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2004-01-23 Terror Networks

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Posted by Pete Stanley 2004-01-23 12:54:12 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Very interesting.

But equally probable that its false.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-1-23 1:11:54 AM|| 2004-1-23 1:11:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 After hearing GW at the State Speech I think the hunt for bin hosen is top drawer. I hope they find his spindley ass in some hole. Long beard and all. You know I've got a mighty hate for the pimp.

Posted by Lucky 2004-1-23 1:31:33 AM|| 2004-1-23 1:31:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I tend to doubt all of these rumors that crop up because I recall that this isn't the first time this has happened - there was an earlier rumor that bin Laden or two of his spawn had been captured in Afghanistan that was loudly trumpeted across the airwaves until it turned out to be nothing but smoke.

IMO, if bin Laden were in custody we'd find out about it the same way we do when other top al-Qaeda are nabbed or the way that Saddam Hussein was - through either foreign media reports that are corroborated by statements from our own government or through breaking news on our own news networks.

Also, in all honesty I figure that if bin Laden's alive right now (and I tend to think that he is) he's likely in Iran with his family and top lieutenants and I don't see Iran turning him over peacefully - there's too much of a threat from his followers seeking to avenge his capture and too many people in the Iranian hierarchy that he could implicate for that.

Just my $0.02.

Posted by Dan Darling 2004-1-23 1:38:20 AM|| [http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2004-1-23 1:38:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 oh rubbish, he's not in Iran, he's in the friggin tribal areas of Pakistan, as if after over 2yrs, this amazing link with Iran has just came to light. Doesn't it strike you that this is just a little bit too convenient in helping some people advance their own agendas with regards to Iran? It intrigues me that some people are incapable of dissecting through the tons of bullshit which comes out of official and unofficial sources. You might want check under your bed, I think there's a couple of reds hiding there. While there has been a request for ppl to post factual articles, half of them are still gossip/innuendo and in some cases plain simple wishful thinking.

Posted by Igs 2004-1-23 2:14:42 AM|| 2004-1-23 2:14:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Oldspook sez:"But equally probable that its false."

I agree. I just thought I'd put it out there. Looking at the other articles posted today, these folks might have picked up activity related to this. Who knows.

Igs, there were reports as early as Jan 2002 that bin Laden and Zawahiri were in Iran. The first reports were that they were prisoners, and reports have remained in that veinever since. Iran publicly maintains that they have senior al Qaeda leaders "In custody", whatever that means.

And check out this article from June '02, in which it is asserted that bin Laden was at least planning to pass through. Maybe he stayed?

And apparently the story is older than that, since I found a reference to a similar Sydney Morning Herald piece from Feb 02.

The amazing link to Iran has not just come to light. And there is a difference between what gets posted in white and what gets posted in yellow.

Posted by Pete Stanley 2004-1-23 3:39:55 AM|| 2004-1-23 3:39:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I assume when he's caught, it will be kept secret for as long as possible. Try to get his buddies to phone the main office, etc.

Posted by Anonymous 2004-1-23 9:40:02 AM|| 2004-1-23 9:40:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Ha! Everyone knows we're keeping OBL at a Secure Undisclosed Locationâ¢ so Bush can trot him out at the Republican National Convention. It's all part of the Vast Right Wing ConspiracyÂ©.

That Dubya, he's a doofus and a moron, but he's the evilest, most genuisest chimp out there, ain't he? :p

Posted by 4thInfVet 2004-1-23 10:49:15 AM|| 2004-1-23 10:49:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 OOOOO.... I get this mental picture of Bush's acceptance speech at the GOP convention. The room goes dark while in the spotlight Bush comes out with UBL's head on a pike.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2004-1-23 12:34:16 PM|| 2004-1-23 12:34:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 It's worse than that.He's dead,Jim.Sorry...

Posted by El Id 2004-1-23 12:38:28 PM|| 2004-1-23 12:38:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Drat!!! Do a diagnostic on your tricorder Bones.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2004-1-23 12:44:23 PM|| 2004-1-23 12:44:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 maybe the horda got him.....

Posted by Jarhead 2004-1-23 1:06:58 PM|| 2004-1-23 1:06:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 hmmmm, Horta in Afganistan, I never considered that but it does explain why theres so many damn caves and the acid etched words: "No Kill I" in them.

Posted by Frank Martin 2004-1-23 1:57:53 PM|| 2004-1-23 1:57:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Personally I think he's he's at the wrong end of the dust-to-dust continuum, but it would sure be nice to have a camera on the faces of the Democratic candidates and some selected world leaders at the moment the announcement reaches them. "Yeaarrrgh!"

Posted by Matt 2004-1-23 2:39:08 PM|| 2004-1-23 2:39:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Everyone wants to get in on the act....

"A spoof newsflash by a TV station in Lebanon saying that Osama Bin Laden had been captured in the northern city of Tripoli was taken more seriously than the programme-makers had expected.
Arabic TV stations have aired several 'Bin Laden' tapes. Despite several clues onscreen that the bulletin was a joke, the LBC station was inundated with calls." Bin Laden Hoax Backfires

Posted by Gasse Katze 2004-1-23 4:17:31 PM|| 2004-1-23 4:17:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 He's in a cage in the cellar at the White House. Howard Dean told me. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Posted by tu3031 2004-1-23 8:50:45 PM|| 2004-1-23 8:50:45 PM|| Front Page Top

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