Timing is everything

In light of apparent Pakistani complicity in sheltering Osama Bin Laden, it's worth re-examining Cheney's 2007 visit to Pakistan.

A suicide bomber detonated himself outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan ... less than 24 hours after U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrived ... Cheney had just arrived in Afghanistan following a highly secretive four-hour stopover in Pakistan, where he delivered a muscular private message to President Pervez Musharraf, in which he urged him to crack down more aggressively against Taliban and growing al-Qaeda activities.

Assuming this was not a coincidence, just how much pull did Pakistan's ISI and/or military have with Taliban suicide operations in Afghanistan?

Ironically, Osama Bin Laden ended up being a symbolic target

Looking back at this NATO report from October, I wonder if it was part of a ploy to prompt Bin Laden to change hiding places, risking exposing his location.

Osama bin Laden is living in relative comfort in the far north-west of Pakistan, according to a Nato official who has day-to-day responsibility for the war in Afghanistan.