SPECULATION ALERT: ARE WE ABOUT TO GET BINLADEN?

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS reported one week ago, on 12/23, that for the first time Musharraf indicated where they felt Binladen was hiding: BAJAUR.

At the time, here's what I posted:

MY GUESS: MUSHARRAF WOULD ONLY SAY THIS IF:

* A MAJOR ATTACK IS AFOOT;
* OSAMA IS TRAPPED -
* AND THIS LEAK IS MEANT TO FLUSH HIM OUT A LITTLE;
* AND THEREFORE I FEEL THAT OSAMA WILL SOON BE DEAD.

Recent events reinforce this guess:

• PM RUDD OF AUSTRALIA JUST WENT THERE.
• PR PRODI OF ITALY JUST WENT THERE.
• AND PRESIDENT SARKOZY JUST WENT THERE.
• AND PM BROWN WENT JUST BEFORE THE MUSHARRAF ANNOUNCEMENT.

IMHO: THESE WERE NOT MERELY CHRISTMASTIME VISITS. AND MUSHARRAF ANNOUNCEMENT WAS NOT CASUAL.

• I THINK THAT WE ARE PREPARING A MAJOR ASSAULT ON BINLADEN HIMSELF AND EVERYONE WANTS TO BE SURE THEIR FORCES ARE READY - AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO BASK IN THE LIMELIGHT IF THE MISSION IS A SUCCESS.

• ADDED REASON: PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS ARE SCHEDULED TO OCCUR IN WHAT COULD BE THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF SUCH A MISSION. MAYBE THIS IS WHY MUSHARRAF SCHEDULED THE ELECTIONS WHEN HE DID?

LET'S HOPE I'M RIGHT AND THAT THE MISSION IS A SUCCESS...

JUST A GUESS.... SPECULATION...