Bin Laden and Omar in Pakistan

Reuters:

Mullah Omar and other Taliban leaders are directing insurgency operations in Afghanistan from the Pakistani city of Quetta, while al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is operating from Pakistan's tribal areas, a senior U.S. administration official said on Friday.

Bin Laden, his deputy Ayman al-Zawahri and others are operating out of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) bordering Afghanistan, the official told reporters on condition of anonymity.

"Just as Mullah Omar is giving strategic direction for the Taliban from Quetta, al Qaeda senior leadership is in the FATA doing its planning," the official said, without giving the source of the intelligence.

"The iconic leaders of al Qaeda -- Zawahri, bin Laden and people like (Abu Laith) al-Libi are in the tribal areas of Pakistan," the official added.

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I am surprised that Mitch Rapp has not been sent in to terminate Omar, if we know he is in a city. (Rapp is the fictional CIA assassin in the Vince Flynn novels.) I would look for bin Laden around some heavy equipment or a farming operation. That was his passion when he is not over dosed on jihad.

It is interesting that the two guys who hide behind the lens of the video camera are said the be the furtherest from civilization. Omar the primitive former Afghan leader is hiding in a city. None are playing to type right now. Normally you would think a primitive like Omar would stand out in a city, but Quetta probably has an abundance of primitives.

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