9-11 panelist says bin Laden located

[lucky wilbury]

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41059

9-11 panelist says bin Laden located
But Lehman notes sending troops would provoke 'another Vietnam'

Posted: October 22, 2004
5:00 p.m. Eastern



© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

Former Navy Secretary and 9-11 commissioner John Lehman says the U.S. knows where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is hiding but can't reach him because he is in a region of Pakistan controlled by Islamic extremists opposed to President Pervez Musharraf.

Lehman spoke to the San Bernardino Sun yesterday after delivering a keynote speech on terrorism at Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif.

He said the terrorist leader is in South Waziristan in the Baluchistan Mountains of Pakistan's Baluchistan region.

"There is an American presence in the area, but we can't just send in troops," Lehman told the Sun. "If we did, we could have another Vietnam, and the United States cannot afford that right now."

The paper said Department of Defense spokeswoman Capt. Ronnie Merritt confirmed the U.S. military believes bin Laden is in Pakistan. Also, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday bin Laden was alive and operating in the western part of the country.

Merritt, who declined further comment on Lehman's remarks, expressed surprise that the former Navy official spoke out on the issue.

In the Sun interview, Lehman explained that Baluchistan is "filled" with Taliban and al-Qaida members and said many members of Pakistan's security services also are sympathetic to bin Laden's beliefs.

They do no recognize the authority of U.S. ally Musharraf.

"Look," he told the paper, "Musharraf already has had three assassination attempts on his life. He is trying to comply, but he is surrounded by people who do not agree with him. This is not like Afghanistan, where there was no compliance, and we had to go in.

"We'll get [bin Laden] eventually, just not now."

Lehman told the San Bernardino paper that high-ranking Saudi officials and countries such as the United Arab Emirates are supplying funds to help keep bin Laden alive.

Lehman said the al-Qaida leader receives only about $1 million a year from his family's fortune and the rest comes from radical sympathizers.

[FORD]

Baluchistan??? Isn't that a Van Hagar song?

[Big Troubles]

Re: 9-11 panelist says bin Laden located

Originally posted by lucky wilbury
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ar...TICLE_ID=41059

9-11 panelist says bin Laden located
But Lehman notes sending troops would provoke 'another Vietnam'

Posted: October 22, 2004
5:00 p.m. Eastern



© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

Former Navy Secretary and 9-11 commissioner John Lehman says the U.S. knows where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is hiding but can't reach him because he is in a region of Pakistan controlled by Islamic extremists opposed to President Pervez Musharraf.

Lehman spoke to the San Bernardino Sun yesterday after delivering a keynote speech on terrorism at Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif.

He said the terrorist leader is in South Waziristan in the Baluchistan Mountains of Pakistan's Baluchistan region.

"There is an American presence in the area, but we can't just send in troops," Lehman told the Sun. "If we did, we could have another Vietnam, and the United States cannot afford that right now."

The paper said Department of Defense spokeswoman Capt. Ronnie Merritt confirmed the U.S. military believes bin Laden is in Pakistan. Also, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday bin Laden was alive and operating in the western part of the country.

Merritt, who declined further comment on Lehman's remarks, expressed surprise that the former Navy official spoke out on the issue.

In the Sun interview, Lehman explained that Baluchistan is "filled" with Taliban and al-Qaida members and said many members of Pakistan's security services also are sympathetic to bin Laden's beliefs.

They do no recognize the authority of U.S. ally Musharraf.

"Look," he told the paper, "Musharraf already has had three assassination attempts on his life. He is trying to comply, but he is surrounded by people who do not agree with him. This is not like Afghanistan, where there was no compliance, and we had to go in.

"We'll get [bin Laden] eventually, just not now."

Lehman told the San Bernardino paper that high-ranking Saudi officials and countries such as the United Arab Emirates are supplying funds to help keep bin Laden alive.

Lehman said the al-Qaida leader receives only about $1 million a year from his family's fortune and the rest comes from radical sympathizers.

and three months from now the American President will be asked by the mass media, "Why don't we have him in custody?". I always maintained that Osama won't be "caught" so much as he will give up.
But then again, Im Canadian- I don't give a fuck either way.

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by FORD
Baluchistan??? Isn't that a Van Hagar song?

Something like that. I can't look...I bought the CD years ago but now it's a beer coaster in my buddy's garage.

[Angel]

Originally posted by lucky wilbury
"There is an American presence in the area, but we can't just send in troops," Lehman told the Sun. "If we did, we could have another Vietnam, and the United States cannot afford that right now."

That would be bad, having two Vietnams at the same time! - You already have one in Iraq!

[Nickdfresh]

That area is supposed to be extremely hairy. The Pakistani Army (which by most accounts is relatively well-trained and equipped) went into what I believe was an adjacent region, and suffered heavy casualties this spring. The area is heavily fortified with houses that are designed to be bunkers along with numerous tunnels interconnecting under the region. After Pakistan's partition from India, the region was never brought under control by the army and remains a virtual mini-state or perpetual province in rebellion.

[ODShowtime]

What the hell do we do if they succeed in assasinating Musharraf? What if Osama & friends gets control of Pakistani nukes?

[lucky wilbury]

there are preventive measures in place to make sure that doesn't happen. like a us special forces team at an air base inside pakistan whose sole job is to go in and get those nukes in case something happens. i mean like raid the place