US Official: No Truth to Rumor Bin Laden Captured

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=716&e=11&u=/nm/20040122/ts_nm/security_binladen_dc

<snip>It's not true," the official said when asked about the rumor. Traders cited the rumor as one reason why the dollar gained ground.

U.S. forces have been hunting for bin Laden since the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacked plane attacks on America that were blamed on al Qaeda.

While other al Qaeda leaders have been captured or killed, bin Laden has remained elusive and is believed to be hiding in the border region of Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Pakistan.

The bin Laden market rumor was also fueled by news that Treasury Secretary John Snow would hold a briefing to announce a joint U.S. action with Saudi Arabia in the financial war on terrorism.

[papau]

1. news of "capture" is scheduled for Oct 04 - now who jumped the gun?

:-)

[Barrett808]

11. Absolutely -- October Surpirse is guaranteed n/t

n/t

[BadGimp]

2. If they found him or Find him...

They will build him a nice 7 x 4 hidee-hole just like they did for Saddam and keep his ass on ice till he's needed for an 04 Election Surprise.

count on it

[jbfam4]

8. They will have to use make up

to cover the freezer burns, but he will be the Oct. surprise.

[banana republican]

3. If they are denying it; it must be true...

[hang a left]

4. They didn't find him, they went and visited him.......again.

[radwriter0555]

5. LOL catching obl will be like jesus rising from the dead. Cause the dude

is DEAD.

He died in December of 2001, from kidney disease.

As 'proof', show me any photograph or REAL audio tape dated after December 15, 2001.

You won't find any.

[papau]

6. he dies in Oct 04 as soon as the body is unfrozen

:-)

[Enraged_Ape]

7. Haha. Someone blew the whistle on their dumb little game.

Now won't they look stupid when his body really does "turn up".

[Virginian]

9. They have to save something for the elections.

If they find Bin Ladin now, they will have to hold Reagan's funeral the last week in October.

[Pale_Rider]

10. Cheney must have finally got tired ...

... of Osama eating all of their Hagan-Das mint choc-chip ice cream hiding out in the Naval Observatory underground bunker. So Osama is finally getting the boot and will be 'discovered' in October.

[RandomKoolzip]

12. "Uh OH! SOTU approval at 45%! Quick, lets spread a rumor to boost

approval ratings...."

Lackluster SOTU, followed by rumor of OBL's capture.....DUH, do you think we wouldn't figure that out, KKKarl?

[Virginian]

13. Kick

This thread has so much more potential.

[Tuttle]

14. who leaked this?

probably be an investigation and heads will roll!

O'Neill!!!

Tut-tut

[bobthedrummer]

15. If this were "1984" OBL would be an agent of Goldstein

a CIA asset at one time too.
Then there are the Saudis and BCCI, back in the days of Reagan/Bush/Thatcher, hidden history.
http://cryptome.org/soil/soiled-dove2.htm

[leesa]

16. The sad part is that this would make stupid Americans praise the Chief

Criminal even thought there has never been one shred of evidence presented that OBL was involved in 9-11.

[daleo]

17. When we hear he has been chit-chatting on the phone

With his 'favorite wife', then we will know it's close.

[Robb]

18. Um... what rumor?

This trick is as old as the hills.

"...And in closing, we would like to emphasize that there is no truth whatsoever to the rumor we have Bin Laden. Thank you."