This general way of Villager thinking sometimes leads to rather comical reports for which we find an fine example today in a NYT piece on an arrest in Pakistan:
A Pakistani intelligence official said in Karachi Tuesday night that
the operative was arrested in the Gulshen-i-Iqbal area of the city on May 4 or May 5, just two days after the American raid that killed bin Laden in the city of Abbottabad.
The army said the operative was of Yemeni descent.
“The arrest of al-Makki is a major development in unraveling the al Qaeda network in the region,” the Pakistani army said in a statement.
The arrest of the al Qaeda operative appeared to be the result of a pledge by Pakistan and the United States Senator, John Kerry, on Monday that the two sides would mount joint operations against important militants in Pakistan.
“It was also agreed that the two countries will work together in any future actions against high-value targets in Pakistan,” the statement said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/19/world/asia/19pakistan.html?_r=1MORE:
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2011/05/if-it-is-good-the-us-did-it.html
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