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Title: How much did Pakistan know about Osama
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Commentary Magazine
URL Source: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2 ... ch-did-pakistan-know-and-when/
Published: May 2, 2011
Author: Alana Goodman
Post Date: 2011-05-02 16:39:39 by CZ82
Keywords: None
Views: 4161
Comments: 4
It’s unclear how much knowledge (if any) the Pakistani government had of Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts. But the initial reports are troubling, to say the least. Not only was the terror leader living at a conspicuous compound in a fairly populated suburb of Pakistan’s capital, but he was also right next door to the Pakistan Military Academy, the New York Times reports: [H]e was killed in Abbottabad, a city of about 500,000, in a large and highly secured compound that, a resident of the city said, sits virtually adjacent to the grounds of a military academy. In an ironic twist, the academy was visited just last month by the Pakistani military chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, where he proclaimed that Pakistan had “cracked” the forces of terrorism, an assessment that was greeted with skepticism in Washington. In addition to the military academy, the Times reports that numerous Pakistani forces and a unit of the Army Medical Corps are also based in the city. At this point it is impossible to say whether the Pakistani military was shockingly clueless to the fact that the world’s most notorious terrorist was living in its midst, or whether there was something more sinister going. But we do know that the Obama administration, for whatever reason, declined to tell the Pakistani government about its raid on bin Laden’s compound until after the mission was accomplished. “We shared our intelligence on this bin Laden compound with no other country, including Pakistan,” said a senior administration official during a briefing with reporters last night. “That was for one reason and one reason alone: We believed it was essential to the security of the operation and our personnel.” The administration’s decision might be less of an issue if we hadn’t been giving Pakistan $1 billion a year since 9/11 for the specific purpose of helping us capture bin Laden. What exactly was the point of that if we couldn’t even trust the Pakistanis not to compromise the operation?
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#1. To: CZ82 (#0)
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How much did Pakistan know? Remember the CIA Agent that the US had to pay Blood Libel $$$ to free? The ISI sent M Atta a $100 000 money transfer days before 9/11. Head of ISI meeting with Sen Graham/Next CIA Leader Porter Goss as WTC 7 is evac'ed except for : WTC 7 Emergency Command Center Locked by 09:03 AM 2 posts - 1 author - Last post: Jun 27, 2010 Why would the Emergency Command Center be locked at 09:00 AM? ... cups of coffee were still steaming and there were half eaten sandwiches. ... s1.zetaboards.com/LooseChangeForums/topic/3515589/1/ - Cached
The question is how much did Bush admin know about Pakistan and al-Qaeda links and why they did nothing about that for 8 fucking years.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
The War of Terror. And good luck on getting rid of the TSA now. And the Patriot Act. And the Continuity of Gov't per Cheney.... " And there are TWO sayings from the Caliphate: 1) Show Me the Body 2) Bring Back the Head We ain't getting #1. But looks like #2 is in action: Elaine Supkis called this: :roll: 8-) Well, well, well…as I suspected, the operation to assassinate bin Laden was called ‘Operation Geronimo.’ No shock here. It simply confirms in my mind why the remains of his body after the head was cut off, was tossed into the ocean after carefully disguised under a cover as if it still had a head. Of course, it will be impossible to prove if my internal beliefs are correct or not but history usually is right: if a family steals skulls of rebel religious leaders in the past and uses these for magic, then they would continue to do this today if possible. The noxious fumes surrounding the New Geronimo’s death will poison the political atmosphere for years to come. And the moral depravity of the US continues just as it did 150 years ago or more. emsnews.wordpress.com/
"You'll spend more time fighting terrorism..." Sandy Berger's parting remark to Condi Rice in 2001...
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#2. To: mcgowanjm, CZ82, war, go65 (#1)
How much did Pakistan know?
#3. To: Godwinson (#2)
The question is how much did Bush admin know about Pakistan and al-Qaeda links and why they did nothing about that for 8 fucking years.
#4. To: Godwinson (#2)
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