Bin Laden's Trail 'Not Just Cold; It Is In A Deep Freeze' -- M&C
Kabul - The democratization of Afghanistan, despite its flaws, has been successful. For the second time since the overthrow of the Taliban regime, the population is to elect a new president on August 20.
But the most important aim of the 2001 US-led invasion of the war-torn country has still not been achieved. Almost eight years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, the Americans have not managed to track down Osama bin Laden, the head of al-Qaeda.
Despite a price of 25 million dollars on his head and the use of missile-firing drones, special forces and intelligence services, the location of the world's most-wanted terrorist remains a mystery.
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My Comment: During last year's Presidential campaign candidate Obama was claiming that he would prioritized the hunt for Osama Bin Laden .... as if President Bush was not.
6 months since assuming the Office of the Presidency .... we hear nothing.
In fact .... the entire main stream media is deadly quiet on this topic.
Hmmmm .....
1 comment:
One thing that has stuck out in my mind on this subject- it has been considered doubling the reward to 50 million dollars. In a country that only recently has any kind of economy for the first time in what 20 years and the annual income averages 300 dollars?
Just seems odd no biggy but, maybe a symptom of a disease that causes you to throw money at any and every problem and expect to solve it- and be shocked when it doesn't always work that way.
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