Bush Nabbed Saddam, His Mandate Was To Nab Osama

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How To Get Osama?

• Use extensive human intelligence. Penetrate his organization. Could 1,000 Arab looking, Arab dressed US infiltrators not go into Pakistan's Northwest territory to do the job? If he is there, why can't you track him down? Let the thousand assimilate into the population. Equip them with the most sophisticated communications technology.
  
• Don't just fight the symptom, fight the disease. Don't just fight the mosquitoes, drain the swamp. Spread democracy Arab country after Arab country after Arab country Nepal's April Revolution way. Organize a Matrix in New York City. The Arabs can do it themselves. Be consistent. All monarchies will have to go. And be fair to the Palestinians. Give them a state asap. Build political parties in all Arab countries.
  
• Seek a political solution in Iraq.
  
• Don't strike with blunt weapons and armies that were trained to fight standing armies. Instead operate like they operate. This is guerrilla warfare. (Guerrilla warfare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
• Confront racism in the West. Democracy is not a form of government where non-whites are made to feel lesser.
  
• Democracy in Pakistan will be a good thing for the War On Terror. Democracy i-s the cure. The love affair with Musharraf is misplaced, misguided.
• Being able to predict his future attacks. That is very hard to do. It is hard to figure out where he will strike next. The whole world is his stage. But if governments across the world with their intelligence agencies working in cohorts with each other were to keep closely watching the Al Qaeda affiliated groups, preventing future attacks might not be rocket science. The world might be a big place, but the members of Al Qaeda are only so many. That finity is what should offer hope. You tackle the problem from the other end.
  
• Summary: drain the swamp, but also kill mosquitoes.
  

Al Qaeda Strikes Back Foreign Affairs Bruce Riedel By rushing into Iraq instead of finishing off the hunt for Osama bin Laden, Washington has unwittingly helped its enemies: al Qaeda has more bases, more partners, and more followers today than it did on the eve of 9/11. Now the group is working to set up networks in the Middle East and Africa -- and may even try to lure the United States into a war with Iran. Washington must focus on attacking al Qaeda's leaders and ideas and altering the local conditions in which they thrive.

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Apoorva Lakhia's next film on Osama Times of India, India Lakhia is not the only Bollywood director planning to bring global terrorism to Hindi cinema. Ram Gopal Verma has a mammoth project entitled Ek tackling international cross-border terrorism. Even his Gabbar in Ram Gopal Varma Key Sholay will be seen fraternising with international terrorists.
Osama Bin Laden alive: Hekmatyar Daily Times, Pakistan The Al Qaeda leader’s long silence ..... The most recent video of bin Laden was released in late 2004 and the last audio recording surfaced in mid-2006.
Is Osama bin Laden alive? Times Now.tv, India "According to my information, Osama is still alive. I believe it is good that he does not appear in the media, and that it is wise that no statements or tapes are issued even after a long while,” said Hekmatyar. ....... In January, there were reports that fighters loyal to his group had helped Bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahri escape a massive US-led hunt in eastern Afghanistan in late 2001. ..... he could be spinning a story to mislead the forces.
Osama bin Laden laid low Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia

On The Web

Osama bin Laden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
frontline: hunting bin laden | PBS
Osama bin Laden: Profile
BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Who is Osama Bin Laden?
CNN In-Depth: Osama bin Laden
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive - Usama Bin Laden
Osama bin Laden News - The New York Times

New York Times

THE REACH OF WAR; NEW GENERATION OF QAEDA CHIEFS IS SEEN ON RISE leaders have risen from within organization after death or capture of operatives that built Al Qaeda before Sept 11, 2001 ..... group has complex network of human couriers to evade electronic eavesdropping ...... officials believe Qaeda leadership is more diffuse, with several planning hubs working autonomously and not reliant on contact with bin Laden
Qaeda Rebuilding in Pakistan, Intelligence Chief Tells Panel senior leaders of Al Qaeda were steadily rebuilding the network's bases inside Pakistan and that future attacks against the United States could be planned from Pakistan's remote western mountains
Al Qaeda Resurgent
Taliban Leader Is Said to Promise More Afghan War suicide bombers who have carried out over 100 attacks in Afghanistan in last year acted on religious orders from Taliban ..... statements, if authentic, would be Mullah Omar's first exchange with journalist since he was driven from power in 2001 by American-led invasion of Afghanistan; he is thought to have taken sanctuary in Pakistan

Barack, The Fundamentals: Money, Message, Organization

Technology now makes possible DirectConnect. But the fundamentals do not change. And the fundamentals are money-message-organization. The particulars of each fundamentally change, but the fundamentals do not change.

