Has Bin Laden been captured?

[qwertyMike]

And about to be exposed during the election run-up?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/01/29/international1522EST0673.DTL&type=printable

Could happen

See Drudge

[Carl Spackler]

1. Yes, and as a kicker they are going to resurrect Elvis

[spotbird]

12. Isn't Elvis what the US troops called Saddam before the Kurds

turned him over?

I wish I lived in your world, it would be nice to think the * administration told the truth about a single thing. I'd get more rest and wouldn't have to work so hard.

[POed_Ex_Repub]

2. Is he even still alive?

Last I heard, he was in pretty ill health.

[lovedems]

5. I bet he is on ice somewhere.

They are just waiting!

[spotbird]

13. That's my best bet also, he won't be captured alive unless he's

drugged also. He was in very poor health on the last video, paralyzed and his hair had gone white. We haven't seen him since and he was a camera hog. That alone tells me he already knows there really aren't 21 virgins waiting for him in the next world.

Nope, he is in a Frigidaire somewhere waiting to be thawed at just the right time.

[ogminlo]

3. Many of us expect it to happen at some opportune time...

Chimpy better be sure he doesn't blow his load too soon, like he did with Hussein. Of course if Osama can't shore up the election for Chimpy, we can probably expect another attack or war or maybe just martial law and cancelled elections altogether...

[onebigbadwulf]

4. Yes

Hopefully the American public isn't stupid enough to fall for the obvious plot.

[spotbird]

14. Didn't someone say that no one ever went broke underestimating

the stupidity of the American people.

Most people can't accept the level of deception that has been fed to them, it is just too huge to comprehend.

[Ivote]

6. Wouldnt be

surprised. Maybe that article last week from Germany was true.
But our "intelligence" said it wasn't.

[54anickel]

7. Heck, I don't know, ask LaHood

http://www.toostupidtobepresident.com/shockwave/saddamcapture.htm

[gulfcoastliberal]

8. Good Chance They Do

Since all KKKarl does is orchestrate anything and everything for max political effect.

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[DuctapeFatwa]

9. Leaked copy of classified memo to Tenet and Cheney

Dear Messrs. Tenet and Cheney,

Attached please find the results of our latest and we believe, our most impressive, effort to provide the Occupation Forces a credible Osama bin Laden in time for the fall launch of your new automated vote "tally" system. We understand the new system is modelled on the manual process that has been employed so successfully in Egypt for many years, and we would like to extend our congratulations to the Diebold company for this significant contribution to democracy.

To return to the subject at hand, you will notice that all the gentlemen included in this latest lot are of the required height, and we apologize for the inclusion in a previous submission of a few who fell short of this specification. We regret any inconvenience our error may have caused.

You will also note that each specimen has been fitted with state of the art contact lenses, and provided with either chemical hair color or implants, whichever was most appropriate in the individual case. We have also taken the precaution of treating the specimens with a dual process melanin-enhancement process, consisting of daily full-body treatments in the sunbeds installed in our finest 5 star hotels in Karachi, and we have taken the additional precaution of coating each specimen with the universally recognized tan enhancer, in order to bring all skin tones into spec compliance.

We have also taken care to assure correct and natural-looking facial hair in both configuration and coloring.

As per our agreement, each specimen comes dressed in a fashionable but conservative swimtrunk or unitard, and all costume selections will be billed and shipped separately.

While it is true that we were unable to secure a reputable Yemeni source, we are aware that the United States and Norway have a long-standing and cordial history of both trade and diplomatic relations, and we believe that both you and Agent. bin Laden will be pleasantly surprised and extremely pleased with the results we have been able to obtain with these Norwegian specimens.

Naturally, we would have preferred to work with a domestically available raw resource, but unfortunately, the height requirement as stated in the purchase order was incompatible with the relatively short stature of most Pakistanis, with the exception of the Balochs, of course, but believe us, you don't want to go there.

As always, it is a pleasure to do business with you and we look forward to working with you to insure a festive and successful Spring Offensive.

Sincerely,

Lieutenant General Ehsan ul Haq
Inter-Services Intelligence

[burythehatchet]

16. You're a riot man

love it.

[GreyV]

10. No point really...

Aside from probable boost for the current administration, this would have no real effect on al-qaeda and their affiliates. He wasn't in control to begin with. He represented (or represents) a kind of a ideological figurehead, but he has probably little to do with day-to-day operations on the ground.

[gold_bug]

11. I don't know if he's dead or alive

but I've been having this funny premonition that they'll pull him out of a hole later this year to pump up AWOL-Bush's chances in Nov. U.S. Military "Sure" to Catch Bin Laden

[radwriter0555]

15. bin laden been dead since december 2001. You can't live with that serious

of kidney disease without dialysis and constant treatment.