Are they insinuating he may still be alive?
That’s what it sounds like. I just read another article that said that they left in a hurry as the army advanced. Rifles, ammunition, etc.
I think the importance is that they are getting close to Al Quaeda as they advance. My hope is that US gave them the bearings toward Bin Laden. (I know, good fantasy, huh?)
Doesn't matter. The Dept of State will issue him a new one...
Yeah, he’s alive, but he was a plotter, not a hijacker.
Upate: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6896210.ece
The battle for Shawangai lasted several days. “They were ferocious fighters and we had to battle hard to capture the village,” Lieutenant-Colonel Inam Rashid, the commanding officer who led the assault, said. His men had killed some of the militants but many others had escaped. Bahaji’s fate was unknown.
Another officer said: “We do not know whether he was killed or fled.”