WHERE'S BIN LADEN?

A report from Ashraf Khan of The Associated Press confirmed a spokesman for al-Qaida has been captured in Karachi, Pakistan by Pakistani intelligence. His name is Adam Gadahn who is also an American born spokesman for al-Quaida. This arrest comes approximately three weeks after the recent capture of Taliban military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, as he was leaving a seminary in the Pakistani seaport of Karachi, Pakistan. The latter arrest is purported to be "a tremendous achievement for Pakistani intelligence and American collaboration". Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who is Taliban's second in command has vast knowledge of links between Taliban operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He is currently under pressure and providing information to Pakistani and CIA officials. When you cut off the head, everything else falls like dominoes. His arrest spawned the capture of three more suspected top al-Qaeda militants. Most important among the trio of suspects was Ameer Mauawia, described by Pakistani intelligence officers as the commander of al-Qaeda's foreign fighters on the Pakistani tribal lands along the Afghan border. Mauawia is said to be a trusted and longtime ally of bin Laden's, whom he allegedly followed when bin Laden fled from Sudan in May 1996 to Afghanistan to set up his terrorist training camps. Pakistani security forces also arrested two senior Taliban commanders in charge of operations in the northern Afghan provinces of Kunduz and Baghlan. The Kunduz commander, Mullah Abdul Salam, was captured far from the Afghan border, in the central Punjabi town of Faisalabad. And according to Pakistani intelligence and tribal leaders, a missile fired on February 18, 2010 by a U.S. drone at a vehicle in Pakistan's tribal territory killed Muhammad Haqqani, the younger brother of Sirajuddin, a pro-Taliban commander who masterminded the suicide bombing at a U.S. base in December that killed seven CIA agents.


With the arrest of all these top al-Queda commanders, its only a matter of time for officials to catch up to Bin Laden, who is rumored to be severly ill. The arrest of Gadahn is a major victory in the U.S.-led battle against al-Qaida and will be taken as a sign that Pakistan is cooperating more fully with Washington. He's posted videos in the past inciting Muslims to strike on the West and even praised the U.S. Army official who killed 13 people in Fort Hood, Texas as a role model for other muslims. American born Muslims are not buying into his rhetoric though and denounce his futile attempt for the destruction of their country. A U.S. court charged Gadahn with treason in 2006, making him the first American to face such a charge in more than 50 years. He could face the death penalty if convicted and is also charged with two counts of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. I give the U.S. officials as well as the Pakistani officials a big shout out for their continuous effort to fight terrorism. Their diligence and resilience is well earned. No matter what happens in the weeks and months ahead, these idiots will be forever Suspended In Time for the remainder of their natural lives...