Where is Osama

The Scotsman asks the burning question, and mentions theories including that Osama may have assumed room temperature.

Most intelligence officials believe that Bin Laden is still hiding in the mountains between Pakistan and Afghanistan, protected by loyal followers and surrounded by ultra-conservative Pashtun tribesmen who are mistrustful of the US. It is an immense area, with countless caves and hidden passes, providing an ideal place to hide. It is also an area without police, which the Pakistani army enters only in large numbers on specific operations. Several hundred soldiers are required each time a single house is searched because those doing the searches have to be protected from hostile neighbours. Bin Laden is unwelcome in his birthplace, Saudi Arabia, and his former base in Sudan, so the near-unanimous verdict is that he is trapped.

But then again...

"I don’t know where he is, but I think most people suspect he is in that area between Afghanistan and Pakistan," deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage confirmed recently. "I know one thing. He’s in a hole and it’s tough for him to move around."

Funny, "in a hole and it's tough for him to move around" would describe the situation of most dead people, too.

In any event:

"The longer this goes on, however, the more difficult it gets. Not catching a man who’s carrying a $25m reward around the mountains of Afghanistan can be called an embarrassment, but my own concern is that we fixate on him and forget about the other bad guys there are out there."

With the shrill refrain from the lunatic left echoing in our news media, it's easy to forget that Osama's not the only bad guy in the world. Really: are the other bad guys a "distraction" from Osama, or is Osama a "distraction" from the other bad guys?