hat tip to Glenn Reynolds
Pentagon and Pakistani officials on Saturday denied an Iranian state radio report that Osama bin Laden was captured in Pakistanâs border region with Afghanistan âa long time ago.â
Ah..but are they denying that heâs been captured now?
| Keep in mind that the Iranians putting this stuff out may have a more sinister motive. The more conspiracy theories they spout about Binny being captured, the less people may be inclined to look for him or Junior in Iran. |
The claim came at a time when Pakistanâs army was hunting al-Qaida suspects in a remote tribal region along the border with Afghanistan, believed to be a possible hiding place for the al-Qaida leader. The report was carried by Iran radioâs external Pushtun service, which is designed for listeners in Afghanistan and Pakistan where the language is widely spoken. Iran state radioâs main news channel - the Farsi-language service for Iranian listeners - did not carry the bin Laden report. Iran state television also did not carry the report. The director of Iran radioâs Pushtun 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.
Iâm pretty sure this is old news to rantburgers...but I canât keep up anymore.
| The selectiveness of the coverage is certainly interesting and all but admits in of itself that the Iranians knew it was bogus. If they knew that the US had Binny jugged, they'd be trumpeting it from every news outlet in Tehran. |
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