[gaspar]

The battle for Balkh (Mazar-e Sharif) and Konduz cost the Al Qaida dearly. Thousands were trapped in the North and were blocked from retreating to the Pakistan borderlands. Western media, which seems to feed on anything that smacks of failure and/or the appearance of a knock-out blow to AQ, now seems determined to keep Osama alive. This should play into the hands of the mujahideen, but doesn't. The Muslims know that OBL is dead.

[STD]

I really enjoyed UBL's parable of the strong horse. Now he's the subject of his own 'parable of the dead horse', which have you got your money on?