Great News in the War on Terror

Libs have such a hard time with naughty bedfellows (unless they're real, not figurative), which has led them to criticize Bush for praising freedom while supporting Pakistan.

The wisdom of that part of the practical, realistic Bush policy was proved this week:

Authorities arrested al-Qaida's No. 3 commander, who was a close associate of Osama bin Laden and had a $10 million bounty on his head, and said today they now were "on the right track" to catch the fugitive terrorist leader.

Abu Farraj al-Libbi, who allegedly orchestrated two assassination attempts against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, was arrested after a firefight on the outskirts of Mardan, 30 miles north of Peshawar, capital of the deeply conservative North West Frontier Province, the government and security officials said. ...

"This is a very important day for us," [Information Minister] Ahmed said. "This arrest gives us a lot of tips, and I can only say that our security agencies are on the right track" in the hunt for bin Laden, Ahmed said.

More in the LATimes.