Osama likened to Elvis as the hunt continues

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March 05 2004 at 11:51AM

By Mike Collett-White and Dan Williams

Kabul - "Sightings" of Osama bin Laden have been likened to those of Elvis Presley by United States military spokespersons inundated with speculative reports of the whereabouts of the elusive al-Qaeda leader.

The latest rumour in Kabul placed the world's most wanted man in the Tora Bora mountains south of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad.

It happens to be the same range where some say bin Laden narrowly escaped death during a US military assault late in 2001, shortly after the fall of Afghanistan's Taliban militia.


"I can't speculate on every Elvis/bin Laden sighting," said US spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Bryan Hilferty, said in reply to a question about the rumour in which he compared speculation about bin Laden to recurrent outlandish reports of sightings of the late rock star Elvis.

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1. poll question on whether bin Laden will be captured

The main CNN webpage has a poll question on whether bin Laden will ever be captured.

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2. Hmph.

There's no option that reads, "Yes, right before the Republican Convention."