You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Afghanistan
Bin Laden 'alive' in Kunar
2003-10-26
Osama bin Laden is hiding out in the mountains less than 200 kilometres from Kabul, according to the latest intelligence reports obtained by Sun Media. The leader of al-Qaida, which has recently been re-invented under Fateh Islam (Victory of Islam), has been seen in the mountains in the province of Kunar, an ultra-religious conservative region that supports bin Laden and is pro-Taliban. "Fateh Islam's leader, none other than Osama bin Laden, is very much alive," says the report.
Pepe Escobar reported this in Asia Times last year...
The No. 1 Urdu-language paper in the Pakistani port city of Karachi says bin Laden is living in a Pakistani city 80 kilometres from the Afghanistan border. But a classified intelligence document produced by the International Security Assistance Force said bin Laden is living with the Guzer tribe, which "would militarily support him."
"Are you the Gatekeeper?"
"Bin Laden could hardly ask for a better hiding place," the report reads, pointing out that the mountains northeast of Kabul are covered with evergreens and shrubs, crisscrossed by smugglers' trails. "It's impossible to access the area where al-Qaida is hiding." The document confirms that bin Laden has recently received a visit from a foreign doctor for his kidney problems.
How'd they get there if it's impossible to access?
According to the Afghanistan Defence Department, al-Qaida has rebranded itself as Fateh Islam, is re-organizing and is operating two training camps in Pakistan.
We can certainly believe that...
The department also claims the terrorist organization is trying to acquire surface-to-air missiles in China to attack the Afghan government.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#15  Lock him in a cage with Susan Sontag.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2003-10-26 8:42:50 PM  

#14  visit from a foreign doctor for his kidney problems.

Yah know.... I'm beginning to think this old boy is going the peritoneal route.... little pump lots of bags.... keep it clean... could go on indefinitely. Need to hit 'em with a guided fried chicken.
Posted by: Shipman   2003-10-26 5:39:19 PM  

#13  If one finds Binny intact, put him on a meat hook and hang him in the Peshawar Arms Bazaar.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2003-10-26 3:52:39 PM  

#12  Ugh, Charles, that's also way too gruesome. I say we disembowel Binny and let famished hogs eat all the inards that spill out ( all on live TV, of course). Once he's dead and mostly eaten, we grind up his bones, etc, to mix into napalm and drop on Palestinian refugee/terrorist camps. And for posterity's sake, we'll have a taxodermist turn his face and scalp into a mask which we'll force Islamofascists to wear when appearing in our courts as defendants against terrorism charges.
Posted by: Peter Jennings   2003-10-26 3:00:18 PM  

#11  I can't tell you how much safer it makes me feel knowing our intelligence community has nailed down his location. Now we can all sleep better at night. Oh, is this the same intelligence community that told us Iraq had mucho WMD's and was seeking uranium? I take that back. What is our next move? Send in Ambassador Wilson? I prefer some of the above suggestions, say like annihilation.
Posted by: lk   2003-10-26 2:53:49 PM  

#10  That's alittle too gruesome Bomb-a-rama. I think mailing Binny's head to Arafish would be a better statement.
Posted by: Charles   2003-10-26 2:18:00 PM  

#9   I think we would much rather take him alive if possible. Otherwise he will just be another Martyr. If we can arrest him, try him in a (possibly Islamic??) court and find him guilty.

This isn't a law enforcement matter. Kill the guy is he's still alive (this latest "intelligence" isn't very convincing), put his head on a pike for all to see, then bury his remains in a pigskin.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-10-26 2:02:26 PM  

#8  I think we would much rather take him alive if possible. Otherwise he will just be another Martyr. If we can arrest him, try him in a (possibly Islamic??) court and find him guilty... the execute him it would work to our advantage.

It would be worth it seeing him bluttering like an idiot on the world stage in an attempt to spare his own worthless life.

And it he doesn't we can always have a 'prison fire'....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2003-10-26 12:22:22 PM  

#7  Nah, we just need to make sure that the next "kidney doctor" has a GPS device embedded on/in him somehow.
Posted by: Steve White   2003-10-26 11:57:39 AM  

#6  Send in Delta Force. If they can't get the job done, then Napalm or Nuclear Missles can.
Posted by: Charles   2003-10-26 11:21:36 AM  

#5  Gatekeeper/Gozer huh? thanks Igon lol
Posted by: Frank G   2003-10-26 11:14:33 AM  

#4  The area where Binny is reported hiding seems to have magical powers. Not only is it "impossible to access", all video tapes made there mysteriously take on the appearance of having been shot some time before December, 2001!
Posted by: Biff Wellington   2003-10-26 11:14:25 AM  

#3  Sounds like a job for our special forces or army rangers to me. Evergreens and mountains work both ways.

It is interesting to see that Al-Qaida seems to have 'rebranded' itself. Shows that we have been pretty effective in disrupting them.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2003-10-26 11:13:47 AM  

#2  I dunno. Gotta watch for the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man...
Posted by: Fred   2003-10-26 11:01:10 AM  

#1  Drop a load of commandos in the town square and start shooting all the tall guys.
Posted by: Super Hose   2003-10-26 10:51:14 AM  

00:00