[Dog]

It has taken us 4 years to build up a network inside Pakistan...and it seems to be paying off.

This was a good hit.

Ask yourself would we risk the blowback if we weren't SURE Zawahiri was there?

He was there and was killed.

[nuconvert]

"Ask yourself would we risk the blowback if we weren't SURE Zawahiri was there?"

I know you're holding out for a dead Zawahiri on this hit. I think it's good we got the guys we did.

And Musharraf caused the " blowback". He could have come right out and defended our actions instead of feeding the flames.

[Saberwielder]

Good point. Even if it is not Zawahiri, it could be Hekmatyar or some other really high value person. Given the timing of the OBL tape release, it could have even been the man himself.

[Coop]

Ask yourself would we risk the blowback if we weren't SURE Zawahiri was there?

The answer is "yes." There are no guarantees in war.