[twigs]

I heard Bob Bevalaqua(sp?) on FNC address this over the weekend. He's a straight shooter and does not hesitate to say when he thinks something is wrong. He didn't seem to know what's going on here, but he knows the officer who keeps saying this. Says he speaks very carefully and if he's saying this, he must know something.

I also think this has something to do with Musharev (sp?), president of Pakistan. He's allowing troops to get involved in the search, something that until now he has not done. There's been a lot said that he's doing this because of the assassination attempts on him. Maybe that's true and that has spurred us to double our efforts to get UBL. Without the current pres. of Pakistan, we will have a much harder time carrying out our war on terror.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

In that part of the world deals are made all the time and people sell each other down the river at the drop of a hat. There was a lot of this during the Afghanistan war (boy that seems like a long time ago) when various war lords and factions sold their services to the highest bidder.

Of course I have no idea what's going on, but what if OBL were in the territory of a certain war lord and what if we were in very high level negotiations for them to turn him over for certain considerations? Maybe a context like that would make sense of the recent statements being made. The counter argument might be that such statements might tip off OBL but what if he were not in a position to relocate or change his current situation?

To me it sounds like some very high level and sensitive negotations are ongoing and OBL might find himself in the tender mercies of the US government.

[Tallguy]

I also think this has something to do with Musharev (sp?), president of Pakistan.

HE is the key. The recent assassination attempts on the Pak leader tell me that he will step-up the pressure on the tribal leaders along the Afghan border. The Paks are going to make life miserable for any tribal chief that is even suspected of giving aid & comfort to OBL. Somebody is going to cough up OBL in the next few months -- I'm betting before the snow melts.