I'm looking for a link on the pakistan OBL story, anyone have one?

[Javaman]

Thanks in advance.
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[populistdriven]

1. Pakistan: Hello al-Qaeda, goodbye America

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HI08Df03.html


Pakistan: Hello al-Qaeda, goodbye America
By Syed Saleem Shahzad

MIRANSHAH, North Waziristan - With a truce between the Pakistani Taliban and Islamabad now in place, the Pakistani government is in effect reverting to its pre-September 11, 2001, position in which it closed its eyes to militant groups allied with al-Qaeda and clearly sided with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

While the truce has generated much attention, a more significant development is an underhand deal between pro-al-Qaeda elements and Pakistan in which key al-Qaeda figures will either



not be arrested or those already in custody will be set free. This has the potential to sour Islamabad's relations with Washington beyond the point of no return.

On Tuesday, Pakistan agreed to withdraw its forces from the restive Waziristan tribal areas bordering Afghanistan in return for a pledge from tribal leaders to stop attacks by Pakistani Taliban across the border.

Most reports said that the stumbling block toward signing this truce had been the release of tribals from Pakistani custody. But most tribals had already been released.

The main problem - and one that has been unreported - was to keep Pakistan authorities' hands off members of banned militant organizations connected with al-Qaeda.

Thus, for example, it has now been agreed between militants and Islamabad that Pakistan will not arrest two high-profile men on the "most wanted" list that includes Osama bin Laden, his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri and Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

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more links:

http://www.theeagle.com/stories/090706/world_20060907010.php
http://ww4report.com/node/2436
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=320660&sid=SAS&ssid=
http://billroggio.com/archives/2006/09/talibanistan_the_est.php

[the observationist]

2. Two links

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/pakistan_gives_.html

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/pakistan_denies.html

[msongs]

3. any of this being reported in MSM...anywhere at all?? nt