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WHAT IN THE HECK IS THIS?!! Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has struck a deal with the US not to capture Osama Bin Laden, fearing this could lead to unrest in Pakistan, according to a special investigation by The Guardian. The paper reported Saturday that Bin Laden was being protected by three elaborate security rings manned by tribesmen stretching 192 kms in diameter in northern Pakistan. The paper's information is based on comments made by Mansoor Ijaz, an American of Pakistan origin who, the paper said, knows al-Qaeda better than most people and had close contacts in Pakistan's intelligence agencies. Ijaz believed an agreement was reached between Musharraf and US authorities shortly after Bin Laden's flight from his stronghold Tora Bora in Afghanistan in December 2001. The Pakistanis feared that to capture or kill Bin Laden so soon after a deeply unpopular war in Afghanistan would incite civil unrest in Pakistan and trigger a spate of revenge al-Qaida attacks on Western interests ,,,,,etc ad nauseum.

See article here from August: ARTICLE

Someone tell me this is an untrue statement from the one you guys are saying is such a good source. Or is this statement a lie perpetrated by the tabloid type website from which it originated?

Zawahiri and bin Laden's son are suspected as residing in Iran... this has been well reported. Why wouldn't bin Laden go there? The terrorists are streaming in to Iraq from Iran. Bin Laden is an equal opportunity terrorist, and even influences events in the Balkans.

I don't care what the Guardian wrote last August... this is November. Things change, obviously.

And, if bin Laden is NOT in Iran, that is fine, too. Because if America wants to play ball with Iran, when it comes to bin Laden, that is good enough.

Besides, Musharaff cannot control the wild frontier where bin Laden was suspected as hiding. He cannot control the forces within his nation that support the Taliban, to this day. Musharaff is only cooperating with America, because he has no choice. And he will do the bear minimum to satisfy us, while placating his people with rhetoric at the same time.