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Bin Laden 'surrounded'
The Sunday Telegraph ^ | February 22, 2004

Posted on 02/21/2004 8:52:56 AM PST by Patriot1998

A BRITISH Sunday newspaper is claiming Osama bin Laden has been found and is surrounded by US special forces in an area of land bordering north-west Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The Sunday Express, known for its sometimes colourful scoops, claims the al-Qaeda leader has been "sighted" for the first time since 2001 and is being monitored by satellite.

The paper claims he is in a mountainous area to the north of the Pakistani city of Quetta. The region is said to be peopled with bin Laden supporters and the terrorist leader is estimated to also have 50 of his fanatical bodyguards with him.

The claim is attributed to "a well-placed intelligence source" in Washington, who is quoted as saying: "He (bin Laden) is boxed in."

The paper says the hostile terrain makes an all-out conventional military assault impossible. The plan to capture him would depend on a "grab-him-and-go" style operation.

"US helicopters already sited on the Afghanistan border will swoop in to extricate him," the newspaper says. It claims bin Laden and his men "sleep in caves or out in the open. The area is swept by fierce snow storms howling down from the 10,000ft-high mountain peaks. Donkeys are the only transport."

The special forces are "absolutely confident" there is no escape for bin Laden, and are awaiting the order to go in and get him.

"The timing of that order will ultimately depend on President Bush," the paper says. "Capturing bin Laden will certainly be a huge help for him as he gets ready for the election."

The article says bin Laden's movements are monitored by a National Security Agency satellite.

On Thursday last week, General Richard Myers, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, said America had been engaged in "intense" efforts to capture bin Laden, who was believed to be hiding in the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; binladen; obl; pakistan; southasia
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To: NautiNurse
Please let this be true...please let this be true...please let this be true...Oh PLEASE...

I'd say it's true. "Pakistan Steps up efforts to to ind bin Laden: Thousands of troops deployed to help U.S. capture fugitive." The Paks are letting in Americans into the country to hunt bin Laden's @$$ down.

41 posted on 02/21/2004 9:07:31 AM PST by demlosers (When W wins this November, I’m going to gloat and ridicule the bias media for a very long time.)
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To: Cap Huff
I'm suspicious this article is untrue and its real purpose is to heighten
anticipation which will soon be dashed, making Bush look bad again.
42 posted on 02/21/2004 9:07:33 AM PST by jigsaw (Liberal Bias is Dishonorable Discharge.)
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To: Patriot1998
here's five bucks that says he won't be captured...there's too mant caves...
43 posted on 02/21/2004 9:07:42 AM PST by metoooo
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To: Toonces T. Cat
Dear Toonces,

Please volunteer as the official designated driver for Democrat senators.
44 posted on 02/21/2004 9:08:25 AM PST by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN (I don't believe anything a Democrat says. Bill Clinton set the standard!)
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To: G.Mason
I can hear the Democrats now, the day after Osama's capture:

"If Bush didn't waste so much time on Iraq we could've gotten Bin Laden two years ago. This capture is more evidence of Bush's failure as president."

45 posted on 02/21/2004 9:08:26 AM PST by Azzurri
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To: Patriot1998; All
Rackkk itttt

Alright YOU GO US TROOPS I get the feeling we have Pakstein special forces with us

Let good time roll
46 posted on 02/21/2004 9:08:28 AM PST by SevenofNine (Not everybody in it for truth, justice, and the American way=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: hoosiermama
Do you think it may be "mind games" ?

Could be.

If they wait till after the spring thaw....he may be on the move again. OTOH Do we need "good weather" to get in and back out?

I wouldn't know. But I would think that as time goes on the chances increase of losing advantages.

47 posted on 02/21/2004 9:09:59 AM PST by In_25_words_or_less
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To: NautiNurse
Ditto. PLEASE.
48 posted on 02/21/2004 9:10:07 AM PST by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: Patriot1998
uNLESS this is actually delayed news . . . it was later than 16 Feb but still quite welcome to hear.

We shall see.

Could explain Bush's no comment on whether he knew where Bin Laden was or not.
49 posted on 02/21/2004 9:10:25 AM PST by Quix (Choose this day whom U will serve: Shrillery & demonic goons or The King of Kings and Lord of Lords)
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To: Patriot1998
Capture HIM NOW!! The media and Dims will try to paint it as an election year ploy, we know that. Let 'em...we need this B..t..d!!
50 posted on 02/21/2004 9:10:38 AM PST by PISANO (Our troops...... will NOT tire...will NOT falter.....and WILL NOT FAIL!!!)
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To: Patriot1998

51 posted on 02/21/2004 9:10:48 AM PST by The Mayor (No service for Christ goes unnoticed by Him.)
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To: LibKill
I want to see his head on a pike at ground zero.

From your keyboard to God's eyes!

52 posted on 02/21/2004 9:10:59 AM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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To: NautiNurse
Believe me. Prior to the November elections........
54 posted on 02/21/2004 9:11:40 AM PST by alaskanfan
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To: Patriot1998
I want to see bin Laden captured, convicted of murder, and put to death preferably by public hanging.
55 posted on 02/21/2004 9:12:00 AM PST by demlosers (When W wins this November, I’m going to gloat and ridicule the bias media for a very long time.)
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To: The Mayor
Great pic!
56 posted on 02/21/2004 9:12:12 AM PST by ServesURight (FReecerely Yours,)
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To: Cap Huff
I don't know what to think about this story Cap......I want it to be true in the worse way....but who knows.
57 posted on 02/21/2004 9:12:34 AM PST by Dog
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To: Patriot1998
If Bin Laden is captured, the Dems will wait about one week and then argue that Bush now has no excuse that everything in the world, including, but not limited to, the economy, is perfect.

The media will, naturally, pick up on this theme, with a multitude of articles about how the Bush presidency is now adrift, lacking any other vision for the Country. Either Time or Newsweek will print a cover story entitled "Now What?" that implies there is no longer any reason for Bush to remain in office after November.

These pigs will spin anything as an attack on our President.
58 posted on 02/21/2004 9:12:34 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: fqued
Most memorable thing in that interview was when Bush was asked whether they knew where Bin Laden was. For the FIRST time, Bush ducked that question.

Yup! I noticed that, too! The President told Timmy ~~ "I'm not going to answer that".

Dare we hope?!

59 posted on 02/21/2004 9:12:35 AM PST by Right_in_Virginia
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
--no, no!

First--the pig's head on the pike.

Then Bin Laden's head on the pig's snout.

With a web cam chronicalling it's . . . disintegration.

Perhaps it could even be further decorated with strips of bacon for a beard and another small pig's head for a hat.
60 posted on 02/21/2004 9:12:37 AM PST by Quix (Choose this day whom U will serve: Shrillery & demonic goons or The King of Kings and Lord of Lords)
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