Bin Laden by Election Day? New push (warning/graphic)

[babylonsister]

Bin Laden by Election Day? New push
"Why wasn't this done a year ago?'' one of NPR's sources asks of new push.
Posted September 12, 2008 7:00 PM



President Bush put his arm around firefighter Bob Beckwith atop the debris of the World Trade Center and declared, with his bullhorn, that America would answer the call of those who had torn down these buildings. Seven years later, al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is still at large. (AP Photo by Doug Mills)
The Swamp

by Mark Silva


The helicopter-born U.S. Special Operations raid in Pakistan last week was not an isolated incident "but part of a three-phase plan, approved by President Bush, to strike at Osama bin Laden and top al-Qaeda leadership'' at the end of Bush's term, National Public Radio is reporting, citing well-placed sources.

"The plan calls for a much more aggressive military campaign, said one source, familiar with the presidential order, which gives the green light for the military to take part in the operations,'' NPR reports. "The plan represents an 11th-hour effort by the Bush administration to hammer al-Qaeda before leaving office.''

"Definitely, the gloves have come off," said one of two sources cited in the report, who has been briefed on the plan. "This was only Phase 1 of three phases."

Pentagon and White House officials have declined to discuss the new plan.
"The intelligence community already had approval from the president to carry out operations inside Pakistan, which included attacks by Predator drones, which can carry 100-pound Hellfire missiles,'' NPR reports of a dispatch on All Things Considered this evening from correspondents Tom Gjelten and Tom Bowman.

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[gypsylud]

1. I heard they want Bin Laden by election day.