i'll trade you Al-Z for OBL

i'm not saying Al-Zarqawi's wife is telling the truth, but the fact that these two articles came out on the same day is kind of interesting.

in the first, Al-Zarqawi's wife says that her husband was sold for a promise to "let up in the search for Osama Bin Laden."

in the second, the CIA announces that they are closing the alec station, a division of the CIA that has been dedicated, for the past decade, to searching for OBL.

at the very least, it reminds me that it is kind of strange that we've been looking for this one man so long, and haven't found him. would we rather have him as a scapegoat, so that we can continue the military-industrial complex that is in place, in an effort to outgun the boogieman? is it just that the large amounts of money we have offered hasn't turned a single person that knows where OBL is?

either answer to the question, in my opinion, is pretty intersting/scary.

Al Z's Wife Ranting About Husband to the Associated Press

CIA Closes OBL-Hunting Unit