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tomm2thumbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-27-10 03:05 PM
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CIA Dir Panetta: 'may be less than 50 al Qaeda in Afghanistan'
 
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CIA Director Panetta notes "I think the estimate on the number of al Qaeda is actually relatively small.. I think at most we're looking at maybe fifty to a hundred, maybe less..."

He notes that the majority are actually in the tribal areas of Pakistan


Firedoglake also notes clip from interview on:

Notes use of predator drones in Pakistan (1+ minute clip)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiDoNMBdZHk

and the full ABC This Week Interview is not able to be embedded, but is here (24 minute clip):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbSDR65zWiA

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candid interview given the circumstances
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tomm2thumbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-27-10 03:20 PM
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1. ... and 52 U.S. soldiers killed this month alone

...94 soldiers killed thus far this month if you count Nato troops killed
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-27-10 03:28 PM
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2. AL-CIAda
hmmm......trading our soldiers for theres 100 to 1......:grr::grr::grr::hi:
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-27-10 04:02 PM
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3. i feel so much safer
Edited on Sun Jun-27-10 04:03 PM by awoke_in_2003
that we are fighting them over there than fighting them here

on edit- :sarcasm: just in case
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papadog Donating Member (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-27-10 04:45 PM
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4. Sounds like "Mission Accomplished" to me. Let's bring the troops home.
Edited on Sun Jun-27-10 04:45 PM by papadog
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