Bombs away,make sure no pebble goes unturned.

Hope we got him.

Good Luck! My first choice is that those who wish to destroy the United States would cease and desist. But since that doesn't seem likely, I hope the men and women of the coalition forces are able to stop them.
The concept of something like "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me" is good to keep us responding in a way that we will regret later. But like most things, it needs some balance. Look at deaths that have come and are coming from years of hateful speech and misconceptions.

Hopeful

"and suspected drug trafficker named Haji Aminullah"

If we're supposed to give up our SUVs and drive more fuel efficient vehicles to "stop supporting terrorism", does that also suggest that some should give up their use of illegal pharmaceuticals to 'stop supporting terrorists'?

DAISY CUTTERS! DAISY CUTTERS! Woo-HOO!

I doubt the HVT is Osama. In fact, I doubt Osama is still alive. He has not made a video or audio in years. Osama is very egotistical and doubt he would recluse himself for that long.

What happens when the enemy (OLB) is gone? Who becomes are new enemy?
Interesting how the Cold War ended so quickly and OLB became our new enemy. Who's next, raise your hand...

Answer for Steve:

I don't know, Steve, didn't the first attempt to destroy the WTC happen in 1993? Didn't the attack on the Khobar Towers occur in 1996? Didn't the attack on the USS Cole happen in 2000?

/remember the USS Stark

ABCNEWS, is this what journalism has descended to? An unnamed official source states that he would not "rule out" that the target is OBL and you believe that this is news? This is sensationalism at its worst.

Would the "Official source" also not rule out that the target was Kim Jong-il? If not, should the reader infer that the target is Jong-il? Get real!

Mike in Nevada

"Interesting how the Cold War ended so quickly and OLB became our new enemy."

Yeah, I guess the US govt needs an enemy du jour to justify pursuing our imperialist agenda. Destruction of the WTC? Well, that must have been an inside job.... controlled demolition.... Yeah, that's it....

Let's hope we got him. It's not about driving SUV's. It's about cowards attacking innocent civilians anywhere in the world.

this time maybe the dictator
islamist may be brought to justice!
would be excellant if mullah Omar
and Ayman catch hell too.
They have lived long enough.
This time, it is hoped they are
completely surrounded by USA and
NATO (withOUT ISI Pakistan
corruptness).
God Bless the USA & NATO !
It is time to get the job done.

I think somebody needs to wake up and remember 9/11. Give me a break. Yes, he needs to go along with all the terrorists who threaten the security of our country. You cannot appease these people,(history shows that)they are after you and our children. It is either kill them or be terrorized and or killed.

The Daisy Cutter is so "1967". The new and much improved "MOAB" (Mother of all Bombs) is state of the art, tested and ready. Who becomes the new enemy? Let's see....How about anyone who encourages or faciiltates an attack on the United States or it's allies. Is it more complicated than that, or am I missing something?

Steve,

We didn't end the cold war and then...go out looking for a new enemy.

Somone broke into our home and
slaugtered 3000 members of our
family, remember ????

Steve, are you leading us to believe that OLB was just minding his own buisiness when the Twin Towers fell down?

Since the quest for Osama detoured to Iraq 4 years ago, it's good to see that the commander-in-chief has found the motivation to return to the war against the terrorist leaders who attacked us 5-1/2 years ago.

>> Interesting how the Cold War ended so quickly and OLB became our new enemy <<

1989 to 2001 was 12 years. That's not exactly "quick".

this whole thing is very sick and getting sicker. blind mice.......

america itself is not interested to capture bin-laden , as they trying to use him & al-qaeda to pressurize or invade countries like Pakistan,Iran & Syria.....

'HVT" is another way of saying "We don't don't know who the target is, but we hear that they don't like us..."

It has been a terrorist hideout since the 1980s. And today we attack it. Something is wrong with this picture.

Funny that neither CNN, Reuters, AP, FOX, UPI, Agence France, etc., are not reporting any type of report re. pursuit or attack on a possible bin laden or high-value target hideout. Looks like ABC might have jumped the gun, or else all of the other major networks are asleep...hhhmmmm.

The CIA made Bin Laden. The present occupant of the Naval Obsrvatory and the former Sec. of Defense hatched the 9/11 plot so you folks could scream for revenge with daisy cutters almost 6 years later.
How is that all going for you?

i hope the hvt is the doctor he is the new terriost leader for aq.Osama was done with the first daisey cutters at tora bora i believe.never forget that tragic day

Just say one thing. Remember the Alamo, Remember the Maine, Remember Pearl Harbor, and last but not least Remember 9-11. Let us all realize the Congress can not fight a war as Viet Nam. Get the Press out and let our boys do what they are trained to do and that is WIN.

WHY WHY WHY Did 9/11 happen?
Why were they so angry to do that?

WHY WHY WHY can't noeone catch, kill or bring to justice BL with all the technology we have today, yet we can find someone else hiding in a dirt hole underground?

Could it be that catching or killing BL would have no real benefit for the US?.. Or that he is too elusive?

Is that why we have set our eyes (or had our eyes shifted to) IRAQ - What did IRAQ have to do with BL or 9/11. ..... Nothing much really when you look back?....But IRAQ had some good oils on the subject!

I wonder if this attack is linked to the capture of the Taliban No 3 last week?

In which case it is more likely to be Mullah Omar than Osama Bin Laden. Which is no bad thing either way.

If it was Bin Laden I think we would have had Georgie boy in the Rose Garden, don't you think.

