Bin Laden tried to communicate with Zarqawi via ground courier

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/usattacksbinladen



"About four weeks ago, we intercepted communication between Osama bin Laden and Zarqawi," which occurred when "a ground courier was intercepted," Bob Newman, director of international security and counter-terrorism services with The GeoScope Group, told an Airport, Port and Terminal Security (APTS) Middle East conference.


"We (US intelligence) intercepted the man and looked in his pockets. That's how we found out," he added.


Newman, whose Colorado-based organization provides teams to help track down terror suspects at the planning stage, later told reporters the courier was stopped in west Pakistan, "carrying a letter."


"We believe it was authentic. But was it really an attempt at clandestine communication or was he (bin Laden) testing our ability to intercept him? We believe he may have been trying to see if we could intercept his courier," he said.


A US counter-terrorism official said in Washington last month that the Al-Qaeda leader had suggested to Zarqawi that he get involved in attacks inside the United States, where bin Laden's followers carried out the September 11, 2001 attacks.

...LOL, even the photo looks fake....



Handout made available by the Iraqi Government Communications Directorate (IGCD) shows Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. A counter-terrorism expert said Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) tried to communicate with al-Zarqawi through a letter that was seized when a courier was intercepted in Pakistan.(AFP/HO/File)

[merwin]

1. He originally tried UPS. He was taking advantage of the

'What can Brown do for you?' motto.

[Wickerman]

2. Who is this Bin Laden guy?

Hrummph! Trying to hone in on the popularity of al-Zaqawi. Doesn't Osama realize he is SO yesterday's news?

[ewagner]

3. Zarqawi......a composite?

I'm still coonvinced that Zarqawi doesn't actually exist.....

he doesn't have one leg.....
he wasn't killed three separate times.....
because he isn't a real person....

he's a composite of different bits and pieces of intelligence and now AQ is making us run in circles chasing somebody who doesn't exist.....

[tanyev]

4. They'd better start checking the pigeons, too.

[xxqqqzme]

6. my first thought when

I saw the headline.

[htuttle]

5. I think that photo came out of a video game

It looks like a low-resolution 3D model with a higher resolution texture applied to it -- typical of military video games.

[BornLeft]

7. What the hell is this?

Bob Newman, director of international security and counter-terrorism services with The GeoScope Group, told an Airport, Port and Terminal Security (APTS) Middle East conference.
Is this a CIA front name? GeoScope.
I think these folks deserve some googling.

[Ernesto]

14. No No

It's Bob Newheart on his new comedy album.

[RuleofLaw]

8. Do I read this correctly?

"Newman, whose Colorado-based organization provides teams to help track down terror suspects at the planning stage, later told reporters the courier was stopped in west Pakistan, "carrying a letter." "

There is a private American corporation in the business of tracking down / kidnapping / detaining suspected terrorist around the world?

Exactly under what authority do they operate?

This sounds like we have have outsourced the CIA. Wonder if the host country has agreed to this?

[democraticinsurgent]

9. Bob Newman is a wingnut.

...So Geoscope is likely to be a CIA tool, or worse. See this vitriol:

http://mensnewsdaily.com/archive/m-n/newman/2004/newman090104.htm

The Hate And Violence Of The True Left

September 1, 2004

by Bob Newman

"...American liberals have a long, sordid, and very well-documented history of extreme violence toward those with whom they disagree. Yet the myth persists that leftists and other liberals are non-violent, peaceful and loving. The truth, caught on video time and again, is that many liberals and leftists are extremely violent, hateful, and willing to commit a wide array of crimes to stop the democratic process.

<snip>

The thin veil Kerry and his maniacal minion used to conceal their true agenda has now been pulled back to reveal the graphic violence, caustic hatred and pro-disorder actions of liberals and leftists.

Indeed, the enemy is truly among us.


Bob Newman, a decorated, retired US Marine, is host of the “Gunny Bob Show” on Newsradio 850 KOA in Denver, and host of “Inhuman Newman’s Anger-Management Hour” on 630 KHOW, also in Denver. His “Global Positioning Statement,” a daily insider’s update on the war on terror, is carried by various Clear Channel radio stations from coast to coast. A ground-combat veteran, he is the director of international security & counterterrorism services for The GeoScope Group and is the military science & terrorism columnist for The Denver Daily News. He can be reached at [e-mail].

[BornLeft]

11. Holy crap

government sponsored militia?

[okieinpain]

10. why would bin laden, need zarqawi to plan attacks in america.

[evolvenow]

12. Remember that FAKE BL video b4 the Stealection? Dead, but keep trying to

make it look, in the most bizarre and inconclusive ways, as if he is pulling strings.
FEAR, Fear, Fear. At this point, it is the US administration that is the biggest, most violent and insane "tourist " group on the planet...you know.

The photoshop is so bad you can see the badly done outline.

Uh, can the war criminals be sent to the Hague and be replaced with intelligent people , NOW, Please!!!!

[stepnw1f]

13. Somebody's Needs Photoshoping Skills

But hey... some believe in Creationism and UFO's.

[despairing optimist]

15. Got delivered to Zarqawi's building super instead

Should have sprung for next-day service. Cheapo.

[oblivious]

16. Well, someone's lying. Ain't that a surprise.

From the AFP article in the OP:
"We (US intelligence) intercepted the man and looked in his pockets. That's how we found out," he added.


From Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman Mr. Masood Khan, Feb 28/05:

To yet another question, he said no CIA operatives are hunting for Osama bin Laden or Al-Qaeda on Pakistani soil. All operations are being conducted by Pakistan's security agencies.

http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Feb05/28/07.htm

[daleo]

17. An even more likely lie:

"We (US intelligence) intercepted the man and looked in his pockets. That's how we found out," he added.

replace with:

"We (US intelligence) intercepted the man and put them in his pockets. That's how we planted them," he added.

[leesa]

18. What crap!. Since they are both dead, was it a seance?

[PassingFair]

19. What the...?

that looks like Jesus!

[chlamor]

20. Over the Top-Hoax+Spooks=Fear Nation

This is really bad PR. Newman is a freak. Tim Osman bin Laden is either golfing in Tallahasee when Jebster needs a fourth or in ghostland.