Posted on 11/27/2001, 2:14:02 PM by elfman2
Edited on 4/13/2004, 8:38:39 AM by Jim Robinson. [history]
The U.S. military has gone cave-hunting, looking for holes that may be home to bin Laden and his al-Qaeda terrorist network.
With Taliban troops on the run, military planners have turned their efforts to rooting out al-Qaeda terrorists from their hiding places. In Afghanistan, the cave hunting has begun, with "bunker-buster" bombs targeting mountain hideouts and special operations troops investigating abandoned tunnels. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has warned that the hunt for Osama bin Laden and his followers may be a "long haul." Scientists familiar with cave detection, whether geologists looking for oil, archaeologists searching for lost cities or engineers uncovering a misplaced utility line, agree that the long haul is often what it takes to find something hidden underground.
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This is a big difference and the US military will exploit those differences with our technology. Say good bye Osama!
Yea, it sounds like the closing line was selected for drama, but stated to justify Witten's consulting fee:
"Give me an acre to search, and I'll probably find it within a month. Give me a vault anywhere in the country, and I'll be lucky to find it in a century."
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