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DuctapeFatwa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-04 08:23 PM
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Bin Laden, top aide move out of Pakistan back into Afghanistan - report
Wanted al-Qaeda terror network chief Osama bin Laden and his top aide, Ayman al-Zawahri, have moved out of Pakistan and are believed to have crossed the mountainous border back into Afghanistan, ABC News reported, citing unnamed US officials.

The network said bin Laden and al-Zawahiri are believed to have fled to Afghanistan after Pakistan's army increased pressure on regional tribal leaders to reveal the whereabouts of the two fugitives, who are also sought by Washington.

The report added that the homes of suspected al-Qaeda supporters in the border area had been set on fire amid numerous arrests.

http://www.iii.co.uk/shares/?type=news&articleid=4879383&action=article
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-04 08:29 PM
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1. How will the * administration handle this one???
Will they leave him alone until October???
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Melsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-04 08:29 PM
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but, but
I thought we had him boxed in? Trapped like a dog. Guess not.
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DuctapeFatwa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-04 08:42 PM
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3. you clearly need a recap. The other day, he was cornered in a hole

The Saddam hunters were just waiting for the signal to go get him.

Then George Tenet went to Pakistan.

Then Al Zawhiri made another tape.

Now both he and Agent bin Laden have left the hole and gone back to Afghanistan.

You can read the story behind the story on my blog, link below.
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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-04 08:29 PM
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2. Prepping the public for the capture quite nicely, aren't they?
NT!

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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-04 08:49 PM
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4. the latest disinformation update
getting as bad as the terror alerts.
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-04 09:19 PM
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6. It's kind of like when the local weatherperson...
Edited on Tue Feb-24-04 09:21 PM by htuttle
...shows Santa's sleigh on their weather service radar going around the world on Christmas Eve.

"Look, he's flying over Russia, heading this way!"
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jamesinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-04 08:58 PM
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5. Yes they need to time it so it happens in Oct.
They flew the balloon to see if it bump chimps ratings and now they now they have to hold on to it till Oct. If they let it out now, the public will forget by election day and Bush will not get the needed boost in the voting booth. Timing is everything.
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Emillereid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-04 09:54 PM
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7. I wouldn't doubt that they'd like Bush to announce his capture
on the last night of the Repuke convention in New York. These guys don't do subtle too well.
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