| The U.S. Department of Defense denied reports by Iran's official IRNA news agency on Saturday that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been captured.
IRNA quoted a story on Iran's state radio Pashtun service which reported "a very reliable source" as saying bin Laden had been captured in a tribal area of Pakistan. A senior U.S. defense official denied the report, telling Reuters it was "another piece of stray voltage that's passing around out there." |
Okay. But the voltage has been pretty high. Starting not too long ago the rumors that bin Laden was "boxed in", and then moving into reports of heavy Pakistani troop movement along the Afghanistan border a couple days ago. That's perhaps in preparation for the infamous "spring offensive", though, I suppose.
Whatever. Maybe they have him. Maybe they don't. But if they do, we'll get to see it when they're damn well ready to use it for political purposes.
| Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri told a news conference he was aware of the Iranian report, but added: "We cannot confirm it at all." |
Well, that's not a denial.
| The Iranian correspondent responsible for the report told Reuters the radio had also reported bin Laden's capture a year ago. But said a new source had told him on Friday the al Qaeda leader had been seized "a long time ago."
"It could be one month ago, it could be one year, but he has been arrested," he said. While declining to reveal his source or how his source knew of the capture, he said: "My source said it and he knows it." |
There's a Bushian statement if I ever heard one.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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