Bin Laden May Be Hiding in 13,000-Foot Mountain

AP/wjla.com news ^ | 11/26/01 | Staff Writers

[veronica]

Jalalabad, Afghanistan (AP) - There's a lot of speculation about Osama bin Laden's whereabouts. But an Afghan militia leader says the terror suspect may be hiding inside a 13,000-foot-high mountain.

Hazrat Ali says bin Laden, along with Taliban members and al-Qaida fighters, may all be hiding in what's known as Tora Bora. It's a man-made complex built in a mountain not far from the Pakistan border.

Ali, who used the complex when fighting the Soviets two decades ago, says he's "70-percent" sure bin Laden is there.

Ali says he believes bin Laden wants to stay close to the Pakistan border.

The Tora Bora complex, with a doorway that is hidden by pine trees, runs more than a thousand feet into the mountain. And it's said to feature such modern conveniences as electrical wiring and a ventilation system.

[Sabertooth]

Osama Paki-pool Update:Osama bin DEAD-pool Pick a day! Any day! Or flag me for a QikPik! Update
Still plenty of open dates, so flag me on this thread if you want in. As you've noticed, since he doesn't look like he'll make it to Pakistan, I went ahead and changed the name of the pool. Sue me.
November, 2001 November 16: First day of Ramadan! November 17: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub - Nope. November 18: OPEN November 19: OPEN November 20: OPEN November 21: OPEN November 22: Azzurri -- Thanksgiving - Nope. November 23: Sabertooth - Nope. November 24: Jefferson Adams - Nope. November 25: Victoria Delsoul - Nope. November 26: airborne - Tick… tick… tick. November 27: harpseal - On the bubble. November 28: snippy_about_it November 29: Tunehead54 November 30: Travis McGee						December, 2001 December   1: alancarp December   2: onyx December   3: AfghanAirShow December   4: Straight Vermonter December   5: Pokey78 December   6: proudofthesouth December   7: null and void -- Pearl Harbor Day December   8: MaeWest December   9: justlurking December 10: glock rocks December 11: KayEyeDoubleDee December 12: Washi December 13: FreedomFarmer December 14: irish guard December 15: hattend Not sure when Ramadan ends, but around here somewhere. December 16: nunya bidness December 17: abner December 18: anniegetyourgun December 19: Collier December 20: mdittmar December 21: Nick Danger December 22: okie01 December 23: peteram December 24: RasterMaster -- Christmas Eve December 25: Go Gordon -- Christmas Day December 26: Loyalist December 27: Brian Allen December 28: Snow Bunny December 29: Alabama_Wild_Man December 30: CIApilot December 31: Miss Marple -- New Year's Eve
January, 2002 January   1: Freeper 007 -- New Year's Day January   2: spectr17 January   3: lainde January   4: Woodman January   5: Semper911 January   6: be-baw January   7: aruanan January   8: PoisedWoman -- Elvis' Birthday January   9: Diogenesis. January 10: JeanS January 11: is_is January 12: garycooper January 13: Torie January 14: JohnHuang2 January 15: coteblanche -- "Ides of January" (a Canadian thing). Also Martin Luther King's Birthday. January 16: Sunshine55 January 17: lmr January 18: eastforker January 19: LibWhacker January 20: Gritty -- Anniversary of Dubya's Inagural January 21: bwteim January 22: Mike Darancette January 23: Shooter 2.5 January 24: OPEN January 25: OPEN January 26: itwasntme January 27: OPEN January 28: OPEN January 29: OPEN January 30: OPEN January 31: Ernest_at_the_Beach						February, 2002 February   1: OPEN February   2: afuturegovernor -- Ground Hog Day February   3: OPEN February   4: deadhead February   5: OPEN February   6: OPEN February   7: GeronL February   8: OPEN February   9: OnAMission February 10: gwmoore February 11: OPEN February 12: OPEN February 13: OPEN February 14: beowolf February 15: OPEN February 16: OPEN February 17: OPEN February 18: OPEN February 19: OPEN February 20: OPEN February 21: OPEN February 22: OPEN February 23: katze February 24: OPEN February 25: OPEN February 26: OPEN February 27: OPEN February 28: Poohbah
March, 2002 March   1: OPEN March   2: OPEN March   3: OPEN March   4: OPEN March   5: OPEN March   6: OPEN March   7: OPEN March   8: OPEN March   9: OPEN March 10: OPEN March 11: OPEN March 12: OPEN March 13: OPEN March 14: OPEN March 15: OPEN March 16: OPEN March 17: OPEN March 18: OPEN March 19: OPEN March 20: OPEN March 21: OPEN March 22: OPEN March 23: OPEN March 24: OPEN March 25: OPEN March 26: OPEN March 27: OPEN March 28: JerseyHighlander March 29: OPEN March 30: OPEN March 31: OPEN						And here are a couple of Freepers who think that they know something that the rest of us don't… April 14: Faraday April 29: dennisw October 10: susangirl
If you're unsure what the whole "Paki-pool" idea was about, click this link to a thread posted by Travis McGee on October 25th... Will Osama Appear In Pakistan? The operating theory is was that Osama bin Laden had a plan all along to show up in Pakistan, have himself declared the "Imam al-Mahdi" (a long-prophesied Islamic savior-figure), and start a civil war in an attempt to gain control of Pakistan's nukes. Sound crazy? So is he. Crazy evil. It's still an interesting read.
Here's another:    Black Flags of Islam   Portents of the Imam al-Mahdi, the Moslems' prophesied deliverer of Jerusalem? Click on the Black Flags for the link