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. The US has become a society of warmongers led by darkness at the top.

this news item is the ONLY item on
the topic. An extensive search at
google news tells me so.
There are no ABC follow-ups on
this news item. Has this item
anything to do with a rating of
some sort ?
Dubious reporting ?
I am leaning toward that
assumption...

as an arm chair observer in the WOT I would say hold to your shorts in 2007. Let's review the facts quickly. Khalid told the group to hold off on attacks and regroup and reorganize a few years back. Al Qaida does just that. Many years have passed since 9/11. in summary, the VP just flew to Pakistan in early spring, the market is going nuts, gas is back up, attacks are on the rise. Remember the U.S. is fighting a group has been at war for over a long time. It is tooooo bad we take a MC Donalds approach to battle! They have patience, we just open another line!

hold on to your shorts...stay safe and prepare your tivo.

it about time we hear some good news.

How about an update from ABC on the story. We have heard nothing from the other networks.

I heard that Haliburton was installing an underground pipeline from Iraq to Bush's ranch in Texas and when Bush's term is over he's going to "retire" to his ranch and discover oil and pump Iraq dry. That's how we're going to get all that oil that we are supposed to be stealing from Iraq. Or was that a Batman movie I was watching?

Thankfully our soldiers will fight the good fight despite the ramblings and delusions of the starry eyed conspiracy theorists .
One to 1 1/2 percent of the population has schizophrenia as evident in some of these postings. No sense in getting upset about it, they can't help believing these far fetched theories. The USA is in the right, and will prevail. Its not about Democrats and Republicans, we are Americans first.

Yes, and the truth is it doesn't matter a whit. The Taliban and Al QAEDA not only control 90 Percent of the country, there is a tidal wave of heroin suddenly hitting Europe and America as they buy the arms that will send NATO packing. Bush lost the war way back in Tora Bora. Why don't you ABC people ever tell America the truth about it. IN FACT WHY DON'T ANY MAJOR NETWORKS REPORT REAL NEWS? I'm sick of hearing what color Anna Nicoles toenails were, what kid
Madonna is adopting next,watching the 1st lady read to neonates, and all stations carrying exactly the same stories.
Russia Today in Moscow carries more news in 10 minutes than you dp all week. And fhsy criticize Putin more jn a week than you have Bush in 7 years.

I wonder how long your president G.W.Bush can keep ignoring the voice of the senat, the voice of the parliament, the voice of the people, the voice of common sense to continue to chase shadows, like a dog chasing its own tail! With god whispering in one ear and money whispering in the other, I'm not surprised he can't hear all the bull he is talking.
And about Bin Laden! Well, who cares if he is dead or alive? Don't we all CREATE our reality (quantum-reality!) in our heads ... so HE IS ALIVE... As alive as Mohammed, Hitler, Saddam, Nero, Alexander, Mao...
As long as we talk about them they live in their legends, good or bad... John Lennon will live forever, so will Elvis, Lincoln, Dr.King, and so many others...
Well, there are only a few things that keep the US from falling apart: the flag and the emotions it inspires in both civilians and soldiers... and A COMMON OUTSIDE ENNEMY. It distracts from trouble, lies, conspiracies, cover-ups inside FOCUSING ATTENTION OUTSIDE!
Don't let yourselves be fooled!

Coalition forces must have the greeen light to do whatever it takes and with whatever it needs to get it done. Let's turn up the world wide heat on finding him and his merry men. al Qaeda must be eliminated at all costs.

i think that we need to remember 911 get the enemy. they dont deserve to live after what they did to our country >__<

Stopping Afghanistan drug trafficking is the same as killing the population slowly...culturally, economically, and physically due to insufficient ariable land

Drug traffic in Afghanistan is more a part of the culture than Islam. Providing drugs is thousands of years old...at least as far back as records go. Only the silk road traffic and being the capital of conquerors ever competed with drugs as economic support. The Khans passed away. The British killed the silk road with sailing ships and introduced opium to the world.

The British should be the ones made to "put this old dog out of its misery".

Except for 9-11, all of these incidents occured on the watch
of our two Presidents, President
Bill and President Hillary Clinton. Shame on them for being
so very stupid, ignorant and dumb.
And now she wants to become our
very first four term President,
God save our country!!!!

Americans cannot fathom the depth of lies that they've been fed. Everything you think you know about the "war on terror" is a lie.

put that guy in charge...
forget the drugs...
put someone in charge to get that
&^%$# Bin Laden...
every bleeding heart story is another shot to morale...lets grieve later..
my 2cents

God Bless America!!!!!

I hope they got him this time. It's about time. How has he gone unnoticed all this time? Wake up America, Lets elect a President who will seriously find him, before they come here again....
I support the soldiers......, and hope they get the problems solved with support to our injured soldiers.....

Go go USA
nail those barbarians!
Best wishes to all your troops in action, from the UK

Thank You to all the armed forces that fight for perserving the rights of even those who hate them.

IF YOU WANT TO FIND OBL, TELL THE I.R.S.HE OWES BACK TAXES. THEY WILL HAVE HIM TOMORROW, AND WILL LIEN HIS CAVE AND GAURANSHEE HIS SHEEP!!

note to the editor: how strict can the wahabbi sect of islam be if drug dealing is viewed as a legit line of work.

Just so we're all making decisions with all the info--WTC first time, Khobar Towers, our embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, attack on USS Cole, the National Guard barracks in Riyadh, and finally the WTC in 2001. They have been attacking us for over a decade (and lets not forget about the attacks on our allies as well)...how many of you are just happy to sit back in your livingroom and let it all happen some more? Go get them and kill them before they kill more of us.

The only 'Mandegal' over near there is in Kamdesh district of Nuristan province, not Kunar...Care to be more specific?