Lehman: Bin Laden's Location Pinpointed

Former Navy Secretary John Lehman said Thursday that the Pentagon has pinpointed the location of Osama bin Laden in the Baluchistan Region of Western Pakistan, but is holding back on rounding him up because it could destabilize the government of Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf.

Bin Laden is living in South Waziristan in the Baluchistan Mountains of the Baluchistan Region, Lehman told the San Bernadino Sun, after delivering a keynote speech on terrorism at Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif.

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

Lehman said that because Pakistan's Baluchistan Region is "filled with Taliban and al-Qaida members" who do not recognize the legitimacy of President Musharraf, the U.S. military is holding back.

"Look," he explained, "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," he added. "Just not now."

Contacted by the Sun, Department of Defense spokeswoman Capt. Ronnie Merritt declined to comment on Lehman's remarks, except to say that he normally didn't speak about these issues, and she was surprised he had.

Lehman served on the Sept. 11 Commission investigating bin Laden's attacks on the U.S.

http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/10/23/113806.shtml

What a sack of bull.

I love the bit about "we can't just send in the troops". That coming from the most gung-ho nation on earth...

Comedians and political satirists the world over have been predicting the Dubya and his merry men would release this information shortly before the election.

You'd think they'd have had the common sense to see how stupid they'd look, but then again...

Maybe if Blair asked nicely, we could have OBL as a Guy Fawkes substitute for a bonfire, because they'll be done with him by 2nd Nov.

I've never seen anything so stupid in my life. Then again, it's expected from them really.

Did you see the Saturday Night Live with Jude Law impersonating Blair?

i was about to click on that link untill I saw it was NewMAx

Originally posted by Disco_Cat
i was about to click on that link untill I saw it was NewMAx

whats wrong with newmax ?

it's a little sensationalist and not always accurate.

It's the Daily Sport of politcal sites

Originally posted by Disco_Cat
it's a little sensationalist and not always accurate.

It's the Daily Sport of politcal sites
well ive been on that newsmax site and i can honestley say theres no tits on it :clap:

apart from the ones running it

lol I've never heard of the site before never knew it was so bad.

Originally posted by Disco_Cat
apart from the ones running it
the thing is if you want a non biased view of world events go on a site like cnn or somthing like that

changing the subject ever so slightly it was very intresting to read in the sunday times that the guardians attempt to stir up the election by asking its readers to write to undecided american voters had failed and where left with a very bloody nose
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Originally posted by panda79
the thing is if you want a non biased view of world events go on a site like cnn or somthing like that


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Or equally if you want a truthful account of world events go on sites like CNN/BBC etc and if what your after is fictional, neo-con crap, go to NewsMax

I don’t thing Bias is a strong enough word to describe this site. trying looking for any mention of the missing explosives the Americans failed to protect. All i came up with was stuff about how bad North Korea was.

They seem not to class 350 tons of high explosives potentially being in the hands of terrorists because the Americans were guarding the oil embassy as news.