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To: LindyBill who wrote (419080)	3/30/2011 8:15:44 AM
From: unclewest	4 Recommendations Respond to of 793838

It should be French boots on the ground. But watch a MEW of Marines land. Insightful. A MEW of Marines departed NC by ship yesterday.

To: LindyBill who wrote (419080)	3/30/2011 12:35:15 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

shouldn't we first find out who's behind the rebels before we oust Gaddifi ?

To: LindyBill who wrote (419080)	3/30/2011 2:13:00 PM
From: KLP	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793838

Roggio: Senior Jemaah Islamiyah leader thought to have been captured in Pakistan By BILL ROGGIO March 30, 2011 Umar Patek, from the Rewards for Justice website. Pakistani officials have claimed that a top Indonesian terrorist linked to the 2002 bombings in Bali was recently arrested in Pakistan. Umar Patek, the most wanted member of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah, was arrested on March 2, according to Pakistani officials. The location and circumstances of Patek's arrest were not disclosed. Indonesia has dispatched a team of police and intelligence officials to Pakistan in an attempt to confirm the identity of the man. Pakistani officials are confident that the man captured is indeed Patek. Indonesian officials are attempting to determine how he was able to leave the country. Patek is believed to have spent time in Bangkok, Thailand before entering Pakistan. Although Patek's purpose in Pakistan has not been disclosed, commanders of al Qaeda's regional affiliates often travel to the country to meet with senior leadership to discuss funding, recruiting, and current and future operations. Commanders from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al Qaeda in Iraq, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and Jemaah Islamiyah are on occasion sighted in Pakistan. Patek is one of the top remaining leaders of Jemaah Islamiyah who have fought with the group since the 1990s. He is among the leadership cadre who trained in Pakistan and Afghanistan and Pakistan during the 1980s and 1990s. Other top Jemaah Islamiyah leaders, such as Hambali, Noordin Mohammed Top, Dulmatin, Abu Rusdan, Mukhlas, Abu Dujana, and Zarkasih, have been killed or captured over the past decade. The US government has put out a $1 million bounty out for Patek for his involvement in the 2002 bombing at the Bali nightclubs in Indonesia. Patek "served as the assistant for the field coordinator" of the Bali attack, according to the Rewards for Justice website. Seven US and 88 Australian citizens were killed in the attack. Patek is thought to have fled Indonesia and joined up with members of Abu Sayyaf and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the Philippines. While in the Philippines, he is thought to have led a Jemaah Islamiyah training camp in Mindanao. Patek is believed to have returned to Indonesia sometime in 2010 to help establish an "al Qaeda in Aceh" training camp in Aceh. Indonesia is currently prosecuting Abu Bakar Bashir, the co-founder and spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, for his role in establishing and funding the Aceh terror camp. If convicted, Bashir can receive the death penalty. Read more: longwarjournal.org