[LS]

OBL is vaporized by the Tora Bora bombing. What we have here is a brilliant strategery by Bush/Powell to, sort of like a reverse "El Cid," keep him alive to a) maintain war focus and b) personalize the AQ-Iraq link.

This is so beautiful: if idiots like Frau Albright say that "Powell's case on Iraq was the weakest part" of his presentation, she now looks like more of a fool. On the other hand, if Al-Jazeera and the other OBL mouthpieces say, "Wait this isn't OBL," we can blow their cover as frauds in the other so-called OBL tape "sightings."

Either way, if "this" OBL is "real," then he is on record as linking AQ and Iraq, so if he gets coverage, it makes Bush/Powell's point. If they don't cover it, the slight forces OBL (if alive) to come out in person to say "Hey, I'm alive."

[glock rocks]

If they don't cover it, the slight forces OBL (if alive) to come out in person to say "Hey, I'm alive."

or his minions... if it's bs, it's quality bs. hmmmm.
my guess is the ruskies are simpering with the french because they don't want to
inflame the chechen / mooslimb situation much further... and they've become
full fledged euroweenies. otoh, it's likely covered under the table... and that
leads to the question...

should we keep this dead man alive?