[Brad from Tennessee]

In the last few years I have heard the allegation more than once that the Saudis were paying Pakistan to protect Bin Laden and to limit his activities. Allegedly U.S. authorities knew Bin Laden’s location but were hesitant to act against him because of the diplomatic consequences.

[CutePuppy]

There are many rich Saudis, including some princes, who might have supported bin Laden financially, but the “official” Saudi government had no love lost for Osama (who for a long time wanted and called for overthrow of Saudi regime).

It’s tough to really “know bin Laden’s location” when he was often on the move and often warned by ISI when suspicions arose about his location getting “hot” on the intelligence radar. That’s why discovering and tracking courier(s) would be the best way to discover new location.

Whoever was killed there at the time of this attack didn’t get the advanced notice.

[neocon1984]

Saudis were paying Pakistan to protect Bin Laden

If true (it seems reasonable that some important Saudis may have helped him), the recent uprisings in the Arab world cannot be a coincidence in regards to diming out Bin Laden, at this point in time.