http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,912792,00.html
US: no evidence of 'Bin Laden capture'
The US today said it had no information to substantiate reports that Osama bin Laden had been captured in Pakistan.
"We have no information to substantiate that claim," a government spokesman said.
Iranian Radio today reported that the al-Qaida leader was being held by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency and that US troops were present.
The hunt for Bin Laden has been stepped up since evidence found during the arrest and early interrogations of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected architect of the September 11 attacks, appears to have encouraged intelligence agents to believe they are closer to the US's most wanted man.
A Pakistani intelligence official this week said Mohammed's arrest "is bringing us significantly closer to Osama".
"We appear to be just hours behind him," he said. "Khalid Sheikh said he met with him in December. We were months behind, then weeks, and now hours behind him."
Leaflets have been dropped in recent weeks in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan, which borders Iran and Afghanistan, offering rewards for the capture of Bin Laden and other senior al-Qaida figures.
How many hours has it been now since the Pakistanis first said they were only hours behind OBL?
They'll never catch him if they only know where he was an hour ago; they need to know where he'll be an hour from now.