Is The U.S. Hotter On bin Laden's Trail? -- Time Magazine
Are the U.S. and Pakistan one step closer to hunting down Osama bin Laden? The recent capture of Taliban military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, as he was leaving a seminary in the Pakistani seaport of Karachi, may give investigators several leads in tracking down the fugitive al-Qaeda chief.
U.S. special representative Richard Holbrooke, in Islamabad on Thursday for talks with Pakistani generals and President Asif Ali Zardari, lauded the arrest of the Taliban commander as a "tremendous achievement for Pakistani intelligence and American collaboration." As the Taliban's second in command — after spiritual leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, also in hiding — and its top war strategist, Baradar has firsthand knowledge of the links between the Taliban and al-Qaeda's operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan. And Washington says he is willing to share his secrets with Pakistani and CIA interrogators. Unidentified U.S. officials quoted by the New York Times, which broke the news of Baradar's arrest, say he is providing a "wealth of information."
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My Comment: If the CIA or any other relevant intelligence agency had an inkling on where Osama bin Laden was .... trust me .... they would be flooding that area with their agents and supporters and would be saying nothing until they were sure that they had Osama Bin Laden .... or they were sure that he was not there.
Bottom line .... they have no idea on where he is. This tells me only one thing, Osama Bin Laden is maintaining a very tight circle, with only a handful of men (2 or 3) knowing where he is. He is probably doing the same thing that Saddam Hussein did. Saddam Hussein only had 3-4 men who knew where he was .... and he kept that circle tight until he was finally caught.
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