Thursday, June 30, 2011

Bin Laden the Comic Book

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The Washington Post reports that Captain (Ret.) Dale Dye has written a comic book version of the Abbottabad raid  that killed Osama bin Lad...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Today in Manhunting History -- June 29, 1927: "If words were bullets . . ."

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U.S. Marine Captain Gilbert Hatfield waited two days until June 27 to renew  his correspondence with Sandino . “Dear General,” Hatfield wrot...

Bin Laden "The Cranky Old Uncle" of Al Qa'ida?

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McClatchy reports that  Osama bin Laden was no longer running al-Qa'ida at the time of his death , according to U.S. and Pakistani offic...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Meanwhile, in Pakistan . . .

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Two stories from last week that shed light on the problem of hunting for al-Qa'ida in Pakistan. First, a new Pew survey shows a majori...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

Today in Manhunting History -- June 25, 1927: Gilbert Hatfield's New Pen Pal

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Ocotal, the capital of Nicaragua’s Nueva Segoiva department, sits 2,000 feet up a broad valley, less than 20 miles from the Honduran border....
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Today in Manhunting History -- June 23, 1885: The Capture of Chihuahua's Family

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At about 9AM, June 23, 1885, Captain Emmett Crawford’s scouts found Chihuahua’s camp* in the Bavispe Mountains northeast of Opunto. The lead...

"Whitey" Bulger Captured

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Okay, so technically this isn't a "strategic manhunt," given that no military forces were involved whatsoever.  (There was a f...