Dark Star

It's always been a theory of mine that we have known where Bin Laden is and have monitored him and his communications to keep another attack on the U.S. from manifesting. He is the evil we know and if he's still alive and in communication, he's still the leader. If we have been monitoring him for the past few years, it could be a big part of the reason why we have had no more attacks on American interests other than on the two battle fields.

It would also explain why the "warrantless wiretaps," were of paramount importance to U.S. national security. It would be a damn shame to monitor communications from BInLaden all the way through the network until the last link in he chain dialed a number with a U.S. area code and we had to tune out.

I'm the first to admit that might be wishful thinking on my part, but with al of our military capabilities, and the fact that we have pretty much known where Bin Laden is for the past six years makes me think we haven't killed him for a reason. And with our technological and surveillance capabilities, I find hard to image us not intercepting Bin Laden's communications if he has had any at all.

Anyway, it wold stil be nice to see his pelt on the wall.

President George W Bush has enlisted British special forces in a final attempt to capture Osama Bin Laden before he leaves the White House.

Defence and intelligence sources in Washington and London confirmed that a renewed hunt was on for the leader of the September 11 attacks. "If he [Bush] can say he has killed Saddam Hussein and captured Bin Laden, he can claim to have left the world a safer place," said a US intelligence source.

Bush arrives in Britain today on the final leg of his eight-day farewell tour of Europe. He will have tea with the Queen and dinner with Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah before holding a private meeting with Brown at No 10 tomorrow and flying on to Northern Ireland.

The Special Boat Service (SBS) and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment have been taking part in the US-led operations to capture Bin Laden in the wild frontier region of northern Pakistan. It is the first time they have operated across the Afghan border on a regular basis.

The hunt was "completely sanctioned" by the Pakistani government, according to a UK special forces source. It involves the use of Predator and Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles fitted with Hellfire missiles that can be used to take out specific terrorist targets.