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| Bin Laden Capture Rumor |
| 2004-01-23 |
Here’s another take on the rumor circulating yesterday. I’ve been following this site for about a month. They’re a little alarmist, but also useful. They do not have permalinks on individual entries. Scroll down. EFL22 January 2004; 1905 EST: UPDATE: We are aware of the denials issued by the United States Department of State and the reports of US denials carried by various news outlets such as Reuters that Osama bin Laden has not been captured. We became aware of the initial rumor of his capture at the time it began circulating earlier today, and we were fully aware of the official denial. We do have verifiable intelligence, however, of "unusual movements and activities" of special US forces in certain areas where bin Laden and al Zawahiri have reportedly been seen - however we will NOT disclose this information to avoid compromising the safety, welfare and special operations of our men and women of the military. According to two highly placed and credible human sources within the intelligence community, these movements are indeed related to a "HVT" (High Value Target) within al Qaeda. Our sources are firm in their assertions that there is a "significant advancement" in the ongoing war on terror. |
| Posted by:Pete Stanley |
| #15 He's in a cage in the cellar at the White House. Howard Dean told me. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-1-23 8:50:45 PM |
| #14 Everyone wants to get in on the act.... "A spoof newsflash by a TV station in Lebanon saying that Osama Bin Laden had been captured in the northern city of Tripoli was taken more seriously than the programme-makers had expected. Arabic TV stations have aired several 'Bin Laden' tapes. Despite several clues onscreen that the bulletin was a joke, the LBC station was inundated with calls." Bin Laden Hoax Backfires |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-1-23 4:17:31 PM |
| #13 Personally I think he's he's at the wrong end of the dust-to-dust continuum, but it would sure be nice to have a camera on the faces of the Democratic candidates and some selected world leaders at the moment the announcement reaches them. "Yeaarrrgh!" |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-1-23 2:39:08 PM |
| #12 hmmmm, Horta in Afganistan, I never considered that but it does explain why theres so many damn caves and the acid etched words: "No Kill I" in them. |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2004-1-23 1:57:53 PM |
| #11 maybe the horda got him..... |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-1-23 1:06:58 PM |
| #10 Drat!!! Do a diagnostic on your tricorder Bones. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-1-23 12:44:23 PM |
| #9 It's worse than that.He's dead,Jim.Sorry... |
| Posted by: El Id 2004-1-23 12:38:28 PM |
| #8 OOOOO.... I get this mental picture of Bush's acceptance speech at the GOP convention. The room goes dark while in the spotlight Bush comes out with UBL's head on a pike. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-1-23 12:34:16 PM |
| #7 Ha! Everyone knows we're keeping OBL at a Secure Undisclosed Location™ so Bush can trot him out at the Republican National Convention. It's all part of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy©. That Dubya, he's a doofus and a moron, but he's the evilest, most genuisest chimp out there, ain't he? :p |
| Posted by: 4thInfVet 2004-1-23 10:49:15 AM |
| #6 I assume when he's caught, it will be kept secret for as long as possible. Try to get his buddies to phone the main office, etc. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-1-23 9:40:02 AM |
| #5 Oldspook sez:"But equally probable that its false." I agree. I just thought I'd put it out there. Looking at the other articles posted today, these folks might have picked up activity related to this. Who knows. Igs, there were reports as early as Jan 2002 that bin Laden and Zawahiri were in Iran. The first reports were that they were prisoners, and reports have remained in that veinever since. Iran publicly maintains that they have senior al Qaeda leaders "In custody", whatever that means. And check out this article from June '02, in which it is asserted that bin Laden was at least planning to pass through. Maybe he stayed? And apparently the story is older than that, since I found a reference to a similar Sydney Morning Herald piece from Feb 02. The amazing link to Iran has not just come to light. And there is a difference between what gets posted in white and what gets posted in yellow. |
| Posted by: Pete Stanley 2004-1-23 3:39:55 AM |
| #4 oh rubbish, he's not in Iran, he's in the friggin tribal areas of Pakistan, as if after over 2yrs, this amazing link with Iran has just came to light. Doesn't it strike you that this is just a little bit too convenient in helping some people advance their own agendas with regards to Iran? It intrigues me that some people are incapable of dissecting through the tons of bullshit which comes out of official and unofficial sources. You might want check under your bed, I think there's a couple of reds hiding there. While there has been a request for ppl to post factual articles, half of them are still gossip/innuendo and in some cases plain simple wishful thinking. |
| Posted by: Igs 2004-1-23 2:14:42 AM |
| #3 I tend to doubt all of these rumors that crop up because I recall that this isn't the first time this has happened - there was an earlier rumor that bin Laden or two of his spawn had been captured in Afghanistan that was loudly trumpeted across the airwaves until it turned out to be nothing but smoke. IMO, if bin Laden were in custody we'd find out about it the same way we do when other top al-Qaeda are nabbed or the way that Saddam Hussein was - through either foreign media reports that are corroborated by statements from our own government or through breaking news on our own news networks. Also, in all honesty I figure that if bin Laden's alive right now (and I tend to think that he is) he's likely in Iran with his family and top lieutenants and I don't see Iran turning him over peacefully - there's too much of a threat from his followers seeking to avenge his capture and too many people in the Iranian hierarchy that he could implicate for that. Just my $0.02. |
| Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-1-23 1:38:20 AM |
| #2 After hearing GW at the State Speech I think the hunt for bin hosen is top drawer. I hope they find his spindley ass in some hole. Long beard and all. You know I've got a mighty hate for the pimp. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-1-23 1:31:33 AM |
| #1 Very interesting. But equally probable that its false. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-1-23 1:11:54 AM |