They had a dozen captured terrorists at Hue who seemed to know much but wanted to talk little.
Operations to capture terrorists have drawn political and legal controversy.
The missions range from gathering intelligence to capturing and/or eliminating terrorists.
American movies always end in catharsis - with the terrorists captured and order restored.
The difficulties of capturing and extraditing terrorists from the South are notorious.
It most certainly is more difficult to capture, indict and prosecute suspected terrorists in the legal system.
"It is very important that we carry out our operations to capture and kill terrorists who threaten the United States," he said.
He regularly administers truth serums to captured terrorists in order to gain information.
The Kurds captured several prisoners and suspected terrorists, but had no clear idea what to do with them, other than to hold them in cells.
Again, the pivotal question centered on Pakistan's army: Just how hard was it really trying to capture and kill terrorists?