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2005-10-20 Afghanistan-Pak-India

Osama Bin Laden Sighting Possible - US British Soldiers Search Balakot

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Posted by RG 2005-10-20 02:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Worm came out of his hole!

Posted by Chegum Sneatch9157 2005-10-20 03:54|| 2005-10-20 03:54|| Front Page Top

#2 WOW! I didn't know there was a satellite up there powerful enough to resolve faces of the people below.

Posted by Jake-the-Peg 2005-10-20 04:31|| 2005-10-20 04:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Piece of good news -- the Daily Times didn't compromise this surveillance by releasing the news too early. :D

(I see it is an "okay" now only because of the quake changing the situation so dramatically.)

Posted by Edward Yee 2005-10-20 05:44|| http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]">[http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2005-10-20 05:44|| Front Page Top

President Bush, who has said he wants Bin Laden âdead or aliveâ, is closely monitoring the operation.

GW: ROUND'EM UP, BOYS!

Posted by Angeremble Phavirong9848 2005-10-20 06:12|| 2005-10-20 06:12|| Front Page Top

#5 key line in this story:

Bin Laden has received a portable kidney dialysis machine from China

Posted by lotp 2005-10-20 06:47|| 2005-10-20 06:47|| Front Page Top

#6 lotp -
That should be no suprise. Isn't it a Chinese saying that the enemy of my enemy is my friend?
Don't doubt that's how China views the US.

Posted by JerseyMike 2005-10-20 07:05|| 2005-10-20 07:05|| Front Page Top

#7 I received a Sunbeam Tiger from the UK, but the royals don't know me from Adams housecat.

Posted by Shipman 2005-10-20 08:07|| 2005-10-20 08:07|| Front Page Top

#8 #2... WOW! I didn't know there was a satellite up there powerful enough to resolve faces of the people below...

Jake, the US has spy satellites capable of one centimeter per pixel resolution! That is tantamount to a Hubble size platform turned to the Earth for observation! Such resolution can 'read' a paper's headline if laid on the ground. Ohh, can see through clouds and rain also!

Posted by smn 2005-10-20 10:20|| 2005-10-20 10:20|| Front Page Top

#9 er... one cm per pixel couldn't read a headline, nor distiguish one face from another, it would need to be nearer 1mm. I'm sceptical, I don't think there is a satellite big enough to do this. I'd like to be proved wrong, however.

Posted by Jake-the-Peg 2005-10-20 10:37|| 2005-10-20 10:37|| Front Page Top

#10 I would assume that it probably isn't a sat at all, but either a drone or a spyplane flying somewhere we'd rather not admit they are flying because it gives Uncle Sam a sort of invincibility if people think we can watch them any time we want and there is nothing they can do about it.

Posted by rjscwharz 2005-10-20 10:50|| 2005-10-20 10:50|| Front Page Top

#11 I recall one claim that, given the correct angle, a US spy sat could look into a person's breast pocket and see what brand of cigarettes you smoke. Not sure if it's true, but I would not be surprised.

Posted by Tibor 2005-10-20 11:31|| http://incompetenttibor.blogspot.com]">[http://incompetenttibor.blogspot.com] 2005-10-20 11:31|| Front Page Top

#12 Oh muslims, FEAR the Great Satan's Synthethic Aperture Optics!

Doing a non sci-fi mode quick calculation using the Hubble (reputed to be an advanced version of the KH-12):
Hubble main mirror: 2.4 meters.
Estimated KH-12 perigee: 200 km.
Visible wavelenth: .5 um (green).
gives a diffraction limited resolution of 4.2 cm. Then there is atmospheric refraction, chromatic aberration and higher average orbits to take into account which probably limits real resolution to about 10 cm. In others words, a head shows up as a pixel or two.

Posted by ed 2005-10-20 11:57|| 2005-10-20 11:57|| Front Page Top

#13 'Son of Darkstar' lurking over binny??

Posted by Shep UK 2005-10-20 12:01|| 2005-10-20 12:01|| Front Page Top

#14 If they do find bin Gayden dirtnapping in the rubble then Karl Roves Earthquake-Tsunami/Hurricane machine will get more publicity from the conspiracy challenged.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2005-10-20 12:05|| 2005-10-20 12:05|| Front Page Top

#15 In others words, a head shows up as a pixel or two.

Which is pretty damn good, but not good enough to cloclude:

His face looked thinner

So, something is fishy here. Like the whole thing.

Posted by Crineger Omomoque9485 2005-10-20 12:11|| 2005-10-20 12:11|| Front Page Top

#16 Indian Airforce Intellagence were the last to see him wern't they about a year or 2 ago now? correct me if im wrong - anyway maybe they have relocated him??

Posted by Shep UK 2005-10-20 12:17|| 2005-10-20 12:17|| Front Page Top

#17 Wow!!! I suppose that is why USAID is concentrating its relief in the area of suspected Al Qaeda camps and why Pakistan wants them to concentrate on rescuing the children.

Posted by Danielle 2005-10-20 12:32|| 2005-10-20 12:32|| Front Page Top

#18 ALso if human intel spotted Binnie I would expect the report to say satellites to protect our people on the ground.

Posted by rjschwarz (no T!) 2005-10-20 13:03|| 2005-10-20 13:03|| Front Page Top

#19 Time for these guys

Posted by Cleter Grort8386 2005-10-20 17:49|| 2005-10-20 17:49|| Front Page Top

#20 If you could get a EMP in the area of the dialysis machine, you could fry its circuits, which would put a damper on Binny's blood purity. Just an off-the-wall idea in the universe of ideas.

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