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| Bergen believes bin Laden's hiding in a Pakistani city or Azad Kashmir |
| 2004-09-05 |
| Osama Bin Laden is more likely to be hiding either in a Pakistani city or somewhere in the mountains of Azad Kashmir, according to an investigation done by Peter Bergen, a leading expert on terrorism. The results of his investigation that took him to Pakistan and Afghanistan where he conducted a large number of interviews with a cross-section of people are the basis of a long article that appears in the current issue of the American magazine Atlantic Monthly. Bergen, who is also the CNN expert on terrorism and a professor at the Johns Hopkins University, writes, "The conventional wisdom now, of course, is that tracking bin Laden down won't make much of a difference to the larger war on terrorism anyway." The movement will carry on whatever bin Laden's fate. He disagrees with that view and argues that it would be "dangerously wrong" to assume that it doesn't really matter whether he is apprehended. Bergen writes, "Finding bin Laden remains of utmost importance for three reasons. First, there is the matter of justice for the 3,000 people who died in the 9/11 attacks, and for the hundreds of other victims of Al Qaeda attacks around the world. Second, every day that bin Laden remains at liberty is a propaganda victory for Al Qaeda. Third, although bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri don't exert day-to-day control over Al Qaeda, according to Roger Cressey, a former senior U.S. counter-terrorism official, they do continue to supply 'broad strategic guidance' for the group's actions, and for those of its affiliates." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #10 Prolly healing up clitorectomyis painful. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-05 9:28:49 PM |
| #9 I'm not going to believe binny's alive until I see a new video that is easy to date. Bitch is worm-food. Speaking of bitches and worm-food, where's Gentle haven't heard her here to explain the murder of all those children in Russia by the Religion of piece |
| Posted by: AllahHateMe 2004-09-05 9:11:41 PM |
| #8 Bergen is out there chasing goats for pleasure. To each there own, I guess. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-09-05 8:27:01 PM |
| #7 More Disinformation, in my opinion. They are trying awfully hard to flush him into moving or acting too soon, making a mistake. Who knows, it may actually cause him to make a mistake that gets him captured or killed. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-09-05 12:03:03 PM |
| #6 Here's another reason to not capture Bin Ladin. Suppose we have a mole in bin ladin's inner circle. Which is better? 1. milk bin ladin's info for everything its worth as long as the mole's id is dark or 2. capture bin ladin I think #1 |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-09-05 11:36:51 AM |
| #5 Better than you or me capt America. At least he is out there where the action is and we are here f--- tapping our F--- key boards. Luck bastard!! Dave |
| Posted by: Dave 2004-09-05 9:59:24 AM |
| #4 Roger Cressey, isn't he the love mate of Richard Clarke? The gang who couldn't shoot straight? |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-09-05 9:25:14 AM |
| #3 I can't stand Peter Bergen, such a pompous a-hole with impeccacble 20/20 hindsight vision. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-09-05 9:23:51 AM |
| #2 U.S. Near Seizing bin Laden, Official Says "If he has a watch, he should be looking at it because the clock is ticking. He will be caught," Joseph Cofer Black, the U.S. State Department coordinator for counterterrorism, told private Geo television network. either Joe knows something, or he's looking to be replaced... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-05 8:07:09 AM |
| #1 Mr Bergen is basically a reporter. He has some academic credentials, has traveled extensively in the area (he interviewed Bin Laden in 1997), done a TV show for Discovery, facilitated some Univ stuff, probably got a few consultant gigs. However, I'm sure he doesn't know diddly about the tactical situation. Personnally, I with the CW on this. Bin L and Zawahiri's 'broad strategic guidance' are almost meaningless given the fact that the thousands of cells have functional independance. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-09-05 7:17:42 AM |