We Nabbed a Big One

The Pakistani's in consort with the US, captured the number three man in al-Qaeda:

BRITAIN and America claimed a breakthrough in their war on terrorism yesterday when Pakistani security forces seized al-Qaeda’s third in command after a gunfight near the Afghan border.

President Bush said the capture of Abu Farj al-Libbi, a Libyan with a $5 million (£2.63 million) price on his head, represented a “critical victory in the war on terror”.

Mr Bush described al-Libbi as a “top general” for Osama bin Laden and a “major facilitator and chief planner for the al-Qaeda network”. His arrest “removes a dangerous enemy who was a direct threat to America”.

Western intelligence agencies regard al-Libbi as commander of the terror network’s day-to-day operations, and the one who runs its terror cells abroad, including recruits in Britain. British intelligence agents will be allowed to question al-Libbi.

Al-Libbi, 28, is also believed to be among the handful of al-Qaeda operatives likely to know the whereabouts of bin Laden.

This is important strategically, since this guy was a planner of operations and not a figure head such as bin-Laden or al-Zawahiri. Let's hope this guy leads us to those two however.

This guy is responsible for attempting to assasinate Musharraf twice. It's telling that the Pakistani military ventured into some forbidding territory to catch this guy.