Osama Bin Forgotten

techweenie · techweenie's Garage

Al Quaeda's prime mover is still out there -- probably in Pakistan.

I heard on te local wacko radio station (KKKFI) the other night that intercepts indicate he may be traveling to Iraq next month to lead an accelerated level of attacks.

This one individual poses the number one threat to our national security and I wonder if we're really making any headway in getting to him?

1967 R50/2 · 08-10-2005, 12:33 PM

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Al Quaeda's prime mover is still out there -- probably in Pakistan.

I heard on te local wacko radio station (KKKFI) the other night that intercepts indicate he may be traveling to Iraq next month to lead an accelerated level of attacks.

If he does that, than he's a big dope and has let his ego finally get the better of him

Fact: Currently he is hiding out someplace that is obviously inaccessible.

Speculation: So he is going to leave that redoubt of safety and risk getting caught by the US, Afghanis, Pakistanis or Iraqis to go to a place which is much MORE accessible? Make no sense.

Especially because the Baathist part of the insurgency would desperately like talks with the government and is opposed to the Islamists. Osama would make a nice bargaining chip on their behalf.

Plus, I am sure the few remaining taliban would really appreciate the fact that he is abondoning them.

techweenie · techweenie's Garage

What you say makes sense in the context of the facts as we understand them.

However, I think there's a lot more going on there than we know.

1967 R50/2 · 08-10-2005, 12:56 PM

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However, I think there's a lot more going on there than we know.

Yeah...like who rated this thread 5 stars?

techweenie · techweenie's Garage

Not me.

Victor · 08-10-2005, 03:58 PM

Maybe he found Jesus and his sins have been forgiven. Geez would'nt that be a popular move by the Lord.....

Don 944 LA · 08-10-2005, 04:56 PM

I hear he's hiding out in the next country we want to take over.

dd74 · 08-10-2005, 04:58 PM

Is OBL the problem, or is Pakistan the problem?

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

Iran?

Oh, I get it. . . He and the Ayatollah Assahola Komehini are the same person.

techweenie · techweenie's Garage

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Iran?

Yeah, funny story. See there was this e-mail right after 9/11, and somebody hit the "q" instead of the "n."

And nobody could admit the mistake, so we just attacked Iraq instead of Iran. I guess they figured most Americans wouldn't know the difference, anyway.

Superman · 08-10-2005, 06:20 PM

Like I said many months ago, I suspect that Osama bin Laden considers Dubya's decision to invade Iraq as a dream too good to hope for. I suspect he's biding his time. This notion that he has been "minimized," or that terrorists' hatred for my country has been lowered, or that the number of terrorist recruits is falling....are all untrue.

targa911S · 08-11-2005, 05:24 AM

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Originally posted by 1967 R50/2

Fact: Currently he is hiding out someplace that is obviously inaccessible.

I see him every day when I buy cigs.

stuartj · 08-11-2005, 05:44 AM

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Originally posted by 1967 R50/2
If he does that, than he's a big dope and has let his ego finally get the better of him

Fact: Currently he is hiding out someplace that is obviously inaccessible.

Speculation: So he is going to leave that redoubt of safety and risk getting caught by the US, Afghanis, Pakistanis or Iraqis to go to a place which is much MORE accessible? Make no sense.

Especially because the Baathist part of the insurgency would desperately like talks with the government and is opposed to the Islamists. Osama would make a nice bargaining chip on their behalf.

Plus, I am sure the few remaining taliban would really appreciate the fact that he is abondoning them.

Inaccessible? How did he get there?

OBL and Iraq. Hmmm.

IROC · IROC's Garage

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Fact: Currently he is hiding out someplace that is obviously inaccessible.

Kinda like Eric Rudolph. Heck, we couldn't find him and he was in the easily accessible mountains of North Carolina.

Mike

Jeff Higgins · 08-11-2005, 07:48 AM

I found him by doing a Google search. It was easy.

bryanthompson · bryanthompson's Garage

I wonder if our intelligence agencies have Asked Jeeves yet. That guy seems to know everything.

techweenie · techweenie's Garage

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I wonder if our intelligence agencies have Asked Jeeves yet. That guy seems to know everything.

LOL. Just missed making coffee shoot out my nose by seconds with that one, Bryan.

targa911S · 08-11-2005, 08:51 AM

I just did an "Ask Jeeves" they had driving directions. I forwarded them to GW at The White House. OOPS!!! Damn I forgot he was away on vaction....AGAIN......I got his out of office message.

1967 R50/2 · 08-11-2005, 08:57 AM

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Kinda like Eric Rudolph. Heck, we couldn't find him and he was in the easily accessible mountains of North Carolina.

Mike

By inaccessible, I mean inaccessible to the US.

It is quite easy to hide.

It took over 20 years to find Ted Kazinsky and it was only his ego, and his brother that let them catch him. Eric Rudolph is another excellent example. As is the terrorist "Carlos" from the 1970s. It was almost 25 years before they caught him.

Hell, people didn't know where Dave Chappelle was for a few weeks.

Osama does not want to be found. He is surrounded by people that he trusts and THEY don't want him to be found. They do not use google, the internet, or even cell phones anymore, so
unless you are going to get an agent in there to penetrate that very tight inner circle, you are not going to find him unless he slips up.

However, ego is a funny thing...as with Kazinsky, I am betting it will be his ego, not some turncoat, that ultimately betrays Osama.

And like with any big fish...you've got be patient before you can reel them in. We should be prepared to wait 25 years like the French did with Carlos. Hopefully it will not take that long, but comments on this forum just reinforce that Americans have no concept of patience or persistence.

1967 R50/2 · 08-11-2005, 09:00 AM

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QUOTE]Originally posted by stuartj
Inaccessible? How did he get there?

By inaccessible, I mean inaccessible to the US. Clearly the hills of Wajiristan are pretty inaccessible to us.

It is also quite easy to hide.

It took over 20 years to find Ted Kazinsky and it was only his ego, and his brother that let them catch him. Eric Rudolph is another excellent example. As is the terrorist "Carlos" from the 1970s. It was almost 25 years before they caught him.

Hell, people didn't know where Dave Chappelle was for a few weeks.

Osama does not want to be found. He is surrounded by people that he trusts and THEY don't want him to be found. They do not use google, the internet, or even cell phones anymore, so
unless you are going to get an agent in there to penetrate that very tight inner circle, you are not going to find him unless he slips up.

However, ego is a funny thing...as with Kazinsky, I am betting it will be his ego, not some turncoat, that ultimately betrays Osama.

And like with any big fish...you've got be patient before you can reel them in. We should be prepared to wait 25 years like the French did with Carlos. Hopefully it will not take that long, but comments on this forum just reinforce that Americans have no concept of patience or persistence. [/QUOTE]