February 28, 2004
UNREASONABLE DOUBT:
U.S. Denies Iran Report of Bin Laden's Capture (Reuters, Feb 28, 2004)
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."
And 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."
Washington says bin Laden masterminded the September 11, 2001, suicide hijack attacks in the United States, which killed nearly 3,000 people.
"Washington says"? Didn't he take credit for it? Posted by Orrin Judd at February 28, 2004 10:56 AM
If they did capture bin Laden and he admitted it on TV, Reuters would probably run a news analysis piece saying 2 1/2 years of living in caves without proper medical attention for his disabilites has made Osama dillusional if not borderline mentally incompetent.
Posted by: John at February 28, 2004 11:18 AMDepends how you define mastermind. Didn't he give all credit to Allah?
Posted by: Peter B at February 28, 2004 11:32 AMOJ please
repeat after me "ALLEGED, ALLEGED" Besides there was no Miranda warnings given, maybe he was just bragging. Let's not go off half-cocked, OK?
The judicial system alleges--normal people can actually say things like "OJ Simpson killed them"
Posted by: oj at February 28, 2004 12:28 PM