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What if the United States changes strategy and itself closed the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan with armed soldiers instead of depending on locals paid to aid in the search. Osama Bin Laden and most of his main lieutenants are captured or killed by the end of 2001. No significant leadership escapes into Pakistan.