Bin Laden's Bodyguard of Lies

from StrategyWorld

September 11, 2009: The hunt for Osama bin Laden has been stymied for the last eight years because the Pakistanis would not let CIA agents or U.S. Army Special Forces freely search for him. Some agents and Special Forces operators got loose in the tribal areas of Pakistan, along the Afghan border. But the Pakistanis hit the roof when they found out (about some of these excursions), and forbade any more. The U.S. backed down on this.

But recently, the Pakistanis are becoming more cooperative, mainly because they have no choice. This all began three years ago, when the Taliban communications director, Abdul Haq, was captured in Afghanistan. This led to some embarrassing revelations. Haq, who has held his job for about 14 months when he was caught, admitted that the recent increase in Taliban activity was facilitated by Pakistani intelligence (the CIA-like ISI).

....At this point, the Pakistani government has cleared most, but not all, of the pro-Islamic radical operatives out of the ISI. But there are still plenty of Pakistanis in the government who see India, and the West in general (especially America and NATO) as the main enemy. So the CIA is still not allowed to roam freely in the tribal areas. This time it's Pakistani nationalists who are saying no, rather than pro-terrorist intelligence officials from ISI. Osama bin Laden is still a hero to many Pakistanis, because Osama "stuck it to the man." Can’t forget that aspect of all this. The "East" has been getting stomped by the "West" for several centuries now. People in the West think nothing of it, but those in the East are obsessed by this lengthy humiliation. Any payback is appreciated, and September 11, 2001 has become something of a guilty pleasure throughout the Moslem world.