Al-Zawahiri Surrounded

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John W. sent me this story from Fox News earlier today:

Pakistani Troops Battle Al Qaeda Along Afghan Border

WANA, Pakistan — Pakistani troops and paramilitary forces using artillery and helicopter gunships launched a new assault Thursday against Al Qaeda and Taliban suspects in a tribal region near Afghanistan, two days after a fierce assault that left dozens dead.

In a report from Islamabad, an American news channel said Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf told them Pakistani forces had surrounded a "high-value target" that was being protected by Al Qaeda fighters. The news channel said the identity of the target was not known.

And, now CNN is reporting that it's Al-Zawahiri:

Pakistani sources: Al-Zawahiri surrounded
Heavy air assault expected at sunrise
Thursday, March 18, 2004 Posted: 7:23 PM EST (0023 GMT)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani military was preparing to launch a heavy air assault after sunrise Friday on al Qaeda troops believed to be protecting a "high-value" leader near the Afghanistan border, Pakistani sources told CNN.

Intelligence indicated the surrounded figure is Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's No. 2 leader, two Pakistani government sources told CNN.

The planned dawn assault against the more than 200 al Qaeda fighters could consist of helicopter gunships and fixed-wing aircraft, the sources said.

I hope it's true and that Al-Zawahiri is found hiding in a septic hole, surrendering without a fight.

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Al-Zawahiri Surrounded

John W. sent me this story from Fox News earlier today:

Pakistani Troops Battle Al Qaeda Along Afghan Border

WANA, Pakistan — Pakistani troops and paramilitary forces using artillery and helicopter gunships launched a new assault Thursday against Al Qaeda and Taliban suspects in a tribal region near Afghanistan, two days after a fierce assault that left dozens dead.

In a report from Islamabad, an American news channel said Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf told them Pakistani forces had surrounded a "high-value target" that was being protected by Al Qaeda fighters. The news channel said the identity of the target was not known.

And, now CNN is reporting that it's Al-Zawahiri:

Pakistani sources: Al-Zawahiri surrounded
Heavy air assault expected at sunrise
Thursday, March 18, 2004 Posted: 7:23 PM EST (0023 GMT)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani military was preparing to launch a heavy air assault after sunrise Friday on al Qaeda troops believed to be protecting a "high-value" leader near the Afghanistan border, Pakistani sources told CNN.

Intelligence indicated the surrounded figure is Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's No. 2 leader, two Pakistani government sources told CNN.

The planned dawn assault against the more than 200 al Qaeda fighters could consist of helicopter gunships and fixed-wing aircraft, the sources said.

I hope it's true and that Al-Zawahiri is found hiding in a septic hole, surrendering without a fight.

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