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Bin Laden Found?
Author: Gruss Gott
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/thread.cfm/threadid:14576#132452
Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004 11:37 a.m. EDT
Lehman: Bin Laden's Location Pinpointed
Former Navy Secretary John Lehman said Thursday that the Pentagon has
pinpointed the location of Osama bin Laden in the Baluchistan Region
of Western Pakistan, but is holding back on rounding him up because it
could destabilize the government of Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf.
Bin Laden is living in South Waziristan in the Baluchistan Mountains
of the Baluchistan Region, Lehman told the San Bernadino Sun, after
delivering a keynote speech on terrorism at Pitzer College in
Claremont, Calif.
"There is an American presence in the area, but we can't just send in
troops," he told the Sun. "If we did, we could have another Vietnam,
and the United States cannot afford that right now."
Lehman said that because Pakistan's Baluchistan Region is "filled with
Taliban and al-Qaida members" who do not recognize the legitimacy of
President Musharraf, the U.S. military is holding back.
"Look," he explained, "Musharraf already has had three assassination
attempts on his life. He is trying to comply, but he is surrounded by
people who do not agree with him. This is not like Afghanistan, where
there was no compliance, and we had to go in."
"We'll get [bin Laden] eventually," he added. "Just not now."
Contacted by the Sun, Department of Defense spokeswoman Capt. Ronnie
Merritt declined to comment on Lehman's remarks, except to say that he
normally didn't speak about these issues, and she was surprised he
had.
Lehman served on the Sept. 11 Commission investigating bin Laden's
attacks on the U.S.
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