[Peter J. Huss]

It could be a delay tatic because they need to pause before a final push and want to, at the same time, keep the ball in their court.

There could be a mix of hard core and regular soldiers, many of which may have lost their taste for battle after a few days of pounding and seeing their cohorts getting popped. These people might choose prison over death.

Another remote possibility is that it takes a few hours for the bombers to get into the theatre, but I doubt they will go this route. We tried this in Tora Bora and the enemey gave us the slip.

[Jackie-O]

We thought the same thing and posted at the same time!
Lord I hope this is not the case!