Pakistan May Have al-Qaida's No. 2 Man Surrounded

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 04:53:49 GMT, Guy Alcala
wrote:

Dav1936531 wrote:


The $25 million on OBL's head, and the $25 million on Zawahri's haven't talked up
until now. I see the Congress has doubled Osama's bounty to $50 million. Gee, how
likely is it that there's someone out there in the hills of Afghanistan saying to
themselves, "A measly $25 million?!! Why, I wouldn't even consider betraying him
for a nickel less than $50 mill!"

Guy

Among his supporters, you're probably right-- but it will limit his
ability to move out of safe areas where his supporters exist. With a
small bounty, OBL might be able to live in many large cities, trusting
in the people to hide him (or get lost in the crush).
Also, a 50 mil reward allows the informant to move far away and have
money for good security, somethign that will probably be a wise
precaution...

Charles Gray wrote in message
...
Among his supporters, you're probably right-- but it will limit his
ability to move out of safe areas where his supporters exist. With a
small bounty, OBL might be able to live in many large cities, trusting
in the people to hide him (or get lost in the crush).
Also, a 50 mil reward allows the informant to move far away and have
money for good security, somethign that will probably be a wise
precaution...


Then OBL's only safe areas may be Paris and San Francisco.

--
Scott
--------
Instead of vowing to fight the people who killed their fellow citizens,
the Spanish decided to vote with al-Qaida on the war. A murdering
terrorist organization said, "Jump!" and an entire country answered,
"How high?" -- Ann Coulter

Charles Gray wrote:

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 04:53:49 GMT, Guy Alcala
wrote:

Dav1936531 wrote:


The $25 million on OBL's head, and the $25 million on Zawahri's haven't talked up
until now. I see the Congress has doubled Osama's bounty to $50 million. Gee, how
likely is it that there's someone out there in the hills of Afghanistan saying to
themselves, "A measly $25 million?!! Why, I wouldn't even consider betraying him
for a nickel less than $50 mill!"

Guy

Among his supporters, you're probably right-- but it will limit his
ability to move out of safe areas where his supporters exist. With a
small bounty, OBL might be able to live in many large cities, trusting
in the people to hide him (or get lost in the crush).

You think $25 million is a SMALL bounty?!?! H'mmm. You're really Bill Gates, and I
claim my 5 pounds ;-)

Also, a 50 mil reward allows the informant to move far away and have
money for good security, somethign that will probably be a wise
precaution...

Yeah, I can just see the average Afghan villager, eking out his existence tending his
goats and his small plot of land, saying to himself, "I just don't see _how_ I could
afford to move away and live elsewhere for _only_ $25 million; I'd need _at least_
another $25 million just for cabfare and tips" ;-)

Guy

In article ,
Guy Alcala writes:
Charles Gray wrote:

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 04:53:49 GMT, Guy Alcala
wrote:

Dav1936531 wrote:


The $25 million on OBL's head, and the $25 million on Zawahri's haven't talked up
until now. I see the Congress has doubled Osama's bounty to $50 million. Gee, how
likely is it that there's someone out there in the hills of Afghanistan saying to
themselves, "A measly $25 million?!! Why, I wouldn't even consider betraying him
for a nickel less than $50 mill!"

Guy

Among his supporters, you're probably right-- but it will limit his
ability to move out of safe areas where his supporters exist. With a
small bounty, OBL might be able to live in many large cities, trusting
in the people to hide him (or get lost in the crush).

You think $25 million is a SMALL bounty?!?! H'mmm. You're really Bill Gates, and I
claim my 5 pounds ;-)

Actually, when you're dealing with, say, illiterate and immumerate
peasant types (Such as are, unfortunately, still by far the most
common folks you're going to meet in, say Afghanistan, or Pakistan,
ore pretty much anywhere else in that corner of the world, even in the
cities, it very quickly gets to the point where, by raising the
reward, all you're doing it trading one unimaginably huge sum for
another. 25 million, 50 million, even 1 million - it's all pretty
much the same to folks who are still counting in 1, 2, several,
many... (Actually, the biggest number that they seem to be able to get
their minds around is 40-50.) I kind of like the idea of dropping hte
reward, and publicizing that fact. Hit 'em in their vanity, you're
almost sure to get a reaction. In fact, let's set up a scheduled
rollback on the reward. For every two months that passes, we knock a
million off of the reward. Then we can sturt in with the derision &
humiliation. Start a campaign to cast ridicule on the Terrs and their
cause, really do the Saturday Night Live thing (From back when it was
funny) on them. (Look what Garret Morris did for Idi Amin, after
all). Put David Hasselhof & Pamela Anderson in it, and we can
guarantee a wide-ranging World-wide viewership.

I think I'll go do lunch, now.

--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster

Peter Stickney wrote:

In article ,
Guy Alcala writes:

snip

You think $25 million is a SMALL bounty?!?! H'mmm. You're really Bill Gates, and I
claim my 5 pounds ;-)

Actually, when you're dealing with, say, illiterate and immumerate
peasant types (Such as are, unfortunately, still by far the most
common folks you're going to meet in, say Afghanistan, or Pakistan,
ore pretty much anywhere else in that corner of the world, even in the
cities, it very quickly gets to the point where, by raising the
reward, all you're doing it trading one unimaginably huge sum for
another. 25 million, 50 million, even 1 million - it's all pretty
much the same to folks who are still counting in 1, 2, several,
many... (Actually, the biggest number that they seem to be able to get
their minds around is 40-50.) I kind of like the idea of dropping hte
reward, and publicizing that fact. Hit 'em in their vanity, you're
almost sure to get a reaction. In fact, let's set up a scheduled
rollback on the reward. For every two months that passes, we knock a
million off of the reward. Then we can sturt in with the derision &
humiliation. Start a campaign to cast ridicule on the Terrs and their
cause, really do the Saturday Night Live thing (From back when it was
funny) on them. (Look what Garret Morris did for Idi Amin, after
all). Put David Hasselhof & Pamela Anderson in it, and we can
guarantee a wide-ranging World-wide viewership.

I think I'll go do lunch, now.

Definitely seemed to be an incipient chemcial imbalance developing there, for lack of
nourishment ;-)

Guy