U.S. Forces Have Bin Laden 'Surrounded'
- Report February 21, 2004
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According to a British newspaper, U.S. special forces have Osama bin Laden 'surrounded' and 'boxed in' on the northwest border of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Sunday Express is reporting that the fugitive terrorist leader has been "sighted" and is now being monitored by satellite.
The report quotes a Washington intelligence insider, saying, "He (bin Laden) is boxed in." Yesterday, Whitehouse spokesman Scott McClellan denied reports that bin Laden had been captured. "That would be news to everybody in this room," McClellan told reporters.
"No, I haven't heard anything - haven't heard anything like that."
Meanwhile the Washington Post today published the first of a two-part series claiming that the search for bin Laden has been plagued by political disputes and near-misses. According to the Post, between 1998 and 2000, the CIA and the Clinton Administration were paralyzed over policy disputes involving the legalities of engaging in covert operations inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Last week, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said the effort to find bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar was entering a new phase. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. David Barno said the "sand in their hour glass is running out."
Barno said that the new operation would employ a "hammer and anvil approach" that would use Pakistan military forces as a Pakistan-based "anvil" against which U.S. forces would "hammer" al Qaeda fugtives from the Afghan side of the boarder.
Tonight the Discovery Channel will be broadcasting a program exploring The Search for Osama Bin Laden.
Report filed by Mike LaSalle
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