HEADLINE: "Bin Laden rebuilding al-Qaida, U.S. officials say"

[Bluebear]

Oh, my. I thought we were fighting 'them' in Iraq so we wouldn't have to fight them on 'our shores'. Que pasa, George?


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WASHINGTON — Senior leaders of al-Qaida operating from Pakistan have re-established significant control over their once-battered worldwide terror network and over the past year have set up a band of training camps in the tribal regions near the Afghan border, according to American intelligence and counterterrorism officials.

American officials said there was mounting evidence that Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, had been steadily building an operations hub in the mountainous Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan. Until recently, the Bush administration had described bin Laden and Zawahri as detached from their followers and cut off from operational control of al-Qaida.

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/02/19/0219binladen.html

[varun]

1. Oh...and I thought Pakistan was the frontline ally...

...in the war on terrorism :eyes:

[rodeodance]

2. Bush needs a Distraction from Irag--so now he REmembers OBL is out

there =========SOMEWHERE!!

[tularetom]

3. But I thought he was wanted dead or alive and we were gonna drag him

out of his cave. This can't be true. He's scared shitless of us isn't he? I think these "American intelligence and counterterrorism officials" are part of the liberal attempt to discredit bush.

[blm]

4. Good for the many DUers who sent emails to media outlets on this story.

Y'all did good.

[Webster Green]

5. I need to see a video of that dude holding a current newspaper.

I doubt he's still alive. He would be gloating on video all the time.

[Solly Mack]

6. dead or alive,on the run, no threat -not concerned, OBL trail run cold

and now... they're re-building.

dead or alive
no threat- not concerned
on the run
trail run cold

[malaise]

7. Isn't Bin Laden dead

Good fugging grief - spare me Bushco. EfuggingNOUGH!

[pa28]

8. 'Pop Quiz! . . .

Who said this?

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."

Or this?

"I don't know where he is. I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him."

Or this?

"Deep in my heart I know the man's on the run, if he's alive at all...I just don't spend much time on it, really, to be honest with you."

And who disbanded the CIA unit dedicated to finding bin Laden?

Hint: It wasn't Bill Clinton.'

Lifted from here http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?pid=124945

[Parche]

9. OSAMA

You mean he is finally coming out of his fully furnished 'Batcave'??? With CIA technology, video's
and phones and computers????? :sarcasm:

[magellan]

10. I see we've pulled bin Laden out of retirement again

Just in time to retaliate by striking Iran.

:crazy: