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2004-02-21

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Posted by Rawsnacks 2004-02-21 12:02:41 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Please let this not be bullsh-t

Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2004-2-21 12:13:57 PM|| [http://brighterfuture.blogspot.com] 2004-2-21 12:13:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I think I'd wait for six or seven corroborating stories...

Posted by Fred 2004-2-21 12:17:34 PM|| 2004-2-21 12:17:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I think I'll wait until I see footage of his dental exam.

Posted by Rawsnacks 2004-2-21 12:19:06 PM|| 2004-2-21 12:19:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 here's article 2 from drudge:

http://www.sundaytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,9353,8752173-28778,00.html

but I wanna see it on fox or cnn etc before I start getting excited.

Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2004-2-21 12:24:30 PM|| [http://brighterfuture.blogspot.com] 2004-2-21 12:24:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Based on the lack of coverage on the Kerry thing, CNN and MSNBC may wait until they bring Binny down on the floor of a joint session of Congress.

Posted by Tim 2004-2-21 12:26:45 PM|| 2004-2-21 12:26:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 very interesting this, damn hope this could be true and i have a sneaking feeling this just may well be true, theres been alot of shit going on with the Paks in the mountins hasn't there and the US forces seem to be at least ramping up toward a spring offensive, I'm wondering could the 'spring offensive have actually began properly about 3 - 6 weeks ago but done so well so as not to draw any media near. Any thoughts?

Posted by Jon Shep U.K 2004-2-21 12:28:17 PM|| 2004-2-21 12:28:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 If this is true, someone needs to read all the principles of warfare by Von Clausewitz. Perhaps the "....well-placed ~~idiot~~ intelligence source" in Washington, can arrange for a satellite feed of all the SF positions into OBL's cave. Wouldn't won't to surprise the dear man.

Posted by GK 2004-2-21 12:29:59 PM|| 2004-2-21 12:29:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 And in related ~~salt~~ news...

Posted by Rawsnacks 2004-2-21 12:31:29 PM|| 2004-2-21 12:31:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 another...

http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,8754564%255E401,00.html

Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2004-2-21 12:37:57 PM|| [http://brighterfuture.blogspot.com] 2004-2-21 12:37:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 From the liberal media paranoia angle, could this story be a plant by the press to either alert BL or to set expectations at an absurdly high level that we are going to get him. If Bush fails then he looks like a boob.

Posted by Anonymous 2004-2-21 12:46:33 PM|| 2004-2-21 12:46:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 No, Anon - It's a conspiracy to sell papers.

Posted by Rawsnacks 2004-2-21 12:48:49 PM|| 2004-2-21 12:48:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 This does match with what one of our top Generals was saying a few months ago. He said something to the effect that we were within months of catching Binny.

Posted by Dragon Fly 2004-2-21 1:08:44 PM|| 2004-2-21 1:08:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 MOAB the area he's in then let the troops attack while Binny and the boys are still wondering what the fucks going on

Posted by Jon Shep U.K 2004-2-21 1:20:27 PM|| 2004-2-21 1:20:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 That's fine with me Jon. The soldiers just need to remember that we require the head for "recreational" purposes.

Posted by Charles 2004-2-21 1:25:40 PM|| 2004-2-21 1:25:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 a head would be cool on the bayonet of an M-16, I can see it on the front pages now. For me though just a shread of flesh to get his DNA would be nice enough, wait no he could just lose a limb and we'd think hes dead - then a quadraplegic Binny video turns up. Seriously though i'm betiing AC-130's,Predetor UCAV's, and A-10's for the airforce element, Delta or Seals backed up by say a few hundred rangers all delivered by 160th and AFSOC heli's and Hercs, think on the lines of the whole 'spider hole' incident in Iraq and then add Spec forces and heavy airpower. I just hope the Army has a few camera men there to film the raid.

Posted by Jon Shep U.K 2004-2-21 1:34:43 PM|| 2004-2-21 1:34:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Dragon Fly - I think that was a congressman (senator?)

