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Sat 15 Mar 2008 11:29
by Kevin McGehee
64° and cloudy
in Coweta County, GA
3 comments
[War]
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Obviously he didn’t have much to do at the time of his capture.
A senior al Qaeda operative who worked to procure chemicals to attack U.S. troops in Afghanistan and helped Osama bin Laden escape from U.S. forces at Tora Bora in 2001 was handed over to Pentagon officials this week by the CIA.
U.S. counterterrorism officials categorized the capture of Afghan national Muhammad Rahim as “very significant” in the war on terror and illustrative of significant gains made against terrorist groups in recent months.
“Rahim is a tough, seasoned jihadist,“ CIA Director Michael V. Hayden said. “His combat experience, which dates back to the 1980s, includes plots against U.S. and Afghan targets. He reportedly sought chemicals for one attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan, and tried to recruit individuals with access to American military facilities there.“
Rahim, who is proficient in several languages and familiar with the border areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, was a courier for al Qaeda with high-level contacts in many of the terrorist cells throughout the region.» Bin Laden aide in U.S. hands
All kidding aside, this could prove significant in closing in on what’s left of al Qaeda.
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