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| FWIW---Bin Laden enters Iran---Maybe |
| 2003-12-17 |
| From Geostrategy-Direct Osama Bin Laden has been driven out of Afghanistan and has been given safe haven by Iran. He has been joined by his No. 2 Ayman Al Zawahiri. Bin Laden was seen in Iran as early as July 2003. Iranian sources said Bin Laden and Zawahiri escaped Iran during Pakistani military raids that month in northern areas along the Afghan border. The sources said Bin Laden has changed his appearance. In short, Iranian intelligence changed Bin Laden into a mullah. He has colored his beard black, gained a lot of weight and wears a black turban. Bin Laden, said to be near the western Iranian border with Pakistan, is under the protection of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The corps has arranged for several doubles in Afghanistan and Pakistan made to look like Bin Laden to provide the impression that the Al Qaida leader is still in the frontier area. Zawahiri has also been seen in Iran. He is believed to be planning a series of attacks against U.S. interests in the Middle East. We need more corroboration....and the US govt is not saying much. The main point is that he is on the defensive and that he has to hide in a rathole somewhere, or he is decomposing protein paste. Binny’s PR machine has been pretty lame after Tora Bora. |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |
| #11 Here's the link to the story Matt mentioned: http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/17/elec04.prez.clark.bush/index.html He also criticizes GWB for not attending soldiers' funerals. I guess he missed the analysis from a few weeks ago showing that there is no tradition of recent US presidents attending funerals of soldiers. This Clark guy is a real weenie! |
| Posted by: Tibor 2003-12-17 10:29:26 PM |
| #10 Our problems are solved. Weasley just announced that if he were President, he would have had Binny by now. |
| Posted by: Matt 2003-12-17 10:17:15 PM |
| #9 It would be nice to get the |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-12-17 8:48:31 PM |
| #8 . He has colored his beard black, gained a lot of weight Ah Ha! It's the steroids. That's why he can't be on video... he's probably got them cute steroid cheeks. Yep, immuno supressed? Naw... dead. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-12-17 8:04:51 PM |
| #7 Causus Belli for a military invasion/overthrow of Iran if provable - I don't think even the black hats are that self-destructive |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-12-17 7:19:43 PM |
| #6 Mansoor Ijaz made this point on FoxNews a few weeks ago. (I posted on this at the time.) According to his "unimpeachable source," Binny and Zawahiri are in Iran, dressed as mullahs (black turban, trimmed beard, close cropped hair), and planning fresh attacks on US targets. He added that Binny's ability to move around is restricted, but Zawahiri has the run of the joint. Finally, he said a unit of the Revolutionary Guards was going to engage in a Winter campaign along with Hekmatyar to destabilize Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: Tibor 2003-12-17 5:06:28 PM |
| #5 Ummm ... last I saw on maps, Iran didn't have a *western* border with Pakistan. Pakistan has a western border with Iran, though. |
| Posted by: rkb 2003-12-17 4:47:13 PM |
| #4 Last night on Primetime Live, Bush said that they pretty much think/know bin Laden is in a certain area of Pakistan, on the Afghanistan border. But U.S. forces can't go in there. I think he's dead. |
| Posted by: growler 2003-12-17 4:45:21 PM |
| #3 The primary reason that I do not think he is breathing the same air as us is the complete lack of video tapes. I can see some body ptting together an audio tape but if I were Binny I for damn sure would of been releasing videos with current newspapers prominetly displayed |
| Posted by: Cheddarhead 2003-12-17 4:21:19 PM |
| #2 I thought he was hanging around with Elvis and the man on the grassy hill. Until someone can positively prove otherwise, it's a good bet that maggots have by now consumed all the flesh from bin Laden's bones. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-17 4:20:59 PM |
| #1 I thought he was hanging around with Elvis and the man on the grassy hill. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-12-17 3:33:13 PM |