Bin Laden has a lot of popularity in parts of Pakistan, including in the government, military, and security apparatus. He is quite possibly being sheltered by them. The US does not want to destabilize Pakistan. I would imagine this may have something to do with it.
--- On Mon, 11/17/08, Mark Bennett <bennett.mab at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Mark Bennett <bennett.mab at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] US hunt for OBL "phony"
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 5:10 PM
> Yeah, that is certainly a possibility, but goddamn, the
> communications must
> be incredibly fruitful, because the propaganda value of
> apprehending OSB
> would be off the chart - or would have been. Snatching the
> sick old
> creature now would be somewhat anti-climatic. I mean, how
> many times has
> the Al Qaida "No. 2" been killed?
>