Posted on 09/03/2004 3:39:59 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
A U.S. counterterrorism official said here Friday that nearly 75 percent of the al-Qaida terror network’s senior leadership has been eliminated and the capture of its fugitive chief, Osama bin Laden, is closer than ever.
Cofer Black, U.S. State Department coordinator for counterterrorism, told a select group of journalists that the arrests of hundreds of al-Qaida activists and members of its top hierarchy by Pakistan have brought the arrest of bin Laden closer.
“If you are asking if we are close to getting OBL, the answer is yes,” he said, when asked whether the large-scale arrests are leading to the capture of bin Laden, the prime suspect in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.
“Our president (George W. Bush) has said we will arrest Osama bin Laden. It is guaranteed,” he said, adding it could happen tomorrow, in a week or a month from now.
Black, a former CIA agent, spoke after attending a meeting between Pakistani and U.S. officials on counterterrorism, in which they discussed matters relating to terrorism, narcotics and capacity building in the two fields.
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But Kerry could have arrested him better.
The funniest thing is that Kerry can't use the non-capture against Bush because if he says "Bush can't find Osama" and then we get OBL, Kerry is even more sunk than he was previously.
It does tell you a lot, though, when the Democrats are over there hoping that:
etc etc etc
Bush's final triumph over Kerry will be when Kerry's frustration leads him to publicly insinuate that the capture of OBL was timed for the election. What were the Democrats thinking when they picked that loser to run against Bush?
...After which the Dems will spread a story about Osama's young adult DUI arrest.
If we don't want what happened in Russia to happen in America, BIN LADEN MUST BE KILLED not merely arrested.
Kerry's arrests are typically more sensitive.
*checks calendar* Yep, right on schedule for the October 17th arrest.
If he really does get arrested then, I swear it was just a lucky guess! ;-)
I'm not sure which I would prefer to happen first.
Uh oh, Madeline Halfwit was right. Bush's October surprise. LoL! BWwwwaaaaaaa...
"Kerry's arrests are typically more sensitive."
And he would be sure to get UN approval before arresting OBL.
We would probably end up paying raparations to the Taliban.
if they get him i will probably pee in my pants. i think that is the only news that could get me to pee in my pants from happiness and shock
This will most certainly be Bush's fault.
"it could happen tomorrow, in a week or a month from now."
I vote for a month from now. October surprise.
Personally, I think next Saturday would be the perfect day to trot out OBL! Talk about your closure...
Do you know what time?
Mark Steyn thinks so, and it's never too risky to agree with the brilliant Mr. Steyn.
Besides, OBL has had enormous incentives over the last three years to show his good health to the world and encourage young jihadis to join him against the Great Satan. The very existence of his organization depended on successful recruitment at a critical juncture in his self-declared war on the West. Young men need an icon, a living icon, that they can follow into battle. Nevertheless in all this time OBL has declined to prove he still lives. The only convincing reason for that is -- he's dead.
Can we put panties on his head?
Call me when we get him.
Oh that tall guy in the barn was that him?
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