Bin Laden 'boxed in' by US soldiers

[Chicago Democrat]

Bin Laden 'boxed in' by US soldiers
February 22, 2004

OSAMA bin Laden is reportedly surrounded by United States special forces in a mountain range that straddles north-west Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Internationally respected investigative journalist and author Gordon Thomas says the al-Qaida terror group leader has been sighted for the first time since 2001 and is being monitored by satellite.

In a report to be published in a British newspaper, Thomas says bin Laden is in a mountainous area to the north of the Pakistani city of Quetta.

The region is said to be a stronghold for bin Laden supporters and the terror kingpin is estimated to have 50 of his fanatical bodyguards by his side.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8754564%255E401,00.html

[madmax]

1. Is this the area known as Torra Bora (sp?)

[still_one]

2. Since the news is public

Have they also informed bin Laden?

[Demonaut]

32. its funny but dont you think when we catch obl that no one will take his

place????

[Old and In the Way]

3. OBL and 50 bodyguards?

Wow, wonder how long it would take to capture him? If true, we should be able to take him alive given all the technology we have at our disposal.

[still_one]

4. Do you think this announcement has anything to do with

the slip in the polls that Bush has taken?

I do...

Why annouce anything, unless he is captured???

[Claire Beth]

48. exactly the reason, IMO!!! n/t

[still_one]

5. I thought our intelligence failures were due to Clinton

Does that mean if this is successful, it is also due to Clinton?

[madmax]

6. I think they've known for a long time

that he was in that area. Just waiting to get closer to elections to go in after him. But, his poll numbers suck so bad now - they figure they better get him now to stop the political bleeding.

Also, didn't want to capture him before they had a chance to use OBL and terrorists as an excuse to go into Iraq. :mad:

[still_one]

8. I also believe

that bin Laden will not be taken alive like Sadam. This guy is a martyr to the fundamentalist wackos

[California Democrat]

35. We'll see....

It's easy to say you're gonna be a martyr and you won't be taken alive....

It's another thing when there is nowhere left to run and all your bodyguards are gone....

Suddenly those seventy-two virgins waiting for him him paradise may not be enough motivation.

It'll be interesting to see how it turns out....

[krkaufman]

40. The "bodyguards" are instructed to kill OBL, to insure he isn't captured.

n/t

[mazzarro]

46. I agree with you. Also Mullah Omar is purportedly in populated

areas of northwestern Pakistan or in Afghanistan but yet have not been taken or killed! I have my doubts that OBL is cornered or can be taken alive. Recall the many times OBL and Omar were supposed to have been cornered after the immediate disposal of the Taliban from power; yet nothing came of those! This is seem geared for election propaganda - ie stemming the *'s downward slide in poll.

[Fovea]

33. Sad when you have to spring your October surprize

in February. Means more new Terra soon. They may have to really cut the ties and openly blame wahabbists in S.A. this time.

That will add weight to the idea that Saudi Arabia is the next invasion target, because if we don't go in now, we will go in under a hostile revolutionary goverment.

[xray s]

7. They have to be kidding!

Bin Laden's whereabouts were discovered, according to the report, when US Central Intelligence Agency analysts – geographers and soil experts – studying the background in the al-Qaida boss's latest video suggested it matched rocks in the Toba Kakar ranges.

CIA agents, working with Pakistani guides, went from Afghanistan to the region to take photographs and bring out rock and soil samples.

These were flown to Washington where the CIA analysts electronically matched them to the video background.

Sounds more like a story for the "Weekly World News" at the grocery checkout line...

[still_one]

10. I find it interesting

that they are sharing this "TOP SECRET" information with the public, when they won't even tell us how many Americans are wounded in Iraq?

[pinniped]

20. Ya right.

There were earlier videos where he was shown in front of rock formations. After that they announced they were analyzing the rocks to see if it matches to a certain area.

On later videos there was a tarp draped over the rocks because OBL must have heard about the rock analysis.

I highly doubt they would mess up and give out free leads like that.

[MrSoundAndVision]

25. You're right....

so high tech it's bullshit.

[symbolman]

31. Why didn't they

just send in a Martian lander with a fucking shotgun or missile launcher on top?

idiots. how many times have we heard that Bin Laden was surrounded?

I can at least count three times..

[onehandle]

9. Bull. Reported by fringe media.

Why do people fall for this stuff?

Why is this crap allowed in LBN?

[still_one]

11. Go to Google

Type in "bin Laden surrounded"

Interesting...


Look at the various dates, and tell what do you think?

[madmax]

12. This is very interesting

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO311A.html

[54anickel]

13. HA! I thought it sounded familiar. I sort of like the Bin Laden vacation

article that came up on that search.

http://www.brokennewz.com/displaystory.asp_Q_storyid_E_111binladen

[Media_Lies_Daily]

41. Google links based on "bin laden surrounded"...

Google web search:

<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=bin+laden+surrounded&btnG=Google+Search>

Google news search:

<http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&num=30&newsclusterurl=http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3%3Fsid%3D270893%26lang%3De%26dir%3Dnews>


What a hoot!

[Teaser]

50. There is only one story, and it is in fringe media...

The other stories are all citing that one story.

Shoddy-ass "journalism", to cite another paper's story.

