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Confirmed by AQ: Abu Yazid “Saeed” Al Masri Still on the HVT List

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Thanos

As Sahab, Al Qaeda’s media outlet, has released eulogies for two recently killed commanders, but Abu Yazid was not among them and he signed the message. This confirms that the August 12th reports of his demise from unamed Pakistani officials were false reports and leaves Saeed Al Masri on the high value target list. Continue reading →

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Musharraf and the Bear’s Bad Bargain

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Thanos

While many are portraying the resignation of Musharraf as either a bad thing or a good thing, in effect it happened two months or more ago. His old friends and associates have been ignoring him, the stalwarts in PML-Q and … Continue reading →

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Yazid Al Masri Update: Army Spokesman Partially Confirms Death of AQ #3

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Thanos

From the Pakistan Daily Times we have a named source saying that they think Abu Yazid “Saeed” Al Masri is dead. He refuses to confirm until secondary verification from ground sources however.
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Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid aka “Sa’id” Al Qaeda Leader Dead

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Thanos

Originally billed as Al Qaida’s leader in Afghanistan way back in May 2007 in an As Sahab video, he later seemed to have been replaced in subseqent announcements by other AQ leaders in Afghanistan as AQ tried Emir after Emir. He was the quick fill-in after we killed Mullah Dadullah.

He was the one who declared Jihad against Turkey, and later he pops up in the news claiming credit for the Benazir Bhutto assassination for Al Qaeda.
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Zawahiri Rumor Update: Mehsud Letter Likely Forged

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Thanos

This is an update to the previous story from CBS with rumors of Zawahiri’s injury or death from the July 29th strike in Pakistan. WIth help from Pakistan the document has been examined by experts – the letterhead appears too … Continue reading →

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Al Zawahiri Injured or Dead? UPDATE: False Report From CBS Based on Flimsy Doc.

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Thanos

FINAL UPDATE:  Pakistan Taliban Deny Zawahiri’s death. Maulvi Omar is the spokesworm for Baitullah Mehsud, and while he might be lying, it’s not likely. The Taliban are quick to promote the death of leaders on the internet when there are … Continue reading →

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Pakistan Taliban Schism Confirmed – 50 Dead

Posted on July 19, 2008 by Thanos

The schism that has stewed for a couple of months within Baitullah Mehsud’s loose alliance of Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan broke out into open large scale fighting in the Mohmand agency Friday. Initial reports had ten dead up until the point when the Afghan … Continue reading →

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Monckton: IPCC Model and Conclusions Deeply Flawed

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Thanos

Mea Culpa: Way back when I was still a wingnut, I used repost some of their operative agitprop – embarrassing as it is I took a “warmist” stance back then, and actually wrote in support of notorious climate denialist Monckton. … Continue reading →

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Baitullah Mehsud Calls on Pakistan to Use Nuclear Arsenal “to Defend Against the Enemies”.

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Thanos

In this brief interview you will see Baitullah Mehsud, leader of TTP, or Pakistan’s Taliban, deny the assasination of Benazir Bhutto (methinks he doth protest too oft and too much…) as well as praise Bin Laden. He states that Bin Laden is not “in … Continue reading →

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Video Details Features of the Syrian/NK Plutonium Creation Facility

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Thanos

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