It is reported that Omar al-Farouq, a top al-Qaeda operative in Southeast Asia has managed to escape from Bagram detention centre in Afghanistan being run by the Americans.

Thinking out aloud here whether this is a master stroke from the Americans. He is a top al-Q guy, if he escapes, he will either try to contact the big guy, bin Laden himself or atleast try to get around his old gang. Might not be a bad idea to let him get away and have a tracker stick on him. The Americans would’ve already taken out whatever they could’ve from him during his time with them.

If it is true, President Bush will finally have a shining star on him amid all his current troubles. But if it is not, the free world would just be hoping that he managed to get himself placed on a land mine while getting away.

But important questions would be, how did it happen? Did the torture charged American guy’s buddies have a hand in this to save their friend? Looks extremely unlikely. Did the Bagram base got infiltrated with Taleban? May be. Will this be a que to Taleban that the American bases are not all that impregnable? Sure.
Or did Pakistani agents play a role here? May be.

They will be sought after by Taleban themselves to boost their morale and to know about the insides of the American base and try their luck with other Taleban held up there.