Was Bin Laden betrayed by his right-hand man? Al Qaeda's deputy leader 'led U.S. troops to Pakistan hideaway'
It’s plausible but on the other hand not a big pay off for the courier as things turned out. Our guys have gotten awfully good and they had tracked the courier before he could have led them anywhere.
I think it’s plausible. Especially since Obama has been doing so much to promote the terrorist takeover of Egypt.
Quid pro quo. Obama deposes Mubarak and gives Zawahiri Egypt, and Zawahiri gives Obama Bin Ladin.
And I believe the Pakistani government went along with it, since they did nothing to intervene when the Seals went into Bin Ladin’s compound. I’m not sure if they could have stopped the raid, but apparently they didn’t even try.
And even if UBL wasn’t betrayed by Al Zawahiri, its good for the CIA to nonetheless sow dissension and distrust in their ranks.
I think this is probably true. The first suspicion always has to fall on the person who is most likely to benefit. In this case, the person most likely to benefit from bin Laden’s removal is Ayman al Zawahiri. He has to be very tired of waiting and his life is waning; time to make a change! Time to put Ayman al Zawahiri in the throne!
Daily Mail has some amazing reportage on this whole thing.
They were also the ones who reported that the April 25th Wikileaks dump made it clear (for those who waded through it), that the US was in possession of the full name of the courier (who just happened to be the guy who owned the “big house” in Abbottabad).
That could have triggered a stampede to take out OBL before he got wind of it.
Perhaps so. And, just a simple side note, given the number of years in question, is that I wonder why Gen. Ratko Mladic doesn't get betrayed by his "right-hand" man.
Article like this are how warfare should be treated in the press. Sow doubt, dissent, discord among the enemy. NY Times & Washington Post, please note.