Yup, the Pakis knew
The anti-Americans at Wikileaks once again shoot themselves in the foot; among the purloined Stratfor documents they released is evidence that Osam bin-Laden was in regular contact with high-level...
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Can anyone doubt that some in leadership roles knew Osama was where he was? The whole area had been locked down when threats were made to Pakistan [military?]. I would expect that a wealthy and...
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jim3au wrote: Can anyone doubt that some in leadership roles knew Osama was where he was? The whole area had been locked down when threats were made to Pakistan [military?]. I would expect that a...
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IcelofAngeln wrote: The anti-Americans at Wikileaks once again shoot themselves in the foot;A credible report of specific very high level Pak officials knowing of Bin Laden's presence if anything puts...
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Fred the Great wrote:Um, this would actually be a positive for Wikileaks because it is evidence that they don't withhold information that is contrary to a particular political viewpoint but rather...
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IcelofAngeln wrote: No, it just means that they bulk-dump unculled mountains of purloined American material in the interests of harming, specifically, the US government. All this means is that...
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I think the intent is to embarass the USG. But like most people who are legends in their own minds, Wikileaks severely overestimates the gullibility of the American public in this respect. Yeah, The...
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sergeante wrote: I think the intent is to embarass the USG. But like most people who are legends in their own minds, Wikileaks severely overestimates the gullibility of the American public in this...
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JBren1 wrote: Not sure who the 'usual suspects' would be in this case, but anyway if Wikileaks just seeks to embarass the US govt, it's not 'stupid or lazy' to leak this information. There's just no...
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Oh well, whats new in that ? Any body with a little common sense and a bare knowledge of the Pakistani mindset would have known that Osama was sheltered by Pakistan from the days of Tora Bora till...
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The problem is not that America is so stupid as to not know that Osama was being sheltered, but what to do about it. As long as the US is playing around in Afghanistan, it needs the supply routes...
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But then what changed that made US take the risk of bumping him off on May 2, 2011 ? It is not as if there is a rock solid alternative supply route,even now. So that argument does not hold water. I...
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I think it was because they finally got hard enough proof as to exactly where he was that was the tipping point. Almost certainly they were convinced he was there, and gradually narrowed it down to...
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sergeante wrote: JBren1 wrote: Not sure who the 'usual suspects' would be in this case, but anyway if Wikileaks just seeks to embarass the US govt, it's not 'stupid or lazy' to leak this information....
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JBren1:I don't have the lazer-like focus on US domestic politics that many others have. The party out of power always criticizes the party in power. Having said that, as a class, domestic political...
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JBren1 wrote: But anyway it's a caricature of Wikileaks or liberal activist/US-skeptic type non-govt orgs or media outlets generally to portray them as if solely intent on tripping up the US or US...
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"1. Assange types are the 'usual suspects' making a big deal of Pak official collusion with terrorists?" Except that the Assange types aren't making a big deal of it; it was culled from the mass dump...
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sergeante wrote: JBren1:I don't have the lazer-like focus on US domestic politics that many others have. ... I'm just pointing out that whatever the motive(s) the people involved are hardly moderate...
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JBren1 wrote: Well then we were talking past each other. I never said say their motivations were 'moderate', I doubt you can find such a quote. I just said that they weren't strictly anti-American, as...
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sergeante wrote: JBren1 wrote: Well then we were talking past each other. I never said say their motivations were 'moderate', I doubt you can find such a quote. I just said that they weren't strictly...
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