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[dan charlson <charlson AT mindspring.com>]

Actually, I think Josep's point here is quite valid -- have you ever 
hiked through the Rhododendron "hells" up in the Appalachians, with all 
their little hidden caves? A lot of those areas probably look now like 
they did back in the 13th century. Many of the locals weren't/aren't 
especially cooperative with the Feds looking for Rudolph, either, and 
after some two years of intense searching, the Fibbies all but gave up 
and pulled out of the area. Part of Josep's point, I think, is that bin 
Laden could blend into the area, like Rudolph could blend into his own 
area; if OBL and ERR were each to move into a "modernized" locale they 
weren't so familiar with, I think in few weeks they would be found. The 
similarity of the two situations is quite interesting.

Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if OBL was Food for Scorpions in the 
rubble of some Afghani cave and his body was never recovered -- and 
though the Air Force wasn't dropping any "Daisy Cutters" on caves in 
western NC, I also think it's quite possible that ERR is taking the 
Eternal Dirt Nap in some little cave, too, and will not ever be found.

Of course, with each of them knowing their respective terrain intimately 
and having friends/supporters in the area, it's also possible that 
they're both still around...

-dan


on 10/9/02 3:15 PM, Willis Erin wrote:
>RE:
>> In a western country? a few weeks. In an area
>> that looks much like 13th
>> century?  who knows. Specially when the locals are
>> not co-operative and
>> US operatives were removed from the area long ago."
>
>Our government couldn't/can't find Eric Rudolph...so I
>would say the above point has little validity.


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