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...address to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council last week, CIA Director Michael Hayden said that al Qaeda's obtaining a nuclear weapon is the CIA's deepest fear. While he was right in the sense that bin Laden potentially could again kill thousands of Americans, it's a worst case terrorist scenario and not the most likely one. The Marriott bombing reminded us once again that it is the common, everyday weapon we should be most afraid of. The 9/11 hijackers took over four airplanes with box cutters...
...ramping up of U.S. operations, Pakistani government and military officials believe, reflect a desperate bid to "get Bin Laden" before the Bush Administration leaves the White House. "It is all about the U.S. elections and Bush's legacy," says an aide to newly elected President Asif Ali Zardari. "But what purpose has it served? They have not got any high-value targets, and the public outrage only threatens to destabilize our new democratic government...
...which begs the question, is it worth the ghost hunt we've been on since September 11? There has not been a credible sighting of Osama bin Laden since he escaped from Tora Bora in October 2001. As for al-Qaeda, there are few signs it's even still alive, other than a dispersed leadership taking refuge with the Taliban. Al-Qaeda couldn't even manage to post a statement on the Internet marking September 11, let alone set off a bomb...
...attack had gone according to plan, it would have killed or wounded countless U.S. diplomats in the ancestral homeland of Osama bin Laden within a week of the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Although Wednesday's attack on the U.S. embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a left at least 16 people dead, the bravery and quick reaction of Yemeni security forces foiled what appeared to be a daring attempt to storm the embassy compound and kill everyone inside. One American of Yemeni origins was among the victims of the thwarted attack...
...original version of this article misidentified Prince Alwaleed bin Talal as a cousin of Saudi King Abdullah. He is, in fact, a nephew of the King...