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CIA: Bin Laden In Pakistan Establishing New Camps (Surprise!!)
2007-02-28
In a story as surprising as the left wing dominated National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences voting the Chixie Twits grammys, or the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voting Al Bore an Oscar for his anti-science "movie"...

In the most definitive statement in years, America's top intelligence official said Tuesday Osama bin laden is in Pakistan actively re-establishing al Qaeda training camps.
Duh!

The newly appointed Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell made the assertion about bin Laden and his No. 2 man, Ayman al Zawahri, in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Referring to Pakistan's rugged tribal area, McConnell said "to the best of our knowledge that the senior leadership, No. 1 and No. 2, are there, and they are attempting to re-establish and rebuild and to establish training camps."
but we have no stomach to do what needs to be done...so we would rather talk around it while brave Americans die, and left wing moonbat senators/congrssmen beat us to death.

Until now, U.S. intelligence officials had declined to publicly identify, with such certainty, the location of bin Laden although he has long been suspected of hiding in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan.
long suspected my ***. We have known where he is for a long time. we just don't want to admit it, because it would require decisive, unpopular (on the arab street and among moonbats) action.

McConnell's testimony came the day after the CIA deputy director, Stephen R. Kappes, flew to Pakistan to confront President Pervez Musharaff with "compelling" evidence that new al Qaeda training camps were being established on Pakistani territory.
President Musharaff...Do you know there are AQ training camps in the Wazoo? Do you know Bin Ladin is hiding there? No? Oh, OK.

U.S. officials would not describe the evidence in any detail, but people in the intelligence community have speculated recently that the CIA may have obtained surveillance photos of either bin Laden or Zawahri in Pakistan.
Double Duh!! and satellites and UAV's. Triple Duh!!!

McConnell's public testimony was followed by a closed, secret session with senators.
Is Leaky Leay there? We have to arc-light the wazoo. Play to win and piss on the rest. It's America and American lives at stake.

Posted by:anymouse

#5  Referring to Pakistan's rugged tribal area, McConnell said "to the best of our knowledge that the senior leadership, No. 1 and No. 2, are there, and they are attempting to re-establish and rebuild and to establish training camps."

Actually, going on this single DIRECT quote, who knows if he's talkin' about binny and Blinky? I believe they're both dead, and just some borgs are runnin' around Paki-Waki now. Notice how we always seem to grab AQ's (or the Talibunnies') "#2 or #3 man" in the press, without any specific names? It's cause they're getting replaced so fast, they can't upload the new guys' name before he's off'd. And, we're not even to the dreaded Taliban Spring Offensive™ yet, lol!
Posted by: BA   2007-02-28 15:03  

#4  OBL is NOT there, Why? because 25 mil is well within Perv's "Buy" range.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-02-28 14:47  

#3  49Pan...I hear you, but that's not how we work. It's how Isreal and Mossad works, but not the US.

I believe we are scared that we would upset the delicate balance in Pakistan, getting Perv's cap popped, and put nukes with delivery vehicles in the hands of the radical elements in Pakistan. That would potentially scare the Indians into doing someting irrational, and throw the ME into even dealier chaos.

Especially now with a conflicted Congress, and a lame duck. Just MHO.
Posted by: anymouse   2007-02-28 14:11  

#2  I could buy the statement that there are camps in Paki land. But to say OBL is there and operating is questionable. If we knew he was there and we had proof he was there and operating Perv would find out the same way the rest of the world would, by the rockets and bombs. We would not wait one second before striking his ass, let alone inform Perv so his deputies could warn OBL.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2007-02-28 13:07  

#1  When are we going to realise that Perv and his funders in Saudi are our biggest Sunni Threat!!!!!
Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608   2007-02-28 11:30  

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