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2004-10-21 Europe
French Al Qaeda man tells all to interrogators
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Posted by Destro 2004-10-21 4:00:16 AM|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 I don't know about this about half way through the third paragraph I put my waders on.

"There were between 2,000 and 3,000 mujahideens…" I am pretty sure any location that can "train" that large a numkber of people no matter how primitave is quite visible from space. I know "someone" saw it and pointed it out even if just the Indains if in reality it existed.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2004-10-21 9:02:39 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2004-10-21 9:02:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 a couple bunker busters could do a real nice job on this place
Posted by smokeysinse 2004-10-21 11:21:54 AM||   2004-10-21 11:21:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Why is this guy suddenly so helpful and forthcoming with us? Is it Grinch II-his heart grew three times that day? Anyone have a feeling we have a poisonous mix here of startling truths and diversionary lies?
Posted by Jules 187 2004-10-21 11:38:16 AM||   2004-10-21 11:38:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like quite a spinner. "2,000-3,000" bad boyz is ridiculous. That would require a football field-sized facility of maybe 50,000 square feet.

Also love the travel writer's touch about the "impressive" (I think the translation of impressionant was wrong) view of the Himalayas. Sounds like a complete wannabe.
Posted by lex 2004-10-21 3:05:33 PM||   2004-10-21 3:05:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually the size of the training camps matches with Indian claims about Jihadi camps located in Pakistan (which India does have satellite proof of). This kind of training has been going on for years, but since most of the trainees are Pakistanis and Kashmiris, the Pakistani government has managed to get away with it.

In fact the majority of Jihadis training camps have always been located in Pakistan rather than Afghanistan, it is just that Al Qaeda tended to train their forces in the Afghan camps.
Posted by Paul Moloney 2004-10-21 6:28:47 PM||   2004-10-21 6:28:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 well, gosh, Paul! How could this happen with Pervez and the ISI as our allies?

(/naive)
Posted by Frank G  2004-10-21 6:52:03 PM||   2004-10-21 6:52:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Wow! Even French JIHADIS are pussies.
Posted by whitecollar redneck 2004-10-21 10:53:11 PM||   2004-10-21 10:53:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 9.8! But it's tooooo late. Sad it'll get lost.
Posted by Shipman 2004-10-22 6:51:42 AM||   2004-10-22 6:51:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 a classix?
Posted by Frank G  2004-10-22 8:20:52 AM||   2004-10-22 8:20:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 ",,,officials found maps of Australian nuclear sites, and the Perth headquarters of Australia’s elite SAS unit... He was repatriated to France..."
No offense to the Aussies, but this guy needed a tribunal and a firing squad. Australia, is this a war on terror or not?
Posted by Tom 2004-10-22 8:32:57 AM||   2004-10-22 8:32:57 AM|| Front Page Top

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