Posted on 09/23/2005 11:28:24 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
The Pakistani military officers battling al Qaeda along the border with Afghanistan who have the latest first-hand information about Osama bin Laden believe he is hiding with a small cadre in Afghanistan and is no longer an effective leader for the terrorist group. Steve Kroft's report from Pakistan will be broadcast on the 38th season premiere of 60 MINUTES Sunday, Sept. 25 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS television Network.
I think now [bin Laden] is being protected or assisted by a very short number, which keeps his profile very low, the counter-terrorism head of Pakistan's Intelligence Service, ISI, tells Kroft. [He is someplace along the border, probably in Afghanistan] is what my assessment says, opines the brigadier who goes by the name Ali and whose true identity is known by only a few government officials.
Ali tells Kroft his forces have diminished bin Laden's power by capturing 594 al-Qaeda members and crippling the group's communications, including infiltrating their courier network. We have been able to effectively break the communications network from top to bottom. We do not allow these people to communicate with each other, says Ali.
The information gleaned from the captives and given to coalition officials has helped to prevent planned terror attacks against financial buildings in the U.S., planes and buildings at London's Heathrow airport and has assisted in the capture of al-Qaeda operatives in Great Britain. The mere fact that there has not been a replication of 9/11 speaks volumes of what we shared with the world, boasts Ali.
Finding bin Laden doesn't matter at this point, believes Lt. Gen. Safdar Hussain, in charge of Pakistan's anti-terrorism operations along the Afghanistan border. If [bin Laden] is hiding in a hole, neither the electronic nor the human intelligence can find him, he tells Kroft. Is it all that important to find him? If he's taken out tomorrow, his ideology is not going to come to an end. I don't think that it's important if he is captured. This is my personal view says Hussain.
Kroft also spoke to the Pakistani leader, Gen. Pervez Musharraf. These troops are not certainly on the trail of one man and that's all they are doing, notes Musharraf. We are fighting terrorism wherever it is. If Osama happens to be there incidentally, he will be killed or captured, he tells Kroft.
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So Pakistan is again saying Bin Laden is in Afghanistan.
Wake me when the President decides to actually do something with this information.
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Wake me when Pakistani intelligence agents actually support the war on terror.
>>BIN LADEN HOLED UP IN AFGHANISTAN WITH LESS THAN 10 MEN
Translation: BIN LADEN SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF PAKI PROTECTED BY HUNDREDS OF ISS TROOPS AND LOCALS.
This is getting old.
More likely he is in Islamabad.
a. Cynthiua McKinney
b. Sheilah Jackson Lee
c. Charlie Rangel
d. Maxine Waters
Getting bin Laden is a big deal, though. As long as he is alive, his mystique only grows among his followers. If he is killed like the dog that he is, at least some of the wind gets knocked out of the cult that worships him and believes he is the next Caliph.
Binnie is NOT in Afghanistan.
Yes the war on terror is bigger than bin laden, but the impact of his capture would be felt around the world...
My guess is that Bin Laden is in Hell along with thousands of his men.
You only listed black nuts.
On the clear directive of CIC GWB we have men risking their lives hunting UBL (not to mention Zawahiri and Mullah Omar) 24/7 -
To suggest either the CIC or Military is not doing anything with such information is absolutely foolish (along with disrespectful).
With all his money? Not unless he's a bigger idiot than I take him for.
The visual of Osama getting checked for lice ala Saddam is priceless psychologically on the moonbats and the Islamofascists.
Gee Dev, don't ya know, if its not on TV, its not happening.
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