It's what Drudge was doing with the Kerry story.

[xray s]

16. Yeah...they left out the alien UFO bases next to bin Laden

The REAL enemy in our midst!!

[Chicago Democrat]

23. Ok call it Latest Breaking Crap

Im just reporting it as it falls from on high.

[bluestateguy]

14. How many more times is this story going to be posted?

Over and over again we must contend with threads on a story, most of which is from anonymous sources. Enough!

[bluestateguy]

15. delete

[54anickel]

18. This is the first one I've seen that has the "rock analysis" schpeel. n/t

[Jack Rabbit]

17. This has been rumored all day

There's no peep of it on the BBC website, in The New York Times or Associated Press.

[54anickel]

19. Ya, but the US felt it necessary to deny it before it hit any of those

as well.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=377325

[mountainvue]

21. Wow.

Pretty early to be pulling out their ace in the hole.

[saigon68]

39. They need the Evil man to be in the News

To scare the crap out of every 80 year old who lives in a nursing home.

After all Osama is going to break in at night and steal all the raisins and prune juice.</Sarcasm>

[bushisanidiot]

22. What a coincedence!! AWOL's admin. was just SAYING they'd find him

some time this year. They must have a crystal ball or something. What luck! Amazing! We should all vote for the chimp in November since he can clearly predict the future. This is just proof that president shitferbrains isn't mortal! He's obviously some sort of GAWD or something!!

ugh..

[aquart]

24. Who cares?

Another spoiled rich boy cockroach.

[saigon68]

43. They now detected him

[0007]

51. Binny baby has been detected?

Does this seem to imply that the U.S. has JUST become aware of something not previously known?

These spin masters are too much!
DETECTED?

[brentspeak]

26. Also not coincidental

This story pops up as more and more (very belated) questions are being asked about why the bin Laden family was allowed clearance to fly out of the country on 9/11.

Funny how Bush never seems to address that issue during press conferences. (Oops, my bad - WHAT press conferences?)

brentspeak

[Wapsie B]

27. Goodness

don't they want to time his capture a little better for the maximum bounce? Do it just before the Democratic Convention.

[plaguepuppy]

28. What does that leave for just before the elections?

The stunning unexpected terror attack on a large Democratic city?

(Don't hold your breath expecting it to be Dallas.)

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

29. Well, THAT'S good to know, I guess (m)

Seeing as that is where I am!

(sigh)

Come on guys, get it straight once and for ALL! Reagan's body will be taken out of cold storage in late August for a nice state funeral, making everyone nostalgic for the good ole 80s, THEN they will find OBL, THEN they will have the RNC in NYC as close to Sept. 11 as possible.

MAXIMUM impact, think MAXIMUM impact!

And no attack on any city....that would look BAD for bushco.

[demdave]

34. I hope you are right about no attack on any city

I would not want that. I want whoever is in the white house to try to prevent attacks on Americans.

[plaguepuppy]

38. Damn straight

Except maybe a smalll surgical strike on the Rethug convention - there should be a big enough cushion of bs to prevent any damage to real Americans (i.e. New Yorkers).

[Bucky]

30. BushCo wouldn't plan a *successful* terror attack on the US. That'd hurt *

What you should expect is a stunning and unexpected prevention of a terror attack--preferably one in which the powers granted under the Patriot Act provide the key intel to save American lives. Then we can all get together and tear up that mangy old Bill of Rights with a big relieved smile on our faces.

[Norquist Nemesis]

36. They've moved up the calendar

Bush's ratings are hitting around the 45 mark on things...that's when the big stuff happens. I suspect they already have him and they're just trying to get the public excited and anxious.

If that's the case and they do pull him out of the hat, they're out of magic rabbits (unless they can pull out 2.5 million jobs by October).

[xchrom]

37. so how many times

does that make this now?
the obl capture will be timed -- we know that -- i think they may wait yet -- because bush's numbers are going to fall more.
might as well save obl for just the right dip in the polls.

[teryang]

42. So, what are they waiting for?

They appear to be describing a situation in which all they are waiting for is the order to kill or capture him. Why the delay?

This leak puts a lot of pressure on the WH. If they capture him, they need a new suprise for Nov. If they don't capture him soon under these circumstances, any serious "al qaeda" attacks will raise similar questions as about 911.

This leaker isn't trying to help the chimp.

[Mari333]

44. Bin Laden is on ice, in a secret chamber with Cheney

who drools daily and begs Karl Rove to hurry up and drag him out for the photo op of George dressed in fatigues standing over his already dead body. The man had kidney disease for gods sake, and how long was he on digitalis in that cave anyway?
This is so lame. Rove is waiting for his big chance to drag this out. In the meantime, all real issues like dead civilians and soldiers and wounded and global warming and deficits are ignored.

[MurikanDemocrat]

45. Diversion alert! Diversion alert!

Drudge rumor didn't work last week, they needed a new trick!

[SKKY]

47. Who wants some of this action???

Dollars to donuts we catch/kill (personally, I'm fine with either) Bin Laden sometime in late, oh I don't know, September or early October?

[truthisfreedom]

49. yawn. people don't give a hoot about bin laden anymore.

all of this manufactured hype is nothing compared to a crumbling economy and lack of jobs... people care about what is happening to them personally.