STRATFOR - Geopolitical intelligence, economic, political, and m. Bin Laden said to be in Iran. JERUSALEM, June 8 (UPI) -- Osama bin Laden and his top aides are hiding in a mountainous town in northeastern Iran and Turkey knows it, intelligence sources said Tuesday.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is aware that bin Laden, his chief lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahiri and five other high-ranking al-Qaida leaders have been living under Tehran's protection for the past five years, military intelligence Web site Debkafile reports. The leak that Erdogan is aware of bin Laden's location is intended to show the Obama administration the extent of Erdogan's ties to Iran, Debkafile says. The location of the al-Qaida leader was pinned down by a Kuwaiti newspaper that identified Sabzevar as the town where bin Laden has been hiding.
The remote town of about 250,000 residents is difficult to access because of mountains and a salt desert, Debkafile says. Tax break for money managers hangs on amid financial debate. For three years in a row, many of the country's wealthiest financiers have held on to what critics call an enormous tax break for Wall Street.
The story is the same every time: A measure that would change the tax treatment of "carried interest" passes the House, only to hit a wall in the Senate. It's back, this time in the jobs bill approved by the House last month. And if ever there were a time to pass a tax increase on billionaire money managers -- between public anger at Wall Street and lawmakers grasping for revenue anywhere they can find it -- this would be it.
Yet the Senate looms. Two powerful Democrats -- Majority Leader Harry M. Salon.com.