AfghanForeign Minister Says Talk of Stepped-Up Bin Laden Hunt Exaggerated

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA9JPOFGRD.html

Foreign Minister Says Talk of Stepped-Up Bin Laden Hunt Exaggerated

By Ellen Knickmeyer Associated Press Writer
Published: Mar 5, 2004
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's foreign minister sought Friday to play down reports of a heightened campaign to capture Osama bin Laden and said there had been no intelligence breakthroughs about the al-Qaida leader's location. <snip>

"The missions now - I wouldn't say it is as very special as is mentioned in some corners," he said after a ceremony with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw inaugurating a higher-security British Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

The hunt "has been part of the efforts for the past two years, and it will continue," said Abdullah, who like many Afghans uses only one name. <snip>

Asked about any new intelligence, Abdullah said, "The intelligence continues - I wouldn't consider it a new thing." <snip>

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1. Missed him again. nt

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2. Seems all is PR - yet media sells truthtelling straight arrow direct

speaking Bush.

How the hell does Bush have any credibility with the media - or is this proof that the media is owned by the RW GOP?

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3. Dupe - just a AP headline rewrite of DU post below

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x401312