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Terrorism: Bin Laden in Pakistan's K2 mountains, says report
adnkronos.com ^ | 26 May 2008 | Hamza Boccolini ( AKI )

Posted on 05/26/2008 4:50:30 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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H/T to Hot Air for pointing to this report.
1 posted on 05/26/2008 4:50:31 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: NormsRevenge; elhombrelibre; Allegra; SandRat; tobyhill; G8 Diplomat; Dog; Cap Huff; ...

fyi


2 posted on 05/26/2008 4:51:06 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

There should be news silence on going after OBL. It should be mentioned once the S.O.B. is captured alive or preferably dead.


3 posted on 05/26/2008 4:52:45 PM PDT by CORedneck
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I’m very skeptical about this report.
Actually sounds like “leaked” disinformation to get a response, but what do I know.


4 posted on 05/26/2008 4:55:34 PM PDT by bill1952 (I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Must have had his liver transplant somewhere by now..


5 posted on 05/26/2008 4:56:13 PM PDT by xcamel (Being on the wrong track means the unintended consequences express train doesnt kill you going by)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Send the B-52’s to K2.


6 posted on 05/26/2008 4:57:14 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
K2 mountains

I believe they mean Karakoram, of which K2 is its highest and most famous peak.

7 posted on 05/26/2008 4:57:24 PM PDT by dighton
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Too bad the K2 mountains of northern Pakistan won’t be suddenly made the K2 Grand Gorge of northern Pakistan.


8 posted on 05/26/2008 4:57:41 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs to said?)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Well, at least we know that it won’t be a surprise attack...


9 posted on 05/26/2008 4:58:40 PM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

If there was such a summit, Arabic TV wouldn’t know about it unless the US wanted it known.

Probably just false info to cover for operations somewhere else....IMO.


10 posted on 05/26/2008 4:59:22 PM PDT by jch10
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To: CORedneck

The US military can kill OBL on sight but if they get caught listening to one of his phone calls or reading his internet mail, they will experience the wrath of Reid, Pelosi, Leahy, and the usual gang of traitors.


11 posted on 05/26/2008 4:59:50 PM PDT by doosee
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12 posted on 05/26/2008 5:00:18 PM PDT by A. Morgan (VOTE FOR A LIBERAL N' WE'LL BE UP TO OUR NECKS IN ILLEGALS and OUTA' GAS!)
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To: CORedneck

I don’t even want to hear the word “captured”.


13 posted on 05/26/2008 5:00:22 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: A. Morgan

LOL!


14 posted on 05/26/2008 5:01:36 PM PDT by bill1952 (I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
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To: Sacajaweau

I prefer captured and executed. But simply killed isn’t bad either.


15 posted on 05/26/2008 5:02:05 PM PDT by SolidWood (Refusal to vote for McCain is active support of Obama. Period.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

OBL is not only in the mountains, he is inside the mountains.


16 posted on 05/26/2008 5:03:10 PM PDT by RightWhale (You are reading this now)
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To: dighton
Thanks...

From your link:

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The Karakoram is a great mountain system in Northeast Pakistan and Northern India, near the Chinese border. It extends 300 miles southeastwardly from the Pamir Knot, and includes many of the world's highest peaks, and many of the world's longest glaciers. Among the high peaks is K2 (8611 m), the second highest mountain in the world. Its glaciers include, among others, the 47-mile Siachen glacier, the 36-mile Baltoro glacier, and the 76-mile combination of Hispar and Biafo, which connect at a pass. The Baltoro glacier is especially significant, as ten of the world's thirty highest peaks cluster around it, including four 8,000 meter peaks (K2 and three peaks of the Gashberbrum massif) that rise very close together at the northeast head of the glacier. The Karakoram closely parallels the Himalaya, but its peaks differ from those of the Himalaya in their sharp, angular forms. Their icy peaks are often surrounded by incredible clusters of towers and spires. The Karakoram also receives less monsoon activity than the Himalaya. In fact, many of the valleys deep in the range are very dry. The peaks, however, receive heavy winter precipitation, and, with or without monsoon rains, travel is made difficult by the run-off of melting snow and ice in July and August, which otherwise are the best months for mountaineering. The range is largely uninhabited, so approach to the mountains requires expedition-style planning.

17 posted on 05/26/2008 5:03:56 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: A. Morgan

Very funny.LOL


18 posted on 05/26/2008 5:05:37 PM PDT by muleskinner
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To: SandRat
Talk about a PEAK K2:

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19 posted on 05/26/2008 5:06:09 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I think the B-2 can carry some loads that will do the job.


20 posted on 05/26/2008 5:09:57 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs to said?)
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