[Jemian]

A special US unit now has the authority to go after Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan without having to seek permission first,

Very important change in authority.

[Dog]

MEMRI has highlighted a report in a Pashtun newspaper today....that is breaking news if true.

Zawahiri's wife killed in a raid.

According to the report, he said: ‘‘At one point, the security forces had even traced the presence of Ayman Al-Zawahiri [in Mohmand Agency].’’ Rahman Malik did not say when and how the opportunity to nab Ayman Al-Zawahiri was lost, but he confirmed that Al-Zawahiri’s wife was killed in the military action that followed.

Source: Roznama Nawa-i-Waqt, Pakistan, September 3, 2008