[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

If Bush pull this Talif**k out of a hole just in time for McLame to capitalize off it, I’m going to hurl.

[nuconvert]

pong

[NormsRevenge]

” .. you have got this sort of layering of insurgencies here that really makes this both geographically, politically and militarily a very complex setting,” he said. “It is a huge challenge.”

[cavador]

That’s exactly what I have been telling everyone since Oct 2007-But nobody wanted to hear me.....maybe I will get someone’s attention soon.

[G8 Diplomat]

Pakistan ping

[the invisib1e hand]

they can hide wherever they want. if they lay low for another year, the us won’t have anyone with balls enough to go after them for another four.

[Doogle]

...quite a conundrum for “EARS” to avoid since he is against Iraq action and he said he would “invade” Pakistan

[mtbopfuyn]

We’ve known this for years. The Pakis have known for years we know they’re harboring AQ. Yet, we still claim them as friends. Boggles the mind.

[OCC]

Seems since the Bhutto assassination, Mushariff may be easing up on American flight restrictions.

[toddlintown]

Musharref has already cut a deal to make sure Bush kills Osama and his higher-ups before the election. That recent drone bombing was a warm-up act.

The check’s in the mail

[Deo volente]

Al-Qaeda, Taliban chiefs hiding in Pakistan.


Pakistan...Afghanistan...what's the difference??

We still can't find them after six years of (supposedly) looking.

[Quix]

Zap em with satellites and be done with em.

Or . . . certain other . . . platforms which would cause Pak little trouble because of their . . . elusiveness.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Let’s git ‘er done!

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

The official also said that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, her British counterpart David Miliband and Karzai had discussed in Kabul this week the appointment of a new United Nations envoy to Afghanistan.

Well, that'll certainly cause Al Qaeda terrorists to shake in their boots.

[omega4179]

[Blind Eye Jones]

I believe just like they got the Z man, they watch and wait and collect information. They probably know everything by now and it’s just a question of timing when to go in.

[gandalftb]

Good post. It's important to speculate as loudly as possible about the location of bin Laden and Omar. If we're wrong, they'll sit and be noticed, ratted out and targeted; if we're right, they'll move and be noticed and targeted.

It's well known that Omar is in and out of Quetta, moving about NE Balochistan. Bin Laden is the hide-and-go-seek world champion.

To find him, figure out first where he is not at.

I don't believe Pakistan/FATA for a number of reasons but mainly that the Mehsud and Wazir tribes are a gossip festival that have given us many target opportunites.

Chitral has a strange people that would easily notice UBL's entourage, and Chitral has an unreliable back door.

AQ loves its back doors.

Curiously, our "senior official" never mentions Yuldashev and his Uzbeks. They are AQ's muscle and tour guides and travel planners. They don't talk and op security is very solid.

The Uzbeks love Nouristan and Bajaur and the corridor of Waqan. Our new base, opening next month, on the Paki border gives us a terrific look down capability.