Posted by Frank G 2004-2-21 1:50:04 PM|| 2004-2-21 1:50:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Correct, the US general in question and Rummsfeld (GO RUMMY,GO RUMMY) himself where somewhat more cautious when questioned about the subject, that being said, the fact that the "chatter" on this subject has steadily increased over the past couple of months in combination with the fact that Perv feels more "inclined" recently to go after the Pashtun-tribes in the area where Binnie is supposed to be hiding, leaves me somewhat optimistic that we will see the end of the saga of Bin hiding pretty soon.

Posted by Evert Visser 2004-2-21 2:07:01 PM|| [http://chinditz.blog-city.com/] 2004-2-21 2:07:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 We've got him?

Posted by Marlin 2004-2-21 2:59:18 PM|| 2004-2-21 2:59:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Yes, and he's right tasty.

Posted by Anaconda 2004-2-21 3:00:10 PM|| 2004-2-21 3:00:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 If this is true then lets just hope Bush goes sooner than later. The closer to the election and the dems will be crying about how Bush cost lives by waiting to capture him for political reasons.

Posted by Dan 2004-2-21 3:00:50 PM|| 2004-2-21 3:00:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 glurg

Posted by Jim 2004-2-21 3:01:02 PM|| 2004-2-21 3:01:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 Okay, I'm on the record for dead. If he's still alive and recently killed/ captured I'll hit the bat for Fredo... $50. Send news.

Posted by Shipman 2004-2-21 3:10:40 PM|| 2004-2-21 3:10:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 I just checked and my Acme Ululator is still on the shelf where I put it, packed in cosmolene, right next to my Ship-2-Shore cleaning agent. I am not cleaning it up until we have confirmed capture, road kill DNA, etc. It took alot of work to pickle it after Sammy's capture.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-2-21 3:28:46 PM|| 2004-2-21 3:28:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 The rational part of my brain is telling me this is tabloid baloney. The irrational part of my brain is calculating the cost of buying a blowtorch and shipping it to the Special Forces.

Posted by Matt 2004-2-21 3:36:09 PM|| 2004-2-21 3:36:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 Just the head all we need is just the head so we can stick it on a pike in front of the White House.Then invite SA,Syria and Iran heads of state to the White House to walk past it.

Posted by djohn66 2004-2-21 5:05:48 PM|| 2004-2-21 5:05:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#26 I hope OBL's still alive so that he can repent.

"Oh, that's it. They're just gonna capture him because there's an election coming up..."

That's ecactly what Dhimmicratic Underground is saying.

Posted by Korora 2004-2-21 7:05:46 PM|| [http://basementburrow.blogspot.com] 2004-2-21 7:05:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#27 I hope the spring offensive will be successful. Have you seen the documentary, I Met Osama bin Laden?

Posted by Martin Lindeskog 2004-2-21 8:07:43 PM|| [http://egoist.blogspot.com/] 2004-2-21 8:07:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#28 well eviserating binnie would be nice--but he was always just a fame seeking financier and logistics guy--we need to disembowel the REAL brains behind al queda which is al zawahiri and his egyptian islamic jihad minions --they're the real terror strategists--get tojo--not just the emperor!!

Posted by SON OF TOLUI 2004-2-21 10:54:32 PM|| 2004-2-21 10:54:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#29 Dead. But identifiable.

Saves the expense and idiocy of a trial, and shuts up morons like Ramsey Clark.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-2-21 10:55:17 PM|| 2004-2-21 10:55:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#30 Just throwing my two cents on the table. All the above. I thought the last state address was heavy on the OBL is next context. If they get the perp lets have a quick trial. Forbid the punk any words.

Posted by Lucky 2004-2-21 10:57:11 PM|| 2004-2-21 10:57:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#31 The thing that worries me is that even if Osama gets killed or captured in any circumstance, people in the US (quite possibly a large chunk of people), will think the war on terror is over. I personally don't think it can be even if we get Osama, there are still his backers and funders out there.

Posted by Valentine 2004-2-21 11:09:51 PM|| 2004-2-21 11:09:51 PM|| Front Page Top

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