Thanks for the ping, Veronica!

[be-baw]

Verrrrry nice chart, oh fanged one. Let's hope you soon get relief from your toil of tracking the evil one's demise.

[beowolf]

I always get sentimental on Valentine's Day!-)

[MeekOneGOP]

The Tora Bora complex, with a doorway that is hidden by pine trees, runs more than a thousand feet into the mountain. And it's said to feature such modern conveniences as electrical wiring and a ventilation system.

Really?? Looks like Osama bin Flintstone has all the modern conveniences! Unlike parts of Kabul, which look like this:

Children play in the old town of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 26, 2001. More than 20 years of fighting have left much of the city in ruin. (AP Photo/Marco Di Lauro)

Thanks for the ping, Sabertooth!

Click below for article detailing U.S. Marines activity in Afghanistan today:

Marines Enter Combat in Afghanistan

[Sabertooth]

Let's hope you soon get relief from your toil of tracking the evil one's demise.

Works for me. It's gotten personal.

I hate bin Laden more with each passing hour.

[upstatenyrepublican]

Well I hope we get to the top of the mountain and do something with the ventilation shafts! I would think that they would show as "heat" when the predator does a fly over.

[Publius6961]

And it's said to feature such modern conveniences as electrical wiring and a ventilation system.

Perfect.
All things that generate heat signatures.
Electrical wiring is useless without generators.
Generators are useless without ventilation systems.
Permanently collapse the ventilation systems, seal all entrances and exits, problem solved.

[DKNY]

I read somethign a few days ago that said the cold winter will make it easier to find them..because the sensors will pick up the warm air from the ventilation fans, etc.....so let's just bury em alive.....

Read that too... any truth to it?

[marshmallow]

He's near Kandahar........no, he's in Pakistan.......no he's dead........no he was in Kabul yesterday......no he's in a mountain........no, he moves from place to place every night on horseback........yadda, yadda, yadda,.....

They seek him here.....
they seek him there,
they seek him everywhere.....

[InfraRed]

itwasntme was probably dead-on in picking the 26th, but the Wednesday the 30th is my guess. Additionally, I believe we will finally catch up with him in Yemen, since he apparently has family, and fellow terrorists/camps there.

[CLaymoreminded]

No way OBL is there. He shaved, bought some gold chains, and is runnin a mini mart in LA.

[InfraRed]

Sheesh. I edited the content out, and edited the errors in. I'll try one more time...

itwasntme was probably dead-on in picking Jan 26th, but Wednesday Jan 30th is my guess. Additionally, I believe we will finally catch up with him in Yemen, since he apparently has family, and fellow terrorists/camps there.

[Z-28]

Save Usama bin Laden for last.

[Steve_Seattle]

"who uses the name Abu Khabab"

Is he related to Shish Kebab?

[kylaka]

Sign me up for the earliest day still available in January Sabertooth. (I think it will much sooner than that though)

[Z-28]

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[veronica]

No way OBL is there. He shaved, bought some gold chains, and is runnin a mini mart in LA.

If only that were true. I'd hunt him down, hey, I could use the 25 million. (-:

[Sabertooth]

InfraRed has January 30th.

kylaka has January 24th.

Thanks for playing!