March 15, 2003
BIN WAITIN' FOR THIS:
Taliban Denies Bin Laden’s Arrest (Islam Online, 3/15/2003)Al-Sayyed Mortada, leader of the Pakistani Al-Insaf Movement, said Wednesday, March 12, that bin Laden has been arrested by U.S and Pakistani joint forces and that Washington would announce his capture on March 17 or 18 after unleashing war on Iraq....Pakistani political sources expected Washington to make public bin Laden’s arrest on the eve of its looming war on Iraq with claims he was getting biological weapons from Iraq in a bid to justify the war....
On Thursday, March 6, the White House refused to confirm reports that bin Laden might be arrested soon by U.S. and Pakistani intelligence authorities.
"I'm not in the position to confirm anything about that," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said.
Pakistani officials also dismissed reports of the arrest of Bin Laden as groundless.
But a senior Pakistani official said that there are some very "important pieces of information with us. If the information is accurate, then he (Bin Laden) cannot hide for long," the official said, referring to Sheikh Mohammed's revelations.
I think they've got him. Posted by Paul Jaminet at March 15, 2003 11:38 AM
Sorta like when a President claims to have "complete confidence in Secretary X, and will stand behind him during this crisis" - the Secretary (or other administration official) is a goner for sure. This news report indeed resembles that scenario...
Posted by: Bruce Cleaver at March 15, 2003 12:29 PMIf they do have him of course they can't announce it because then the Dems will say there is no reason to go after Iraq.
Posted by: AWW at March 15, 2003 9:29 PM