Bin Laden trail goes ‘stone cold’

Washington Post ^ | September 09, 2006 | Dana Priest and Ann Scott Tyson

[Billthedrill]

Sorry, meant the ComPost.

[gaijin]

I remember as long as 3 years back, stories of OBL requiring DIALYSIS...?

[the Real fifi]

Beat me to it.

[ASA Vet]

[ElkGroveDan]

U.S. commandos whose job is to capture or kill Osama bin Laden have not received a credible lead in more than two years.

FWIW: If I was in charge of that operation and on the verge of capturing him, this is exactly the story I would plant in the press.

[RichardW]

That was my first impression. Perhaps he is stone cold dead. We haven't seen him in person for about three or more years now. Why not?

[ASA Vet]

It's doubtful OBL ever required dialysis. The stories were just that.
But for sure he hasn't needed it since before Dec 13^th 2001.

[taxesareforever]

The clandestine U.S. commandos whose job is to capture or kill Osama bin Laden have not received a credible lead in more than two years. Maybe there is a "rock solid" lead. Under a huge amount of rubble.

[Perdogg]

That would be ironic since a large number of sunnis, probably just about all salafist don't even believe in the 12th Imam.

[lmr]

I think if they were close, would they want to let Bin Laden know? Maybe someone would leak it to the NY Times, sorry, NEVERMIND.

[John Carey]

Bin Laden Gets Free Pass

From Pakistan

By Brian Ross and Gretchen Peters
ABC News
September 5, 2006

Osama bin Laden, America's most wanted man, will not face capture in Pakistan if he agrees to lead a "peaceful life," Pakistani officials tell ABC News.

The surprising announcement comes as Pakistani army officials announced they were pulling their troops out of the North Waziristan region as part of a "peace deal" with the Taliban.

If he is in Pakistan, bin Laden "would not be taken into custody," Major General Shaukat Sultan Khan told ABC News in a telephone interview, "as long as one is being like a peaceful citizen."

Bin Laden is believed to be hiding somewhere in the tribal areas of Pakistan, near the Afghanistan border, but U.S. officials say his precise location is unknown.

In addition to the pullout of Pakistani troops, the "peace agreement" between Pakistan and the Taliban also provides for the Pakistani army to return captured Taliban weapons and prisoners.

"What this means is that the Taliban and al Qaeda leadership have effectively carved out a sanctuary inside Pakistan," said ABC News consultant Richard Clarke, the former White House counter-terrorism director.

The agreement was signed on the same day President Bush said the United States was working with its allies "to deny terrorists the enclaves they seek to establish in ungoverned areas across the world."

The Pakistani Army had gone into Waziristan, under heavy pressure from the United States, but faced a series of humiliating defeats at the hands of the Taliban and al Qaeda fighters.

"They're throwing the towel," said Alexis Debat, who is a Senior Fellow at the Nixon Center and an ABC News consultant. "They're giving al Qaeda and the Taliban a blank check and saying essentially make yourselves at home in the tribal areas," Debat said.

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[Recovering_Democrat]

He's dead, Jim.

[hardworking]

I suggest they check Comrade Clinton's multiple residences. Could be they are trying to 'rehabilitate' him with navel gazing, a group hug, and a rousing chorus of Kumbaya (can't spell worth a darn - public school educaton).

[hardworking]

We haven't seen him in person for about three or more years now. Why not?

Meditating?

[Ticonderoga34]

U.S. commandos whose job is to capture or kill Osama bin Laden have not received a credible lead in more than two years.

FWIW: If I was in charge of that operation and on the verge of capturing him, this is exactly the story I would plant in the press.

So would I. Especially if I was close to catching him and I wanted him to make a mistake.

[Gator113]

Tell me....is this the part in the play when the traitorous msm and the dims apologize for deliberately leaking to the world how we track our mortal enemy and gather intelligence in this war?

No, I didn't think so.

Perhaps it will come at the very end of the play, when more of our brave Troops have died and our Country is on it's knees....all because of our enemy within.

[SuziQ]

Could that be because HE is stone cold?

Since he never missed a chance to get his ugly mug on camera before 2003, and we haven't seen him since, I'd venture to guess that you are right.

[Howlin]

I see Brian Ross and Dana Priest are doing their part in the media blitz to help the Democrats with their "We should forget Iraq and concentrate on Afghanistan" campaign.

[highlander_UW]

And yet the dems claim they will capture him if they're put in power. I haven't seen them respond to the conclusion that they'd need to invade Pakistan to do so. Would they be willing to claim an invasion of Pakistan as the "dem's war"?

[AZLiberty]

We must be on to Bin Laden, because all of a sudden Musharraf is going after "plausible deniability". Musharraf doesn't want to accept any of the blame for Bin Laden's imminent capture.