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I wonder how many Americans realize that the invasion of Panama back in 1989 occurred after Manuel Noriega, the Panamanian strongman who had run a vast drug cartel for George H W Bush for many years, changed sides and started doing business with Fidel Castro? It's extremely likely that a similar type of relationship exists between the Bush cartel and Osama, probably involving Musharaf as well, which would explain the obvious cooperation between Bush and OBL in Tora-Bora, when OBL was allowed to escape and the lack of any genuine pursuit of him.