We have sent CIA special operations units into Pakistan, in serch of Osama Bin Laden, and it would be my guess that Cheney gave Musharraf and offer he couldn’t refuse.Â
America is stepping up its hunt for Osama bin Laden by dispatching additional CIA operatives and paramilitary officers to Pakistan to kill or capture the al-Qa’eda leader.US officials said that the mission is intended to intensify the pressure on the terrorist leader, who turns 50 tomorrow, and perhaps force him into making a mistake. He is widely believed to be hiding in the region bordering Afghanistan.
Satellite photographs and details of communications intercepts were given to President Musharraf of Pakistan last week by Stephen Kappes, deputy director of the CIA, as part of a strategy to persuade him to give US intelligence agencies more assistance. …
“Reports that the trail has gone stone cold are not correct,” an American official said afterwards. “We are very much increasing our efforts there.”
Captain Ed points out:
For those who want action in Pakistan, it seems to be coming true. The US has tried to avoid trammeling Pakistani sovereignty in the past in order to keep from destabilizing Musharraf. The deal Musharraf signed with Waziri tribal leaders has changed the American perspective, it appears. If Musharraf will not fight for his sovereignty in Waziristan, then the US apparently has decided that we do not need to honor it, and will attack AQ assets ourselves. Admiral Mike McConnell signaled this last week in testimony to the Senate. The new Director of National Intelligence told the Senators that he would focus “with great intensity” on AQ’s Pakistani outposts.
Expect a much greater latitude in American action across the Afghan/Pakistani border from this point forward — a new policy that will cripple the Taliban’s expected spring offensive, and perhaps force Osama and Ayman al-Zawahiri to flee their safety zone.
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GW Bush on Osama bin Laden: “I really don’t think about him muchâ€
So what’s the new fresh push 2+ years later?
LOL!!!
OBL- isn’t a key figure to the fight at this time, he is a symbolic one to the US. I don’t think it is a new push, it is at a time when Pakistan is allowing us entry…we haven’t had access nor have they really cooperated with us.