Where's Osama?

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Here's the transcript .

"We're going to go to Afghanistan," McClellan said.

"Q Now?

"MR. McCLELLAN: Now. That's what I came back here for."

Reporters were told that they couldn't say a word until the plane landed.

"MR. McCLELLAN: There are security precautions that are taken, and we're confident in the security precautions that have been taken. One of those was not informing you of the trip until now.

"Q Big surprise."

As it happened, word of the trip slipped out a bit earlier, from Afghanistan.

Daniel Cooney wrote for the Associated Press at 2:16 a.m. EST: "President Bush will make his first visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday and meet with President Hamid Karzai, a top Afghan official said."

And the press corps may have been only moderately surprised by the change of plans, but things certainly got exciting once they left the plane.

Terence Hunt writes for the Associated Press: "Bush's entourage flew into the city from Bagram Air Base in a flotilla of heavily armed helicopters. Two door gunners on a press helicopter fired off a short burst of machine gun fire at unknown targets as the aircraft flew low and fast over barren countryside."

As for India

Nirmala George reports for the Associated Press: "Tens of thousands of Indians waving black and white flags and chanting 'Death to Bush!' rallied Wednesday in New Delhi to protest a visit by President Bush."

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