Back on Osama's trail

[atommom]

ISLAMABAD - Both Pakistani and US intelligence believe that they are hot on the heels of Osama bin Laden, after his trail went cold months ago.

"Both the US and concerned Pakistani authorities are positive that in the coming days we shall be around Osama bin Laden," a senior Pakistani official told Asia Times Online in an
exclusive interview, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The potential breakthrough in the hunt for bin Laden follows the arrest of al-Qaeda operative Abu Faraj al-Libbi in Pakistan last week, and an important lead he divulged during interrogation. Abu Faraj was interrogated by various agencies, including Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, Britain's MI6 and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.

"The arrest of al-Libbi has only one significance for Pakistan, and that is that he was involved in assassination plots on Musharraf. Apparently there is no way that we will get Osama bin Laden through al-Libbi. MI6 also interrogated al-Libbi separately, and they are also of this opinion, that al-Libbi is little more than a foot soldier and no way eligible to be named as an operational chief. However, US interrogators have a different opinion and they call al-Libbi the catch of the year," the official said.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GE14Df04.html

[Botany]

1. Maybe old dung for brains President * can ....

..... SWOOP DOWN ON HIS MOUNTAIN BIKE AND GET OSAMA!

Yes, that is the ticket President Bunny Pants and his bike commandos.

[damntexdem]

2. Hey, he's writing memoirs. Better get hot on his trail, and at least ...

capture those memoirs!

[atommom]

3. Is anyone surprised that it's only the Americans who consider

this "the catch of the year"? No one else is buying that spin.