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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:48 AM Original message |
Has any one looked at the timing between Bush's announcement |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. I read 2005 for both. |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Very interesting to say the least |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. What deals were being cut with Saudi Arabia at that time? |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Now THAT would be even more interesting.... |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. Removing US troops from Saudi Arabia? |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Obviously the open areas were expanded by the construction of exterior walls |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. It was a comfortable prison, not a hideaway. No weapons caches, no escape tunnels. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That would be "coming in or out" - |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Eh. Osama. Not Obama. nt |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Drat. Not the first time . . . thanx |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I mixed up the two when talking with my son. No worries. nt |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Possible - and the question is WHO was imprisoning him - Bush/Cheney?? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. GID and ISI, most likely. Saudi General Intelligence Division and it's little brother agency |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I have no doubt that Bushes never wanted to capture or harm Bin Laden - besides, he provided smoke |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. A comfortable prison right next to a big military base/academy |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. I'd be curious how Pakistani foreign aid to fight the GWOT dovetails with this. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. So..do you think the Pakistani Guards |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Yep...and I'm sure the coincidence theorists will tell us that it's just another....coincidence. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Here's another coincidence: AQ Khan was also under "house arrest" from 2004-July 2, 2007, the day |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I remembered that thread. Interesting since Valerie Plame was an AQ Khan expert. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. There is definitely a connection between al-Qaeda and the AQ Khan network - same patrons |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. yep, the same Scooter Libby who lobbied for a pardon for BCCI-IranContra figure Mark Rich. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Yes, they all seem to get pardons, until late one night . . . |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. thanks blm for keeping the reminder alive |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks for making this an OP. I said it a few times yesterday but nobody seems to want to discuss it |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. Ok, tinfoil time . . . |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I believe OBL's dead but the timing on Bush calling off the manhunt for OBL |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I think the trigger was worsening US-Pak relations, more than anything else. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. It was the meme that there was a "firefight:" to take OBL out, and then suddenly that didn't happen |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Glad to noodle this with you. Happy yard work. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Lots to chew on with this post. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. So many coincidences, so little time. Thanks for the reminder, randr! K&R n/t |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. Kicking for tinrobot. nt |
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s-cubed (860 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. Don't forget the oct 2004 surprise. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I remember the spin, "bin laden supports Kerry", or similar |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
33. We never did find out who let the bin Laden family fly out of the country after 9/11. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:36 AM Response to Original message |
37. Kicking |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
38. interesting. too late to rec. |
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