U.S. General Says Bin Laden 'Out of the Picture'

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A senior U.S. general said on Friday that al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) had "taken himself out of the picture" and that his capture was not essential to winning the "war on terror."

General Peter Pace, vice chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at U.S. military headquarters just north of Kabul that the 11,500-strong U.S.-led force hunting al Qaeda and Taliban militants was not focusing on individuals.

"He (bin Laden) has taken himself out of the picture," Pace told reporters after visiting U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan (news - web sites).

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=1&u=/nm/20031121/ts_nm/afghan_laden_dc

Bring 'em on, part deux.

I wonder how long it will be before they claim Saddam is out of the picture and not important too.

Kim Jong apparently isn't a threat.

Gee, who will be left in the picture?


My bets are Syria. Syria!! Evil evil Syria!

importance to the picture. Can't remember his exact statement. Something the the effect of Saddam's being yesterdays news. :shrug:

(With apologies to Robert Evans...)

"Did I get help from Pakistani Intel with a wink and a nod from the US to get out of Tora Bora? You bet your ass I did!"

this junta needs another terra warning - and then they will need to find that video or audio tape threatening to destroy Americans and anyone doing business with the infidels.

:mad:

:nuke:

... "we will will hunt down whoever did this to us."

:shrug:

Once again, Chimpy fails to deliver on sacred promises made in those horrible days after 9/11...

would've the FBI said, oh, ok, cool - thanks Ted, see ya? Silly, silly logic.

I mean, does this imply that the "criminal" is the one who decides if he is guilty or not?

"taken himself out of the picture" implies that bin Laden is running the investigation

is he then "the boss"?

does the US answer to bin Laden?

what a crock of steaming shit

He and his closest operatives had a big dinner at Tony Roma's to mark the occasion, where they presented him with a gold watch and told many jokes of which he was the butt. A good time was had by one and all.

Out of only three commutations he granted as governor of Texas...

verify that they have quit selling OBL T-Shirts on the streets?

I'd like to place an order for one and send it to the General. Military Intelligence is certainly an oxymoron with these clowns.

is this acceptable protocal ... for him to be making such statements re OBL?



General Peter Pace is the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity, he is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Nation's second highest ranking military officer. General Pace is the sixth officer to hold the position and the first Marine. As the Vice Chairman, General Pace serves as the Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, Vice Chairman of the Defense Acquisition Board, and as a member of the National Security Council Deputies Committee and the Nuclear Weapons Council. In addition, he acts for the Chairman in all aspects of the Planning, Programming and Budgeting System to include participating in meetings of the Defense Resources Board.

I suppose this is ChimpCo's way of saying they are never going to find OBL, so that months and years from now they can defend their failure by saying they weren't trying to find him in the first place.

I wish mainstream America would listen and understand the gravity of remarks like this...

Any charismatic leader's goal should ultimately be to become unnecessary...

But most megalomaniacs find that very difficult.

At any rate, OBL and Hussein are, just by breathing, inspiring others to continue their war. I would like to see them captured and put on trial in the Hague. Perhaps that would lead to * going to the Netherlands, as well.

Or, maybe not...Pineapple Face (Noriega) is still in jail (in the U.S., however) and ain't talking.

he would have made of obl pre-911?
this is just weird.

Its supposed to be "US civilian" control, General Pace.

They're just pretending they don't want him, so Osama will get foolish and make a mistake and...then...Ha Haa...Gotcha!

Chief Wiggan must be a special assistant to the DoD these days

"Out of the Picture" since 1860.

Let's see now, what's your record so far on finding things that pose an imminent threat to the civilized world:

1) bin Laden - 0%
2) Saddam Hussein - 0%
3) WMD's - 0%

Nice job fellas.

Only two of those actually exist.

You and I both know perfectly well that WMD's were never there, but everyone I know who still desperately clings to the fiction that the war was justified are not only convinced that the WMD's are there somewhere, but that Osama bin Laden is "probably dead," so they would say only two of those things exist too.

It's funny how a guy who orchestrated an attack on the United States so deadly that it took out two entire zip codes is now someone who the right wing are completely content with just assuming he's not around any more. I guess "Wanted: Dead or Alive" should now be replaced with "Eh... so what? 3000 dead? Big deal..."

:hurts:

Right on there

matter even if he does magically "catch" 2 weeks before election day.. AWOL can't use Osama in his favor any more. There have been more terror attacks around the world since the chimp started his fake war than when President Clinton was in office. AWOL has NOT made the world a safer place. He has single handidly INSTIGATED violence world wide. He is sooooo gone in '04!


What a WEAK "president".

"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him."
- G.W. Bush, 9/13/01

belongs on a Democratic ad, to counter Chimps new Republican reelection ad, depicting him as leading the fight against terrorism. I mean, obviously we can't believe a thing the man says. We at DU have always know it, maybe some of the slumbering citizens can stay awake long enough to think about why he never ends up delivering what he promises.

Hmmm...Crawford, Camp David, Fortress London..........

together. Having Saddam declare unimportant will help as well. Was in another thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=232844

Clark was talking about the bait & switch that Chimpy has pulled re: the war against terror changing its focus from OBL and his cronies to the highly desired, long sought after war in Iraq. Dave asked General Clark if he would have caught OBL by now, and Clark answered YES. Perhaps Pace is feeling a little threatened by that?

That this was a response to Clarke's dig last night on Letterman.

Do these insane idiots really think that OBL "taking himself out of the picture" = retirement? I don't think so. He's off the radar for now so he can stir up more trouble without the glare of world attention. And we're helping him do that. Sheesh.

What better way to cover up your failure than to say it doesn't matter... really..... it doesn't....... matter.

Let's start declaring them out of the picture. As if we never heard of them.

Well, guess that's that then...

ho-hum...the "most-wanted" ("dead or alive") has decided to remove himself from the equation and that's that..

and to think people will shortly be using this as an argument of support for Chucklenuts...

....they all sound a lot like Rummy. One general sez we don't need anymore troops. Another sez since the air strikes things have been rather quiet....another perdicted that Saddam would be captured in 60 days last July. The top general said a few days ago that attack of WMD on the United States of American would be the end of the constitution. And an General Powell said on February 5th of this year that He had proof that Iraq had WMD.

General Pace sez bin Laden has taken himself out of the picture. Huh? How does Pace know?

Geeneerals are full of caca.

Numbers against the truth. The flaw here is that very few if any of them are adept speakers in the defense of the indefensible. It will only build Clark up if this strategy backfires and it is because the results are plain.

That Australian lizard that creams and puffs up in menace as it runs extremely fast backwards away from danger?

picture too?
You remember that guy that made your life a living hell? He's immaterial now, just doesn't matter anymore, we've got bigger fish to fry. Maybe we'll look for him again once we got this oil situation figured out.

When they can't even find the guy?

My wife said be home by eight. Osama, err umm gerr umm well shit is she the babysitter?

Pace is full of shit. Compacted compressed and hard.

kick

and that's all you can come up with is 'out of the picture'?

To be the scapegoat for the next terrorist attack, as well as as the impetus to invade Syria and Iran. All he need claim is that OBL is hiding out Iran, and that will be reason enough to attack.

decide to remove themselves from the picture .. suddenly a new get out of jail free card?

Geezuz monkey christ .. OBL just sent a tape a couple of weeks ago .. but now, he's 'retired' from the terrorism game . so long, farewell ..

How F*CKING STUPID do these Senior Officials think we are?

..like I still believe in santa and the easter bunny, and now they say OBL is not for real EITHER? I'm crushed.