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Conspiracy of silence?
Washington Times ^ | 11/20/02 | Arnaud de Borchgrave

Posted on 11/19/2002 10:26:56 PM PST by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:59:04 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

With fresh evidence that Osama bin Laden is still alive and kicking and with his friends and protectors about to take over the provincial governments of two of Pakistan's four provinces, as well as a share in the new national coalition that will now run the country (under the watchful eye of President Pervez Musharraf), a key question for the U.S. intelligence community remains unanswered. Why has the CIA ignored for 11 consecutive months the only anti-al Qaeda Pakistani tribal leader who had tracked bin Laden's movements ever since his escape from Tora Bora last Dec. 9?


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1 posted on 11/19/2002 10:26:56 PM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks
Arnaud is one of gthe most Intelligent people in Washington.....Bush should listen to what he says he saw and experienced.
2 posted on 11/20/2002 2:22:44 AM PST by Claire Voyant
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To: kattracks
Here's how intelligent Arnaud is.....he found a way to have Helen Thomas quit UPI when he bought it where she had been ensconced for decades. Way to Go, Arnaud!!
3 posted on 11/20/2002 2:24:32 AM PST by Claire Voyant
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Arnaud Bump.
4 posted on 11/20/2002 5:46:28 AM PST by DoctorMichael
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To: kattracks
The reason this anti-American, pro-al Qaeda slum city of 3.5 million was not combed alley by alley, according to the tribal leader, was the fear of triggering a bloodbath.

Hmmmmmm. A challenge...

What is wrong with this plan? A question first...

How many thermobaric bombs would it take to level the slum city?

Give the residents of the city 24 hours to deliver Ossama or to evacuate.
Then level the place.

One less area for Musharraf to worry about.
And all sand maggot countries will know that the U.S. isn't all mouth...

Assuming of course, that this whole story is found to be mainly credible.

5 posted on 11/20/2002 6:00:02 AM PST by Publius6961
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To: Ranger; Geist Krieger; Francohio
Attn~~~Ranger, Geist Krieger, Francohio : The above article is a little long but very interesting per our previous conversation in "Operations in Riyadh in search for al-Qaida members, 8 Saudi soldiers wounded in clashes"

I'm going to Bump this Post since.......................

1) It was Posted at 1:26 AM in the morning and lots of these posts get lost by the next morning resulting in uninformed Freepers.

2) Arnaud's source says Binnies alive and maybe in Yemen.

6 posted on 11/20/2002 10:27:15 AM PST by DoctorMichael
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To: kattracks
Bump
7 posted on 11/20/2002 11:56:52 AM PST by Nexus
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To: DoctorMichael; Ranger; Francohio
Thanks Doc Mike!

"There is also the unspoken fear that a dead or captured bin Laden would trigger hundreds of smaller terrorist incidents worldwide."

What if Osama /Usama is cpatured or killed or captured then killed and nobody knows about it?
We've already captured some Al Qaeda "big-shot" that the media doesn't know who he is...
Where Osama is, we'll probably find Mullah Omar with him, so just capture them and eliminate all the witnesses that can blab to whoever that we have them captured (or killed)...
The world of "black-ops" has to operate like the "Mob", the "Underworld" or the "Drug Cartels": leave no witnesess.
"The dead tell no tails"

After the Iraqi smoke clears, put Osama's head on a "pike" along with Saddam's and Mullah Omar's...just like Woodward talked about on 60 Minutes...

8 posted on 11/20/2002 12:49:10 PM PST by KriegerGeist
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To: Geist Krieger
O'Reilly had a suggestion a couple of nights ago on his program.....................................

"Try" and convict Osama in absentia. Then, when he's caught, we don't have to go through years of highly publicized trials and the usual worries about what the 'Arab Street' (LOL) will think, plus death and terrorist threats for the Judge, jury and U.S.

Therefore, if he's caught alive, we hold an immediate execution (hopefully a military hanging) since he's already been convicted.

9 posted on 11/20/2002 1:13:04 PM PST by DoctorMichael
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