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Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda 'on the run'
Herald Sun ^ | 24 April 2006

Posted on 04/23/2006 4:44:06 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher

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Bin Laden is desperate to appear relevant. He isn't!

BTW, who the hell is Jane Harman?

1 posted on 04/23/2006 4:44:08 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
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It is what Bin Laden didn't say......he didn't mention Iraq.


2 posted on 04/23/2006 4:46:48 PM PDT by Dog (Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.)
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But senior Democrat legislator Jane Harman accused the Bush administration Sunday of letting the Iraq war divert attention from hunting down bin Laden.

Imagine if this were about WWII.

But senior Democrat legislator Jane Harman accused the Roosevelt administration Sunday of letting the war in Europe divert attention from hunting down Hirohito.

3 posted on 04/23/2006 4:48:26 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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Bin Laden is desperate to appear relevant. He isn't!

Nah, he's relevant. Especially in the symbolic sense. Which matters a great deal on the Islamic street. Killing or capturing him will have a big negative psychological effect on them.

It will also have a bit positive effect here in the States and a boost to our guys in uniform as well.

With that said, how the DEM's talk of UBL "still" being alive is nothing but spin and BS. They don't have a clue what they are talking about and they can't be trusted to hold a majority in either branch of Congress. National security is too important to trust them with.

4 posted on 04/23/2006 4:48:58 PM PDT by SevenMinusOne
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He probably just got a desk job with the CIA.


5 posted on 04/23/2006 4:49:07 PM PDT by jwh_Denver (Rain-X is making wiper blades?)
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Harman is the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee (or what passes for the House intelligence committee). She was on Fox News Sunday to talk about intelligence issues and I found her performance appallingly partisan.

As far as Bin Laden goes, he is reduced to issuing tapes several times a year from the Pakistani outback. He is in charge of nothing, controls nothing, has no money, and if he actually tried to contact any world leader of consequence they would drop a dime on his ass so fast. We have destroyed Al Qaeda - just because every two-bit gang of thugs says they are part of Al Qaeda doesn't mean anything.


7 posted on 04/23/2006 4:53:07 PM PDT by KingKenrod
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Most Americans care more about gas going down a quarter than capturing Osama.


8 posted on 04/23/2006 4:56:19 PM PDT by Democratshavenobrains
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It's nice that we're applying pressure to UBL and his goon squad, but after 4+ years maybe its time we inserted 200,000 soldiers and took and held every single village, enclave and cave. I thought we'd have either UBL or Zawahiri or Mullah Omar by now. I sometimes get the feeling we pussy foot around with these troglodytes.


9 posted on 04/23/2006 4:58:27 PM PDT by navyguy
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California liberal representative, heiress to the Harman/Kardon audio dynasty.


10 posted on 04/23/2006 5:00:38 PM PDT by Buck W. (Avoid Evian Flu--Don't Drink Bottled Water.)
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Getting the guy who pulled the trigger would be nice, but getting the guy behind him is pretty nice too. We got Saddam. That, believe it or not, was number one. We'll get his side-kick sooner or later.


11 posted on 04/23/2006 5:04:23 PM PDT by marron
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I wish the White House would button up about catching Bin Laden. They have failed countless times so far, and they should assume they'll fail many more times.


12 posted on 04/23/2006 5:05:07 PM PDT by secretagent
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She looks to me like the old dried up gas bad thrice divoced sitting drunk at the end of the bar.


13 posted on 04/23/2006 5:06:55 PM PDT by John W
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Bin Laden called on Muslim fighters to go to Sudan to wage war against "crusader thieves"



So that more Arab muslim fighters can rape the Christian Sudani women?
14 posted on 04/23/2006 5:10:49 PM PDT by LoudRepublicangirl (loudrepublicangirl)
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Bump!


15 posted on 04/23/2006 5:13:38 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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while i am certain that he will be caught and brought to justice, i am equally glad that he must look over his shoulder day and night to make sure he is safe.. one day he was on top of the world thinking he's brought the US down but since then he just runs and runs and runs ... stress is a slow poison


16 posted on 04/23/2006 5:19:50 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (Tolerance is the last virtue of a depraved society.)
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Ive heard rumors that Al Qaeda is preparing to leave Iraq. They know they cant win and have decided to shift to Sudan.


17 posted on 04/23/2006 5:21:09 PM PDT by georgia2006
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Shhhhh, don't tell jane harmon and other dems but this bad dude has been on the run for 20 years (even under some democrat administrations) and he has a hefty bounty on his head,too:

Imad Mugniyeh

"Mugniyeh is on the FBI’s “Most Wanted Terrorists” list for his role in a series of high-profile attacks against the West, including the 1985 hijacking of a TWA jet and murder of one of its passengers, a US navy diver.

Now in his mid-forties, Mugniyeh is reported to have travelled with Ahmadinejad in January this year from Tehran to Damascus, where the Iranian president met leaders of Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas."

More at link

18 posted on 04/23/2006 5:27:19 PM PDT by Donna Lee Nardo (+++ DEATH TO ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND ANIMAL AND CHILD ABUSERS +++)
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SUDAN? WT ...?

He might has well have said: "Take the fight to Ethiopia, my brothers! Make the Americans PAY!"

19 posted on 04/23/2006 6:04:20 PM PDT by manwiththehands ("'Rule of law'? We don't need no stinkin' rule of law! We want AMNESTY, muchacho!")
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Actually I think this is their fall back line. They are bailing from Iraq and Afghanistan. Iran (or Syria) will be next so they need to regroup somewhere. With only African Union forces there they are on better terms. Once they are committed and we see the bulk of their resources shifting, we will be able to choke them off there as well.
20 posted on 04/23/2006 7:25:33 PM PDT by NAVY84
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