Bin Laden trail 'gone cold"

[colonel]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4070557.stm

 

[dahunan]

Probably working for PNAC

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: colonel
Topic Title: Bin Laden trail 'gone cold"
Topic Summary: where is he?

Based at what I've seen the last few years, I'm sure Binny is a Top Advisor to Bush.

 

[Bowfinger]

Who cares about bin Laden? Some sixty million Americans know he doesn't really matter. It was Saddam Hussein who masterminded 9/11.

 

[dahunan]

Originally posted by: Bowfinger
Who cares about bin Laden? Some sixty million Americans know he doesn't really matter. It was Saddam Hussein who masterminded 9/11.

And the approximately 15,000 DEAD IRAQIs were also responsible for 9/11 don't forget that.

 

[Engineer]

Currently held up in a cave in Iraq with all the WMD's.

 

[jlmadyson]

Probably rolling up a fat one with some of the propaganda smokers on this post. :laugh:

 

[blahblah99]

He's dead, and the U.S. doesn't want the world to know that since he's a symbol of terrorism.

 

[tallest1]

The 9-11 victims must be spinning in their graves over this crap

 

[OS]

Bush doesn't really care if Bin Laden is MIA. It fits his agenda of perpetually puppeting the scarecrow of terrorism over the country to steam roll his interests. If Bin Laden were caught, the war on terror would be more or less declared over. 9/11 and the war on terror is the best thing ever to happen to Bush, it gives him a blank check to do most of what he wants to do without pesky public outcry and such. The more I think about it, the more I realize Bush is no where near as stupid as he looks.

 

[Bowfinger]

Originally posted by: OS
Bush doesn't really care if Bin Laden is MIA. It fits his agenda of perpetually puppeting the scarecrow of terrorism over the country to steam roll his interests. If Bin Laden were caught, the war on terror would be more or less declared over. 9/11 and the war on terror is the best thing ever to happen to Bush, it gives him a blank check to do most of what he wants to do without pesky public outcry and such. The more I think about it, the more I realize Bush is no where near as stupid as he looks.

I'm not convinced about the "stupid" part, but I'm with you on the rest. Even more, Bush and bin Laden have a synergistic relationship. Bin Laden gives Bush the perfect bogeyman to keep most Americans afraid and blindly supportive of Bush's destructive agenda. Bush gives bin Laden a compliant and powerful tool, attacking our freedoms and open culture to an extent bin Laden could only dream of. They win, we lose.

 

[tallest1]

Originally posted by: blahblah99
He's dead, and the U.S. doesn't want the world to know that since he's a symbol of terrorism.

The below was posted just about a month ago:

Originally posted by: conjur
Bin Laden is located, says 9/11 panelist
http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/dailystar/44654.php

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Pentagon knows exactly where Osama bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan, it just can't get to him, John Lehman, a member of the 9/11 Commission, said Thursday.

Lehman's remarks echoed those made Tuesday by Secretary of State Colin Powell, who said the al-Qaida leader was alive and operating in the western part of Pakistan.

Bin Laden is living in South Waziristan in the Baluchistan Mountains of the Baluchistan region, Lehman told the San Bernardino Sun after delivering a keynote speech on terrorism at Pitzer College in Claremont.

In the interview, Lehman noted, "There is an American presence in the area, but we can't just send in troops. If we did, we could have another Vietnam, and the United States cannot afford that right now."

When pressed on why the United States couldn't send troops into the region to capture the world's No. 1 terrorist, Lehman said the Baluchistan region of the country is filled with militant fundamentalists who do not recognize the legitimacy of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, a close ally of the United States.

"That is a region filled with Taliban and al-Qaida members," he said, acknowledging that Pakistan's security services also are filled with many who agree with bin Laden's beliefs and would aid him if U.S. Special Forces entered the region.

"Look," he said, "Musharraf already has had three assassination attempts on his life. He is trying to comply, but he is surrounded by people who do not agree with him. This is not like Afghanistan, where there was no compliance, and we had to go in.

"We'll get (bin Laden) eventually, just not now."

Asked how bin Laden was surviving, Lehman said he was getting money from outside countries, such as the United Arab Emirates, and high-ranking ministers inside Saudi Arabia.

"He is not a wealthy man," Lehman said. "We ran that information into the ground, and discovered he only receives about $1 million a year from his family's fortune. The rest of what he gets comes from radical sympathizers."

Department of Defense spokeswoman Capt. Ronnie Merritt confirmed the U.S. military believes bin Laden is in Pakistan. However, she would not comment on Lehman's remarks, except to say that he normally didn't speak about these issues, and she was surprised he had.

Lehman, secretary of the Navy under President Ronald Reagan, was one of the 10 members of the bipartisan commission that examined the terrorists attacks on the United States.

He also is the author of three books about military tactics.

:|

 

[tallest1]

And quoting the people from the Original Thread:

maddogchen: so...wait are you saying invade Pakistan against their will? That would inflame the Pakistani people.........I don't think Bush would get NATO support for sending NATO troops into Pakistani area against the wishes of the Pakistan government even if it is to get Bin Laden.

jackschmittusa: Sorry, but sending troops into a country without that country's permission is an act of war, and not to be taken lightly.

Aimster: If Pakistan said you cannot send troops to their country then you cannot..... Pakistan is doing what they must to crack down on Al Qaeda/Taliban. They don't even get much from the U.S for it either. They are doing it on their own.

Cyclowizard: It would be great if we got him, but in the end he is of little consequence IMO.

 

[NeoV]

Cheney says Lehman is out of the loop...

 

[phillyTIM]

I hope Bin Laden is hiding right between the hairs of Bush's A##, right here in America somewhere.

And will stick it to him (Bush) when he's most vulnerable and least expected.