Extreme Reaction Force: U.S.E.R.F. drops the ball ...

Keith Willshaw writes
He accidentally strayed into Afghanistan - believing he was being driven
to
Turkey - and was arrested as a spy, perhaps because of his British
passport.
He was held in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and fell into US hands.


I have a hard time believing anyone could 'accidentally'
stray into Afghanistan, especially in the belief he had hitched
a ride to Turkey.

Thats rather like 'straying' across the border from Mexico
into the USA and then telling the border patrol you thought
you were driving to Guatemala.

Eh?

If Jamal al-Harith was planning to travel by road from Pakistan to
Turkey, the logical route into and through Iran would start out just
south of Afghanistan. You wouldn't have to be all that geographically
challenged, or stray all that far off course, to find yourself in
Afghanistan.

Whereas from Mexico, the USA is more or less due north and Guatemala
more or less due south.

I'd be interested to see if he had obtained an Iranian visa. If he had
then it would add significantly to the credibility of his account.

Of course, if he had got a lift from someone, the driver might have had
undisclosed business interests in Afghanistan...
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Simon Elliott
http://www.ctsn.co.uk/

"Simon Elliott" wrote in message
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If Jamal al-Harith was planning to travel by road from Pakistan to
Turkey, the logical route into and through Iran would start out just
south of Afghanistan. You wouldn't have to be all that geographically
challenged, or stray all that far off course, to find yourself in
Afghanistan.

Whereas from Mexico, the USA is more or less due north and Guatemala
more or less due south.

I'd be interested to see if he had obtained an Iranian visa. If he had
then it would add significantly to the credibility of his account.

Of course, if he had got a lift from someone, the driver might have had
undisclosed business interests in Afghanistan...
--

His Story is that just after the Sept 11 attacks he decided to peacably
study Islam in Pakistan when he was spooked by the American
bombing of Taliban bases in Afghanistan. He decided it was time to come
home so he bribed a truck driver to take him to Turkey and was AMAZED
to find himself in Afghanistan.

Presumably we arent supposed to ask why he didnt travel home the way he went
in the first place or why he was the only person on the planet surprised
that
the Americans were ****ed off by the Taliban refusing to hand over
OBL. Of course it never occurred to ask what the route was or why the
route to Iran went through the mountains into Pashtun territory

A less than credible story I fear.


Keith