Osama caught - rumors abound...

2/28/04 | Gigantor

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Fox didn't want to step in a pile of embarrassment by announcing Saddam's capture before they could confirm it. I forget what happened, but they did report a major story as wrong a few weeks before by jumping on the story too early.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

I repeat: Has anyone in DC checked to see if the lights are blazing at the White House?

Why r u asking such a stupid question? I REPEAT...why r u asking such a stupid question?

[Mo1]

*L* .. I'm closer to DC then you and I can tell for sure

[kcvl]

Iranian state radio claims bin Laden captured

Pakistani army spokesman denies report

The Associated Press

Updated: 6:08 a.m. ET Feb. 28, 2004TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's state radio, quoting an unnamed source, said Saturday that Osama bin Laden was captured in Pakistan "a long time ago." A Pakistan army spokesman denied he was captured.




http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4405830/

[HarryCaul]

I'm thinking there's a real rumor floating around the news agencies, not based on the IRNA story. AP wouldn't ordinarily repeat pointless propaganda from Iran, especially when it's a point that some tin-foiler somewhere is making every day.

[KQQL]

Tehran Radio: Donald Rumsfeld`s visit to Pakistan last week was related to capture of Osama bin Laden (Haaretz

[Prime Choice]

Fox didn't want to step in a pile of embarrassment by announcing Saddam's capture before they could confirm it. I forget what happened, but they did report a major story as wrong a few weeks before by jumping on the story too early.

I can understand caution, but they were at least 20 minutes behind reports coming from every other news station on the air at the time.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: Has anyone in DC checked to see if the lights are blazing at the White House?

No lights I can see from here in Texas...

But if true, they will shine all over!

[BCrago66]

Is it possible that Kerry is already getting security briefings? Because last night a story appeared where he impled that capturing bin Ladin wasn't a big deal:

Analysis: Kerry looks beyond Osama


http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040227-065325-4160r

[Fitzcarraldo]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/terror/20040228-0257-binladen.html

War on Terror

Iranian state radio reports bin Laden captured

Pakistani army spokesman denies it

ASSOCIATED PRESS 2:57 a.m. February 28, 2004

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's state radio, quoting an unnamed source, said Saturday that Osama bin Laden was captured in Pakistan "a long time ago." A Pakistan army spokesman denied he was captured.

The report said that U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's visit to the region this week was in connection with the arrest.

The state radio said a reporter for its Pushtun service in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar "confirmed the news" that bin Laden had been captured in a tribal region in Pakistan. He said the news was from "a very reliable source in Peshawar, Pakistan," but the source was not identified.

Pakistani Army spokesman Gen. Shaukat Sultan told The Associated Press that the report is completely untrue. "That information is wrong," he said.

A Pakistani military operation has been under way in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan and a Pakistani official said previously that members of al-Qaeda are being sought there, although bin laden was not a specific target.

Iranian state radio quoted its reporter as saying the arrest happened a long time ago.

"Osama bin Laden has been arrested a long time ago, but Bush is intending to use it for propaganda maneuvering in the presidential election," he said.

Homayoun Jarir, son-in-law of Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, said he could not confirm the report.

Shamim Shahed, the bureau chief for "The Nation," an English-language newspaper in Peshawar, was cited by the director of IRNA's Pashtun radio service as the source of the bin Laden report.

But Shahed denied in an AP interview ever telling the Iranian news service that bin Laden had been captured.

"I never said this, but I have for the last year been saying that he is not far away. He is within their (the Americans) reach, and they can declare him arrested anytime," Shahed said. He gave no evidence to back up that claim.

[longtermmemmory]

FR needs a series of live webcams.

One permanently focused on the whitehouse.


(perhaps one temporarily set up to watch SF city hall steps)

[Prince Charles]

Sigh. We now return you to your regularly-scheduled flame war.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Because all of the lights on in the White House offices at this time usually means a major event has happened.

[Prime Choice]

Sadly, this is just a rehash of the IRNA report. We need something that cites another source.

[SeeRushToldU_So]

I will never get any work done today waiting on this thread to confirm or deny this rumour.

[Gigantor]

It's been an hour since we heard from our foreign desk, no further word has come in...

[JennysCool]

(perhaps one temporarily set up to watch SF city hall steps)

For the fashions?

[Las Vegas Dave]

I can hear the dummycRATS now, "Ahh yes, Bush knew, but when did he know it?"
(It's the seriousness of the charge.) < / sarcasm >

[BCrago66]

We're all posting the same AP story that is now popping up on different papers every 2 or 3 minutes.

[Fenris6]

rgr that - thanks for the info - hope it pans out