Comments on: Meet Baitullah Mehsud, the next Osama

By: Tark

Tark — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:53:09 +0000

Baitullah is focused on overthrowing Pakistan’s government right now, and is dangerous because he’s a renegade. He’s essentially forced split command of the Taliban into two wings, each nominally under control of AQ, but Baitullah’s looking out for himself first, which makes him hard to predict.
He’s responsible or been involved in the majority of the trouble you’ve seen in Pakistan the past two years: Lal Masjid, some of the Musharraf assasination attempts, the Bhutto assasination, the huge surge of suicide bombings in Pakistan, kidnapping army units en toto, etc. etc.
There’s more on him in a series of articles at these two searches:

http://noblesseoblige.org/wordpress/?s=baitullah

http://www.longwarjournal.org/fastsearch?IncludeBlogs=1&search=baitullah

The other thing that’s interesting is that this is the first time Baitullah’s been seen full face without a mask or cowl on. Also note that our latest missile strikes were in his operational turf, South Waziristan.

By: build the wall

build the wall — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:00:07 +0000

Looks like a cockroach to me.

By: CynicalOptimist

CynicalOptimist — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:00:39 +0000

If the person got this close to take the pic, why didn’t they just “pick’im” off? The “Crossbow” (lazer) invention from the movie “Real Genius” would really come in handy right now… “Just like shootin’ ducks in a barrel”

By: Hilts

Hilts — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:05:21 +0000

A little pre-emptive assassination like the Israelis do can go a long way in saving lives. Kill that man!

By: Viper1

Viper1 — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:50:48 +0000

Its nearly time to start unleashing some of the more glowing pieces of our arsenal on these animals. And yes I know what Im saying.

By: Captain Scarlet

Captain Scarlet — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:46:41 +0000

Tomorrow’s headlines today: “Obama’s advisors add Baitullah Mehsud to the list of leaders they’d entertain discussions with.”

By: CynicalOptimist

CynicalOptimist — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:45:48 +0000

So simple a Caveman could do it….

By: Liberty or Death

Liberty or Death — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:31:30 +0000

Fire up the Predator.

Johan Klaus on March 18, 2008 at 1:39 PM

…and prepare the virgins for his arrival…

Dead man walking

HotAirExpert on March 18, 2008 at 12:34 PM

Heh…good one!

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:17:29 +0000

The less these punks think we know about them, the more vulnerable they are to Special Forces, SeAL and CIA DA (Direct Action) missions. All CBS did was give this guy a free plug.

Virus-X on March 18, 2008 at 1:58 PM

It’s CBS – that’s what they do.

By: Virus-X

Virus-X — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:58:46 +0000

I am not a believer in allowing civilians to know military/intelligence secrets, and if I was CinC or CJCS, I’d've done everything in my power (legal and illegal) to prevent knowledge of this guy getting out, prematurely. The less these punks think we know about them, the more vulnerable they are to Special Forces, SeAL and CIA DA (Direct Action) missions. All CBS did was give this guy a free plug. As long as these people don’t know about us being aware of their presence and actions, we’re freer to do things like send in SR (Special Reconnaissance) teams, tap their communications, hire infiltrators (or capture his own henchmen and flip them), etc., until one day we either capture the guy, or he finds himself (the hard way) in the crosshairs of an armed Predator-class drone, or .50 caliber Special Applications Scoped Rifle (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m107.htm) loaded with SLAPs (http://ftp.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/slap.htm). I’m sure that when we introduce him to the American public via a censored avi file showing him rallying the troops, just before being vaporized by a Hellfire anti-tank missile or having his head or torso explode like a boneless ham from a sabot round hit will hurt terrorist morale, a little bit, while giving the American public a (much needed) shot in the arm.

By: Johan Klaus

Johan Klaus — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:39:26 +0000

Fire up the Predator.

By: Peace Like A River

Peace Like A River — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:31:33 +0000

Cables, dispatches and memoranda…

Cables, dispatches and memoranda for 3/18/2008……

By: joewm315

joewm315 — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:24:52 +0000

Mehsud wants to fight a two-front war

Didn’t work for Hitler, and it won’t work for this beatnik-looking fool.

By: HotAirExpert

HotAirExpert — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:34:15 +0000

Dead man walking

By: charlie36r

charlie36r — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:32:13 +0000

Take a predator, cruise across the border, and drop a bomb on his ***

By: TooTall

TooTall — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:30:53 +0000

Wyznowski on March 18, 2008 at 12:14 PM

I think that comes under the “cruel and unusual” provisions.

By: Wyznowski

Wyznowski — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:14:08 +0000

Get this guy to marry Heather Mills…that’ll fix him.

By: Liberty or Death

Liberty or Death — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:03:10 +0000

We need to force ~~Mehsud~~ this cockroach out from under his rock and into the daylight, where we can ~~put an end to his plans~~ exterminate him with extreme prejudice before he has a chance to ~~set them in motion~~ murder innocent freedom loving people. Hey Cockroach...don't tread on us!

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:40:32 +0000

The key difference between Osama in 1997 and Mehsud in 2008 is 9/11. This time, we’re not so inclined to dismiss radical Islamist terrorists who claim that they will take over the world.

We may be “so inclined” with a Dem in the White House.

By: pueblo1032

pueblo1032 — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:38:37 +0000

Mr. Chertoff is on the job, not to worry. Also he has the accomplished and capable ICE Princess, Julie Myers to lend support if he decides to visit us from across our northern or southern border. “Nothing to see here people, just keep moving along now”

By: irishspy

irishspy — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:34:57 +0000

I’ll lay 3-1 that there’s a Hellfire with his name painted on the nose.

By: BL@KBIRD

BL@KBIRD — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:29:43 +0000

Another mole to play “Whack-a-Mole!” with.

Too bad no one contemplates just pulling the plug on the Game of Islam instead of just chasing it’s high profile advocates.

By: ronsfi

ronsfi — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:27:56 +0000

TooTall on March 18, 2008 at 10:58 AM

For a minute I was wonder what Beatles tribute band was doing in Pakistan.

By: trigon

trigon — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:17:49 +0000

Kill him.

By: thomashton

thomashton — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:10:18 +0000

I swear I saw this guy on the Season 9 episode of the X-Files “Underneath”.

http://www.squidge.org/~xchick/robpat/s9/underneath001.jpg