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| Pakistan: Binny died a broke has-been |
| 2011-05-07 |
| ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military paints a different picture than the United States of Osama bin Laden’s final days: far from the terror mastermind still trying to strike America, he’s seen as an aging terrorist hiding in barren rooms, short of money and struggling to maintain his grip on al Qaeda. But the CIA is saying he was in touch with key members of al Qaeda, playing a strong role in planning and directing attacks by al Qaeda and its affiliates in Yemen and Somalia, senior US officials said Friday, citing documents found during the Monday morning raid in which bin Laden was killed. Disputes over money between bin Laden and his No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, led the group to split into two factions five or six years ago, with the larger faction controlled by al-Zawahri, according to two senior Pakistani military officials. Bin Laden was ”cash strapped” in his final days, they said. The image coming out of Washington based on information seized from bin Laden’s compound was far different. It shows that bin Laden was a lot more involved in directing al Qaeda personnel and operations than sometimes thought over the last decade, officials said. And it suggests bin Laden was ”giving strategic direction” to al Qaeda affiliates in Somalia and Yemen, one defense official said. A weak bin Laden would make Pakistan’s failure to unearth his hiding place in Abbottabad, a military town just two-and-a-half hours’ drive from the capital, seem less of a glaring embarrassment, while a menacing bin Laden would make the US Navy SEAL raid that killed him a greater triumph. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #16 Moose: I told Mrs. Besoeker that photo was NEVER to be released!!! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-05-07 22:46 |
| #15 LOL only for stolen lines. And your popcorn, of course! |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2011-05-07 22:41 |
| #14 Very good, EC! Perhaps you could be Rantburg's Poet Laureate? :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-05-07 21:05 |
| #13 "You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it" |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2011-05-07 19:52 |
| #12 heh moose |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-05-07 19:46 |
| #11 |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-05-07 19:40 |
| #10 Osama Bin Laden writing the words of a fatwa that no one will hear No one comes near. Look at him working. Darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there What does he care ? All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong? |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2011-05-07 19:29 |
| #9 Eichmann wasn't exactly a mover & shaker when captured either. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-05-07 14:31 |
| #8 Nobody mentioned about how when they caught OBL, he was cross dressed as Barbra Steisand, with as much makeup as Tammy Fae Bakker, and doing karaoke of "Mad About The Boy", surrounded by Michael Jackson posters, while drinking gin from a bottle and sobbing, in his home fern bar/discotheque. Nor that several SEALs had to be treated for severe homophobia PTSD. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-05-07 11:29 |
| #7 Apparently the AQ executive retirement plan is not so hot-so. Love the photos of OBL's crumbling $1million "mansion" -- which was built just a few years ago. Just so hard to get good help in Pakistan. And how SEALs dropped right into Paki's ring of steel military. Just so hard to get good help in Pakistan. And it took the US to ensure a proper funeral. Hope they flushed twice. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2011-05-07 08:29 |
| #6 Looking at all of the OBL protests the majority were in Pakistan. Afghanistan/Iraq is not the problem PAKISTAN IS! |
| Posted by: Angeretle Snore6772 2011-05-07 08:09 |
| #5 This will still not save you Zawahri, or you you bastard Mullah Omar. You all shall reap what you have sowed you filthy swine. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-05-07 01:16 |
| #4 PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > PAKISTANI SHIITES KILLED IN SUSPECTED [Sunni]MILITANT ATTACK. Pro-Al-Qaeda Group LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI [LeJ] suspected of carrying out anti-Shiite attack. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-05-07 01:12 |
| #3 PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM >PAKISTAN REUFESE TO TURN OVER BIN LADEN'S YOUNG BRIDE [Amal al-Sadah = Yemeni] TO THE US. * TOPIX > BIN LADEN"S YOUNG BRIDE COST US$5000.0. ARTIC = Amal's marriage to OBL when she was 18 years-old meant to expound Osama's ties to YEMEN. * TOPIX > [Afghan] TALIBAN SAY BIN LADEN DEATH WILL ONLY ENCOURAGE [more] WAR. No likely changes to the waging of Jihad. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-05-07 00:44 |
| #2 Doubt it - IMO its more likely Osama's Pakistani protectors had demanded he + family, etal. live that way to minimize or dispel suspicions + detection from a mix of threats, as besides the US-NATO Osama was also at risk from THIRD-PARTY MUSLIM, OTHER ANTAGONISTS. ISLAMABAD MAY HAD REFRAINED FROM GIVING OSAMA ANY SORT OF COVERT = DISGUISED MIL PROTECTION UNTIL HE AGREED TO DO IT THEIR WAY, TO PROTECT PAKISTAN'S DIPLOMATIC, MEDIA BUTT. As for Osama possibly quarreling wid AYMAN ZAWAHIRI, I'LL HAVE TO HEAR IT FROM AYMAN ZAWAHIRI HIMSELF OR OTHER SELECT CLOSE SOURCES- I won't believe Osama + Ayman were quarreling until I do. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-05-07 00:22 |
| #1 No mention of the fact OBL had to be aware the USA was spending millions & employing thousands to track him down & kill him every since 2001. No mention that this might have weakened his grip just a wee little bit. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-05-07 00:18 |