August 6, 2004

SHHHHHHH...WE DON'T "FIND" HIM UNTIL OCTOBER...:

Pakistan chasing fresh leads on al-Qaeda hideouts (Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad, Rohit Jaggi in London, and Guy Dinmore in Washington, August 6 2004, Financial Times)

Pakistan has uncovered fresh evidence as to where al-Qaeda leaders may be hiding along its border with Afghanistan, senior Pakistani officials said on Friday.

The information comes in part from the computer files of Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan, alias Abu Talha, a young Pakistani computer engineer allegedly involved with running an email communication system for al-Qaeda leaders. It has led investigators to focus on at least three previously undetected sites. Initial Pakistani reconnaissance suggests that 50-70 heavily armed guards are at each location, indicating the likely presence of senior al-Qaeda figures.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 6, 2004 6:50 PM
Comments

Nice operational security. If this is even remotely true, I sure hope that by the time Pakistani forces get to these locations they find "Uncle Sam was here" calling cards...

Posted by: brian at August 6, 2004 6:54 PM

Osama is probably in Iran. We'll find him in 2005-6.

Posted by: pj at August 6, 2004 7:21 PM

If you believe the more paranoid on the left, he's tied up in a burlap sack and hidden behind a horse troft somewhere near Crawford just waiting for unveiling after the final debate this fall...

Posted by: John at August 6, 2004 8:06 PM

John - No wonder Bush has had so many biking accidents at Crawford!

Posted by: pj at August 6, 2004 8:13 PM

Actually, he's driving a cab in Toronto, while waiting for his asylum request to be processed.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at August 6, 2004 8:39 PM

PJ - we won't find him in Iran if Kerry is elected because he won't look.

Posted by: AWW at August 6, 2004 9:04 PM

I heard the lefty rumor that the president has Osama stashed somewhere waiting for an October surprise and thought, "Wow if he has his sh*t together that well, I definately want to keep Bush in power!" Actually, I kind of hope Osama gets found in October just to drive the conspiracy wackjobs bonkers.

Posted by: Governor Breck at August 6, 2004 9:12 PM

My dad thinks we'll find OBL within a week.

When that happens, I suggest we start gathering spectators and hawking cheap trinkets. Yes, it's time for a PUBLIC HANGING AT GROUND ZERO!!!

Posted by: Matt Murphy at August 7, 2004 3:19 AM
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