Osama's days are numbered, says US military

[Judi Lynn]

Osama's days are numbered, says US military

February 25 2004 at 11:39AM



By Mike Collett-White

Kabul - Time is running out for Osama bin Laden, the United States military said on Wednesday, as American and Pakistani forces ratchet up operations against al-Qaeda and Taliban militants along the Afghan-Pakistan frontier.

In the latest statement of growing confidence that al-Qaeda's mastermind and other senior militant figures will be captured or killed soon, the US military in Afghanistan spoke of "renewed urgency" in hunting down key terror figures.

"If we knew where Osama bin Laden was we'd already have him," Lieutenant Colonel Matt Beevers told a news briefing in Kabul, referring to recent reports that the world's most wanted man had been located on Pakistan's side of the border.

But he added: "We feel that really the sands in this guy's hourglass are running out."
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[Old and In the Way]

1. Why do I think the "proof" will be some DNA analysis?

[Corticoline]

2. It's just a matter of time before our elite forces get him

The U.S. military is second to none!

[Zhade]

4. The corporate media is doing their job well, prepping us for the capture.

This is such a set-up it's not even funny. I wonder, will they find ObL in a "spider hole" just like the actually-captured-by-the-Kurds-and-handed-over-to-us-for-a-photo-op Saddam?

[leftchick]

5. if he is caught he will be handed over to the US Elite forces....

by the Pakistani military. How hard is that?.... :eyes:

[kcwayne]

6. Yeah, they are great at killing a bunch of innocent people

that had nothing to do with 9/11, the Taliban occupation of Afghanistan, the bombing of the USS Cole, and the bombing of the embassies in Africa.

and while they did do a good job of leveling the Chinese Embassy by mistake, they haven't managed to get the numbnuts responsible for all those atrocities, have they?

The old saying goes when the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Picking off terrorists is an inapprpriate mission for stealth fighters, attack helicopters, carpet bombing, and cruise missles. Its too expensive and creates a whole lot of collateral damage that creates more terrorists.

Getting Bin Laden is a job for the CIA and George Washingtons.

[Old and In the Way]

12. Absolutely right!

While we are banrupting the country feeding the corporate welfare MIC, we are exposed on the only real threat to America, random terrorist-criminal bombings.

I hope Kerry or Edwards really overhauls the federal budget and redefines the budget debate: what'll it be folks? Higher taxes or an overhaul of the Pentagon budget, to balance the deficit. Can't have both, the Republicans under Bush took that option away.

And it would be a damn safer world for doing it too.

[0007]

9. The Commander in Chief is the worse!

[saigon68]

10. That's why we already WON the War??

Get real

It's that one person in a hundred or so.

Who has been pushed too far--who is joining forces with others of a like mind. People who have been exiled, debased and humbled. Their relatives maimed, their children murdered, their houses destroyed.

They are not about to be pushed around any more. In their own way they are going to get even.

God help the 19 year old private from Topeka who meets up with these people in a narrow alley or some badlands setting.

Elite forces my ass

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[argyl]

13. So is their budget..

xx

[xchrom]

16. getting obl is what we should have done

from the get-go.
instead we have endless war and endless deficits with the military eating far more of the budget than it has a right to.

[FlashHarry]

21. The Brits basically had him in Tora Bora...

...but the 'elite' US forces told them to back off so they could get him. Of course, he absconded in the mean time. Nice.

By the way, the Brits were there because they had high-elevation experience. Apparently, they were astounded at how ill-prepared the Yanks were for the operation. Elite, indeed.

US spec. ops are deservedly very highly rated, especially the Seals and Rangers, but they aren't the be-all, end-all in the SF game. Humility is a virtue, pal.

[niceypoo]

22. Weve heard it all before.

"The noose is tightening around Bin Laden" "We know where he is" etc, etc. Its more war for political reasons

[radwriter0555]

28. LOL that's right, it's REAL HARD and REAL ELITE to catch a DEAD

guy!

ROFLMAO!

OBL has been dead since December of 2001. I beg ANYONE to offer up one iota of proof otherwise.

Hell there was a freakin funeral announcement in the paper.

[pinniped]

3. And where did all this confidence come from?

n/t

[muchacho]

7. Like Saddam

I'll be glade when they get Osama, but just like when they picked up our other ex-allie Saddam, it will be met with a "cool...so what?"

I don't think it will get the tactical bump Rove desires. Not a sustained one in light of all the lies.

[Devils Advocate NZ]

8. The headline is a tad misleading...

This is the sentence that supposedly justifies the headline:

"We feel that really the sands in this guy's hourglass are running out."

But this is the REAL story:

"If we knew where Osama bin Laden was we'd already have him,"

If they have no idea where he is, how can they know his time is running out? They don't. That first sentence is just the spin they are trying to put on the fact that they STILL have no idea where he is, and probably will NEVER catch him, especially the way they are going about it.

In fact this is the whole reason why the so-called "War on Terrorism" is doomed to failure. Just think how hard it is to find a wanted criminal in the US alone. Now expand this "manhunt" to half the globe, especially in regions occupied by hostile forces, and tell me, how are you supposed to find ONE MAN?

By now, Bin Laden could be in Chechnya, or Kosovo, or any of a number of other countries. It's an almost impossible task. In fact, consider the search for leading Nazis that escaped after WWII. That went on for DECADES and still some have never been found.

[Old and In the Way]

14. Not that we're out of Saudi Arabia, it wouldn't surprise me in the

least that OBL's back in his old stomping grounds.

[psychopomp]

15. 210+, give or take

at least, that's how many days until October by my calander.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

18. Haven't we heard this before from the very same people?

[BiggJawn]

19. Yeah, about 15,000...

If they don't bring him out on a slab or in irons this Hallowe'en, they will NEVER find him.

Plan "B"..."Ah cain't step down as pResident, Ah haven't finished mah job yet!"

[The Stranger]

23. How about this?

Bin Laden commits suicide and cannot be captured by the Re-elect Bush Campaign to be paraded in front of the cameras. Bin Laden's cohorts bury him where he can't be found until after the election.

No more Bin Laden. No more Bush.

Everything is coming up roses.

[Teaser]

24. How can Bin Laden still be alive?

Seriously, how can a man who requires frequent kidney dialysis survive in the mountainous wilds of Pakistan?

[radwriter0555]

29. LOL he can't. He died in December 2001, there was a FUNERAL

announcement in the english pravda.

This is the bush regime wagging the bin laden.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

25. I've said it before and I'll say it again.

He's probably stashed in freezer somewhere. They'll pull him out when the Disaster Monkey's numbers tank even more.

[hyphenate]

26. Yeah, right on time, I'm sure

>>>>>>>>>>>>Time is running out for Osama bin Laden, the United States military said on Wednesday, as American and Pakistani forces ratchet up operations against al-Qaeda and Taliban militants along the Afghan-Pakistan frontier.<<<<<<<<<<<<

Yeah, figure right around October 1 for the announcement that he's been caught. That'll give the chimp enough time to capitalize on the capture and raise his numbers for a month later in time for the election. A couple of days ago, several of the groups (OTHER than American) said they pretty much knew where he was holed up. If that's the case, they'll do what they did with Hussein, and just hold him undercover until the time is exactly right to tell the world that they've "captured him."

Eight months and eight days to the election, and counting............

[Claire Beth]

27. can you say "October surprise"???? n/t