[Maringa]

I guess we are not going to know for a while, but do they have them or do they not? Was this a ruse for the AQ to detect any problems with their security (flush out informers)? If it is, then OBL and his sons are quite safe and long gone...

[Angelus Errare]

That is a definite possibility.

My personal opinion is that if bin Laden is alive, he and his family are heading as fast as they possibly can to Iran. The ayatollahs have harbored his top commanders before and will have no compunctions about doing so again.

This why Iran must be next after Iraq, IMO.