Karl wrote:
His money will be safe with his friends and family in Saudi Arabia.
The ones that Bush flew out of America just a couple of days after
9/11. Osama will be a convenient fall guy for an operation that
undoubtedly had Saudi government backing.
Report: Deal for U.S. to Hunt Bin Laden in Pakistan
Sun Feb 29, 2004 01:09 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States has struck a deal with Pakistan to allow
U.S. troops to hunt for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden this spring in an area
of Pakistan where he is believed to be operating, the New Yorker magazine
reported on Sunday.
Thousands of U.S. troops will be deployed in a tribal area of northwest Pakistan
in return for Washington's support of President Pervez Musharraf's pardon of the
Pakistani scientist who this month admitted leaking nuclear arms secrets to
Iran, Libya and North Korea, investigative reporter Seymour Hersh wrote in the
issue that goes on sale on Monday.
Full disclosure of Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan's activities would have
exposed him as "the worst nuclear-arms proliferator in the world," an
intelligence official is quoted as saying.
"It's a quid pro quo," according to a former senior intelligence official.
"We're going to get our troops inside Pakistan in return for not forcing
Musharraf to deal with Khan."
Musharraf has also offered other help in the hunt for bin Laden, accused of
masterminding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, according to the
article.
"Musharraf told us, 'We've got guys inside. The people who provide fresh fruits
and vegetables and herd the goats' for bin Laden and his al Qaeda followers,"
the intelligence official added.
The spring offensive could slow the tempo of U.S. operations in Iraq, the
magazine said.
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