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February 28, 2004
Osama Rumor
Looks like someone's been reading the DU again.
Pentagon and Pakistani officials on Saturday denied an Iranian state radio report that Osama bin Laden was captured in Pakistan's border region with Afghanistan "a long time ago."....The director of Iran radio's Pashtun service, Asheq Hossein, said he had two sources for the report. The radio quoted its reporter as saying bin Laden had been in custody for a period of time, but a U.S. announcement of the capture was being withheld by President Bush until closer to the November election.
"Osama bin Laden has been arrested a long time ago, but Bush is intending to use it for propaganda maneuvering in the presidential election," he said.
Now I do think there's a big hunt going on in Pakistan right now to find Osama and his band of merry terrorists, and I'm cynical enough to notice it's conveniently happening in an election year. But I think it has more to do with the recent relevations about the illicit activities of the leading Pakistan nuclear scientist giving the US a big stick to make the Pakistani leaders actually do something about al-Queda operating out of their country than anything else.
Or maybe we recovered & freeze-dried some of Osama's DNA from one of those caves in Tora Bora, and we're just waiting for the clone to reach maturity. Then we can 'capture' it right before the election.
That's about as likely as what Iran's claiming.
Adjust your tinfoil hats accordingly.
Posted by Rita at February 28, 2004 07:43 AM