »
Are they going to extradite him back to the US and try him in small claims court?

Why focus on that and not the fact that Bush was never able to capture a guy of this caliber?

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Re: TOP TALIBAN Military Chief Captured by US in Pakistan
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2010, 10:13:04 PM »
Why focus on that and not the fact that Bush was never able to capture a guy of this caliber?

How about also focusing on the fact with all of the people that bitched and moaned and said this was an Illegal war, that if it wasn't for Bush this would have never happend. This only happend on Obama's presidency and not because of Obama himself. Thats like going into congress and claiming you sponsored a bill when all you really did was vote "present" without knowing why you voted "present" in the first place. Funny, because he was one of the ones who voted against going in the first place 8 years ago!

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Re: TOP TALIBAN Military Chief Captured by US in Pakistan
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2010, 05:53:24 AM »
Did they read him miranda rights? I wonder if Pakistan will use torture  ::)
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Re: TOP TALIBAN Military Chief Captured by US in Pakistan
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2010, 05:59:05 AM »
Ur giving Barry credit for this...gimme a fucking break. JSOC got his ass...a JSOC that honed their skills under Bush.
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Re: TOP TALIBAN Military Chief Captured by US in Pakistan
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2010, 06:02:09 AM »
Yeah, was Obama the one to kick in the door and slap the right tights on this guy?