Thursday, July 08, 2004
July Surprise?
And speaking of Judis, he and Spencer Ackerman and Massoud Ansari write in The New Republic that last month, 'even as the president's poll numbers were sliding, his administration was implementing a plan to insure the public's confidence in his hunt for Al Qaeda.
'This spring, the administration significantly increased its pressure on Pakistan to kill or capture Osama bin Laden, his deputy, Ayman Al Zawahiri, or the Taliban's Mullah Mohammed Omar, all of whom are believed to be hiding in the lawless tribal areas of Pakistan.'
They report -- third hand, at least -- that a White House aide told a Pakistani general last spring that 'it would be best if the arrest or killing of [any] HVT [High Value Target] were announced on twenty-six, twenty-seven, or twenty-eight July' -- the first three days of the Democratic National Convention in Boston."
'This spring, the administration significantly increased its pressure on Pakistan to kill or capture Osama bin Laden, his deputy, Ayman Al Zawahiri, or the Taliban's Mullah Mohammed Omar, all of whom are believed to be hiding in the lawless tribal areas of Pakistan.'
They report -- third hand, at least -- that a White House aide told a Pakistani general last spring that 'it would be best if the arrest or killing of [any] HVT [High Value Target] were announced on twenty-six, twenty-seven, or twenty-eight July' -- the first three days of the Democratic National Convention in Boston."
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