Uh . . . did Pakistan just nab bin Laden?
UPDATE: Apparently not:
Pakistan says it has arrested a senior al Qaeda figure wanted for the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed hundreds of people.Certainly good news that just happens to fall on the night John Kerry gives what is anticipated to be a massively watched speech. I'll put it like this: If any channel that would be expected under other circumstances to air Kerry's speech chooses instead to lend time to talking heads to debate the impact of this capture, I'm going to feel extremely cynical about the timing. If all the talking head coverage tonight undercuts John Kerry's argument tonight, I'm going to feel queasy. So long as Kerry's given his moment then I think a Qaeda capture's a Qaeda capture, and I don't care whether it helps Bush.Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat identified the man as Ahmed Khalfan Ghailini and said he was a Tanzanian national wanted for the synchronised bombings that killed more than 200 people at the U.S. embassy in Kenya and 11 at the embassy in Tanzania.
(Sure, there's some causality problems in the logic above—but just you wait. I'm going to see F9/11 in a bit and then I'll really be full of shit.)
Posted by Kriston at July 29, 2004 5:22 PMDid anyone notice that when Kerry announced Edwards as his running mate it was suddenly announced that they were raising the terror threat level? Mighty big coincidence that keeps happening whenever something doesn't go the administrations way. All bullshit, all the time.
Posted by: esotERIC at July 29, 2004 9:57 PMThis guy's a "senior" Al Qaeda operative? He looks like he's fifteen...
yeah I know, it's probably an old photo
Posted by: at July 29, 2004 10:52 PMThe "July Surprise" reported in TNR looks like it came to pass after all.
Posted by: Dimmy Karras at July 30, 2004 1:28 AMYes, you seem to have covered that in the post title. Too sleepy.
Posted by: Dimmy Karras at July 30, 2004 12:29 PM
