British to lead new hunt for bin Laden

The Scotsman ^ | 4/4/05 | Tim Ripley

[ThirstyMan]

OK, sounds good. But from a military pov, they've just tipped their hand.

[Jeff Chandler]

From OBL's pov, he's in deep shiite.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

A crack team of Aussies, Americans, Brits, Israelis and Gurkhas should be able to find Mr.Bin Laden.

What a collection !

[Srirangan]

Don't underestimate the Pashtun's.

[DTogo]

The Brits are taking over because President Bush dropped the ball and let OBL escape at Tora Bora. That's what John Kerry told me last year. /sarc

[snarks_when_bored]

I applaud the effort of the Brits, but our own forces should be ashamed if the Brits succeed in bagging bin Laden. Bin Laden attacked the United States, not Great Britain. Vengeance should be ours.

[SamAdams76]

Doesn't matter who catches OBL.

[snarks_when_bored]

We should be trying harder than anybody else to get him. If we are, it's not apparent. I hope we are.

[7.62 x 51mm]

How the heck do these stories get out?

[maestro]

British to lead new hunt for bin Laden
in Canada?

[lillybet]

There's a method in their madness for telling us this/

[cooper72]

The method is they have to tell the troops and their families.

I don't see what difference it would make anyway if Bin Laden knows who is coming. His tactics will still be the same.

[agere_contra]

There's no way we'ld be able to get OBL if you lot hadn't done most of the heavy lifting. Don't feel bad if we do get him!

[rrrod]

All the best to the Brits! They are good troops and can handle this situation.

[anotherdubya]

Could this be an "April Surprise"? To help Blair's re-election.

[snarks_when_bored]

Please don't get me wrong...I'd be immensely pleased if you Brits got bin Laden! My only point was that, by rights, it ought to be Americans who get him! That's the way the movies always show it, right?

[SamAdams76]

To tell you the truth, I wouldn't mind at all if it was the Brits that got him. We didn't drag our Allies into this to sit on their hands! We should want our Allies to be fully involved and be active participants in the process. For the Brits to capture OBL would be a huge boost to our friends over there and they could use that to rub in the face of their political opponents.

So I say to them, Happy Hunting!

[MadIvan]

Happiness is the SAS arresting Osama, and them handing him over to American Marines.

Regards, Ivan

[CJ Wolf]

No worries, Matt Mihsen is on the job.