U.S. military 'sure' of catching bin Laden this year

[rodbarnett]

The U.S. military is "sure" it will catch Osama bin Laden this year, a spokesman said Thursday, but he declined to comment on where the al-Qaida leader may be hiding.

Bin Laden, chief suspect in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that sparked the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, is widely believed to be holed up somewhere along the mountainous Pakistani-Afghan border with former Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

Following last month's capture of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, American commanders in Afghanistan have expressed new optimism they will eventually find bin Laden. Spokesman Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty said the military now believed it could seize him within months.

"We have a variety of intelligence and we're sure we're going to catch Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar this year," Hilferty said. "We've learned lessons from Iraq and we're getting improved intelligence from the Afghan people."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/01/29/international1522EST0673.DTL

[FlashHarry]

1. You think they've already got him?

Maybe he's on ice, next to Walt Disney's head...

Then again, they were 'sure' they would find WMD. :shrug:

[0007]

2. 'Tis all in the timming now!

Let us ask Paul O'Neill

[lazarus]

3. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=337585