Money

The first quarter was great. Keep beating the drum. And conserve the money. The month and a quarter to February 5, 2008 will be like one of those countries like India where that one month is where all the action is. You will need the money.

To raise more money than Hillary in the first quarter is a strong message to those who buy into this myth of a Clinton Machine. There is no Clinton Machine. There are voters, and there is you.

How many people donate to you matters. The more the better. Do you manage the money well? That is key. If you can't manage tens of millions, you sure can't manage trillions. That is what this is about. Show you can manage. Raise and conserve for now.

Message

Policy wonkiness can dazzle voters, but that does not always bring them along. And you seem to understand that more than anyone else. But that is no argument against policy wonkiness. Assemble the smartest people on all policy issues. Let them bang heads among each other off camera. You have to have ready access to the very best ideas, the very best arguments. They don't have to come from you, but they do have to come to you.

There's the stump speech. And there it is about connecting with voters, and bringing them along. And there is the speech you go give to a think tank, like this one above in Chicago. There you want to exude sheer substance. You don't have to worry about sounding too wonky. Both matter.

Debates matter. Hillary won two in a row. Poll numbers reflect that. Get on it. Prepare. Deliver.

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Organization

Voulnteers will lead. You just have to provide broad guidelines, and empower them. They will do the work. They have been. The new technology makes it possible for people to self-organize. And they have been doing that. Look at Facebook, look at MySpace. People are thronging to you like to noone else. I mean, I have more MySpace friends than some Republicans running for president.

By the way, you have the best website of any candidate. That speaks volumes.

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In The News

Obama is the poor man among the top tier contenders Chicago Tribune, USA Obama family income of $991,000 ..... Obama reported his family's net worth as between $456,000 and $1.14 million, not including the equity in the Kenwood home he bought two years ago for $1.65 million. ..... Giuliani, a Republican, earned more than $16.8 million last year from an array of firms he owns, including financial, business and security consulting companies, and from speeches. Giuliani received as much as $300,000 for his speaking appearances. ....... Giuliani is worth between $13 million and $45 million ...... Edwards .. reported income of more than $7.1 million, most of it investment returns on a fortune of $29.5 million ....... Bill Clinton earned about $10 million in speaking fees last year and collected nearly $40 million for appearances since leaving office. McCain previously has reported a $15 million family fortune, mostly through his wife, who is the daughter of an Arizona beer magnate. ........ Romney .... will report between $190 million and $250 million in assets. ...... Republican candidate Mike Huckabee earned considerably less from his $74,000-per-year day job as governor of Arkansas last year than from outside activities. He earned $162,000 in speaking fees and book royalties, another $40,000 as an officer of 12 Stops, Inc., a company set up to handle those royalties and fees, and $40,000 for consulting work for the National Association of Music Manufacturers.

Hillary Clinton Widens Her Lead Over Barack Obama PR Newswire (press release), USA In April, he trailed Clinton by only 5 percentage points with 32 percent, compared to her 37 percent. However, a new Harris Poll finds Senator Clinton has since strengthened her position and that Senator Obama has slipped. She now leads Obama by fully 13 points -- 40 percent to 27 percent. ....... Obama leads Clinton among Independents (by 39% to 34%) and among Republicans (by 14% to 7%). ....... 71 percent would consider voting for one of the Democrats and 58 percent would consider voting for one of the Republican leaders

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Big Google search upgrade San Francisco Chronicle Google Inc. has added videos, book excerpts and local store information on its main results page, eliminating the need for users to visit the company's separate, specialized sites. ...... Google has spent billions of dollars on new infrastructure, and plans to open several data centers in the next few years. ...... Google has proven to be a more-nimble competitor by releasing products at a much faster pace. ..... generates virtually all of its revenue from advertising. ...... Google has expanded into selling banner and video ads, but currently only distributes them to partner Web sites.
Steve Jobs Highest Paid CEO of 2006 Gadgetell, MT He made the $647 million through total compensation thanks to vested restricted stock. ...... Ray Irani of Occidental Petroleum ($322 million), Barry Diller of IAC/Interactive Corp ($295 million), William P. Foley of Fidelity National Financial ($180 million), and Terry Semel of Yahoo! ($174 million).

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