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2003-03-12 India-Pakistan

U.S. Says No News on Bin Laden Capture Claim

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Posted by Steve 2003-03-12 01:37 pm|| || Front Page|| [11138 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Just capture his head. It'll make for a good photo op.

Posted by tu3031 2003-03-12 09:55:37|| 2003-03-12 09:55:37|| Front Page Top

#2 It'd make a better bookend for the desk in the Oval Office heh heh

Posted by Frank G 2003-03-12 10:29:48|| 2003-03-12 10:29:48|| Front Page Top

#3 "Methinks they protest too much!"

I think they may really have him. Too many denials, and it kinda makes sense not to publicize the capture so as not to alert other rats who they still want to catch.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2003-03-12 11:11:48|| 2003-03-12 11:11:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Scooter: it totally makes sense to try to keep it under wraps, not only to avoid alerting the other rats but because announcing OBL's capture would generate *immense* worldwide pressure to declare victory in the GWoT and go home. And we're a long, long way from being done, Osama or no Osama.

Posted by jrosevear 2003-03-12 11:41:20|| 2003-03-12 11:41:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Capture the head and dump the body in Baghdad as a message.

Posted by Yank 2003-03-12 12:19:50|| 2003-03-12 12:19:50|| Front Page Top

#6 I think he's already dead but if he isn't I hope that he dies very quietly.

Posted by Canaveral Dan 2003-03-12 12:21:50|| 2003-03-12 12:21:50|| Front Page Top

#7 I want agree with Scooter - too many stories flying around all of a sudden. It'll be exciting to see what unfolds in the next few weeks.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2003-03-12 16:39:08|| 2003-03-12 16:39:08|| Front Page Top

#8 A Hoffa style burial on a certain parcel in lower Manhattan? Years from now, there can be rumors of what became of him.

Posted by Dishman 2003-03-12 22:23:55|| 2003-03-12 22:23:55|| Front Page Top

#9 If he was captured, interesting that the Iranians were some of the first to find out, no? Buddies are the first to notice when buddies go missing.

If he was captured, and this is being kept under wraps (a likelihood), then expect the news of his capture to be released at a politically convenient time, like the day before the Iraq war starts, or the same day it starts, to boost everyone's morale. If that happens, it'll be a good bet they captured him earlier.

Posted by Ben 2003-03-13 00:43:16|| 2003-03-13 00:43:16|| Front Page Top

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