Report: Afghan, U.S. Forces Arrest Key Al Qaeda Member

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Report: Afghan, U.S. Forces Arrest Key Al Qaeda Member
AP
Nov. 13, 2006

KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. and Afghan forces have arrested a senior al Qaeda member in southeastern Afghanistan, a provincial police chief said Monday.

The troops detained four Afghans, an Arab and a Pakistani on Thursday in the city of Khost, said Mohammad Ayub, the provincial police chief.

"I'm not sure if this Arab is the one of the four Arabs who escaped from Bagram last year, but what I can tell you is that he is an important al Qaeda member," Ayub said, referring to the U.S. prison in Bagram.

Pakistan's The News daily reported on Monday that one of the detainees was Abu Nasir al-Qahtani, one of four Arab al Qaeda operatives who escaped from the U.S. prison in Bagram in July 2005.

U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick on Monday declined to identify or confirm the name of the detainee.

Coalition forces in Afghanistan last week said that a "known al Qaeda terrorist" and five other extremists were arrested on Nov. 6 near Khost city.

It said the detainee has "known ties to al Qaeda leadership," and was detained with Saudi and Pakistani nationals.

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[zodiac666]

hell yea, our main FOB was right next to khowst on the SE border. bag their heads, flexi-cuff 'em, then pack 'em in an up armor which is not meant to hold that many people, but they're small so you can just wedge a couple of them in the back somewhere then go on a long bumpy ride. well done, keep takin 'em down guys!!!

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Our generals are half stupid letting these poppie growing thugs continue
to fund terrorism with heroin. Osama is most likely getting some fresh
air right in the middle of some poppie patch.

the only difficult thing there is that if you eliminate the poppy trade it will severly cut funds to the terrorists but it will also eliminate about 50% or more of the jobs in afghanistan. its their main export and how many families over there survive. what happens when you cut half the jobs in a country? something needs done though, especially with pakistan where a high number of terrorists hide out but we're not allowed to go in there.

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