Bin Laden aide arrested in Pakistan

The Jawa Report:

I was just checking this out over at The Long War Journal when Birddog 26 e-mailed this Fox News report. Both Roggio's piece and the Fox News story are based on this unsubstantiated report from The Nation claiming that Dr. Amin Ah Haq, who is described variously as a "bodyguard" for bin Laden and "security chief" for al Qaeda, was arrested.

But the most interesting part? He was arrested in Lahore. Any quick map search of Pakistan will show you that Lahore is not "tribal" Pakistan or one of the "lawless" regions where Pashtun is the main language making them ethnically related to the Afghans who made up the majority of the Taliban and their supporters. It is smack dab in the middle of Punjab and is the second largest city in the country.

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Roggio says:

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As security coordinator for the Black Guard, it is believed al Haq would be in close proximity to Osama bin Laden. US intelligence believes Osama bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan’s tribal agencies, a claim the Pakistani government has denied. Many of the senior al Qaeda leader captured in Pakistan since Sept. 11, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Abu Musab al Suri, have been detained in Pakistan’s major cities.

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It appears from these reports that Obama may be ready to send the troops to the wrong area to find bin Laden. In some ways it is easier to hide in big cities than in the country. The added ambiguity of people in the cities is a two sided coin. It is also easier for trackers to be ambiguous too.

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