Bin Laden Manhunt Still Drawing a Blank

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-asia/2006/sep/01/090103486.html

The al-Qaida terror camps are gone from Afghanistan, but the enigma of Osama bin Laden still hangs over these lawless borderlands where tens of thousands of U.S. and Pakistani troops have spent nearly five years searching for him.

Villagers say the CIA missed by only a few miles when it targeted bin Laden's top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, with a missile strike in January. Then in May, U.S. Special Forces arrested one of al-Zawahri's closest aides, suggesting the trail has not gone entirely cold.

As for bin Laden himself? He may be nearby. Yet hopes of cornering the Saudi-born al-Qaida leader seem distant as ever. The last time authorities said they were close to getting him was in 2004, and in hindsight those statements seem more hope than fact.

Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the most publicized manhunt in history has drawn a blank. The CIA has dismantled its unit dedicated to finding the al-Qaida chiefs. And the American military's once-singular focus is diffused by the need for reconstruction and a growing fight against the Taliban, the resurgent Afghan Islamic movement that once hosted bin Laden.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. Bush shooting blanks

the worthless piece of
blankitity blank blank

[prole_for_peace]

2. who?

edited to add: why do you hate america?

:hi:

[NNN0LHI]

3. I say check Cheney's undisclosed location immediately n/t

[Monkeyman]

4. See the guy over there with his fingers in his ears and his tongue out

Thats him Bush

[maxsolomon]

5. i have no doubt musharraf could kill OBL tomorrow

but then he'd be killed the next day.

we tolerate the stalemate because we prefer a repressive military dictatorship to a mulsim theocracy. with proven nukes, not theoretical nukes.

by we i mean president asshat & his crew of subgenii.

[magellan]

6. bin Laden is dead.

And one day when his image is no longer useful, they'll remove his body from cold storage and announce they got him.

[ClintonTyree]

7. Don't worry, we'll be hearing a LOT from OBL in the coming weeks.

They always trot him out (or his look-alike) for elections, getting gullible Americans TERRIFIED right before it's time to hit the voting booths. It's a Republican tradition, just like a yearly tax cut for the rich. You can set your watch by it.

[jpak]

8. 9/11 and OBL's escape from Tora Bora were 2 best things that ever happened

to the Chimp.

The Boogerman in the attic...