{"id":4001,"date":"2003-03-02T08:04:19","date_gmt":"2003-03-02T13:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4001"},"modified":"2003-03-02T08:04:19","modified_gmt":"2003-03-02T13:04:19","slug":"and_what_about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/03\/02\/and_what_about.html","title":{"rendered":"And what about al-Qa&#8217;eda?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For all those folks who think the US has abandoned its hunt for al-Qa&#8217;eda members, too distracted by Iraq &#8212; or who claim that the war on Iraq is to distract from lack of progress in pursuing al-Qa&#8217;eda members:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Alleged 9\/11 mastermind in custody\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/news\/879289.asp?0cv=CB10\">Well, maybe not<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">U.S. officials have described Mohammed as a key al-Qaida lieutenant and the organizer of the terror mission that sent hijacked passenger jets crashing into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, killing more than 3,000 people.<br \/>\nIt was not known whether Mohammed had been taken to Afghanistan, a military base in Cuba where other suspected al-Qaida are held, a U.S. ship or flown to the United States or a third country.   <br \/>\nCIA officers and Pakistani authorities carried out the operation that led to Mohammed\u2019s capture, according to American officials, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instapundit.com\/archives\/007856.php\">InstaPundit<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all those folks who think the US has abandoned its hunt for al-Qa&#8217;eda members, too distracted by Iraq &#8212; or who claim that the war on Iraq is to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitical-brouhaha"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4571,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/08\/05\/perhaps_we_can.html","url_meta":{"origin":4001,"position":0},"title":"Perhaps we can all fly naked","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 5-Aug-03 1:58pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Following information from interrogation of al Qa'eda operatives and evidence gathered at captured al Qa'eda camps, DHS is warning airlines to pay closer attention to portable elecronics as carry-ons. 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