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To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (99662)	2/16/2007 2:36:35 PM
From: altair19	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 362604

PCT <It would be alot easier if we were trying.> that is rugged country, but without any significant access based in Pakistan it makes it harder. A few years ago, I had an old friend of mine who was in the 10th special forces - he knew a couple senior guys from a SOG unit that were hunting for Bin Laden - they thought they were making progress until all their moves in the field had to be approved in the chain of command all the way back in the US. They lost time and effectiveness. Altair19

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (99662)	2/16/2007 2:44:25 PM
From: cirrus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362604

We lost bin Laden when we failed to send troops to Tora Bora. Now it is very hard to get him, even with $25 million bounty on his head. The tribal bonds are fierce and cemented by religious culture and a disdain for the United States. What good is $25 million to a virtually illiterate tribesman herding goats in the no man's land of northern Pakistan? What's he going to do with that money? Retire to Miami Beach? Remember how long it took to find Noriega in tiny Panama? Or Saddam in Iraq? Unless the dynamic changes and some tribal elders suddenly decide they don't like bin Laden, it will be pure luck to find him. How hard can it be to find a 6.6 ft tall Arab who needs dialysis to live ?