Bin Laden's exact location is known, says 9-11 panelist

[Jon8503]

By Jim Mohr - Staff Writer

CLAREMONT -- The Pentagon knows exactly where Osama bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan, it just can't get to him, John Lehman, a member of the 9-11 commission, said Thursday.
Lehman's remarks echoed those made Tuesday by Secretary of State Colin Powell, who asserted that the al-Qaida leader was alive and operating in the western part of Pakistan.

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

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

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[johnnyrocket]

1. You mean, we can't afford TWO Vietnams?

[olddem43]

2. If all this is so, why haven't we paid everyone off to hand him over

or kill him? I don't buy it.

[liveoaktx]

3. Is this like how they knew exactly where the WMD were in Iraq?

Baloney. If that's true, why were they using Pakistan to look for high-level targets earlier this year.

[dave123williams]

4. Isn't the Bush doctrine 'Terrorists and the Countries who harbor them'?

Gee, I wonder what could be keeping us from invading Pakistan?

Could it be that they have the bomb?

So, I guess it's 'Terrorists and the Countries who harbor them, unless it seems to politically thorny.'.

[cidliz2004]

5. If this were to be true, Kerry could use this very effectively

If this were to be true, what they are saying is that we are being bogged down so badly in Iraq that we now can no longer capture Osama Bin Ladin! If this is true, why don't we USE IT?

The man who was behind 9/11 and the #1 terrorist cannot be reached because it would cause ANOTHER Vietnam? Powerful stuff!

[Old and In the Way]

6. Bush forgave $500 Million of debt owed by Pakistan to the US.

I assumed there was a little 'quid pro quo' on this deal. But it looks like Bush, the businessman, got taken, again.