[Gigantor]

High level of rumors - Osmama caught - standing by...

I can say no more.

[csvset]

OBL's capture would knock gay marriage off of the front page for a day or two.

[SamAdams76]

Great...I'm about to head up to New Hampshire for a day of hiking in the woods. I'm going to be out of touch with the world for a while. Well, here's hoping I come back tonight to some really good news.

Hope your scoop pans out.

[Cindy]

OPINION:

Thank you for sharing this RUMOR with us.
IF this RUMOR is not a RUMOR, but is a fact;
then congratulations for breaking the news
here first on FR.

[ReformedBeckite]

I all of the sudden feel a need to take a shower.

[kattracks]

Hhere's some other news from the area:

11 killed in shooting near Afghan border

The Associated Press
2/28/2004, 4:56 a.m. ET

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) ? Pakistani forces fired at a minibus Saturday when it failed to stop at a roadblock in a tribal region where anti-terrorism operations have been ongoing, killing at least 11 people, local officials and a resident said.

The shooting occurred at Zeri Noor, a village just outside of Wana, the main town in tribal South Waziristan, two Wana officials told The Associated Press. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, put the death toll at 11.

Allah Dad, a local resident, told the AP that the bus was filled mostly with Afghan refugees on their way to the border. A taxi driving near the minibus was also hit, and the driver killed, Dad said.

He said as many as 12 people were killed, and seven more injured in the shooting.

"They opened fire when the bus didn't stop," Dad said. "There is a lot of tension in the area and a lot of troops. The roads to Afghanistan have been sealed."

Army spokesman Gen. Shaukat Sultan would not confirm the reports, but said he would look into them.

[Types_with_Fist]

Waiting for the majors to start on this, if true. Oh, God, please. I don't know how many "Osama Is Captured" stories I can take that aren't true. Let it be true this time.

[WILBERFORCE]

Haaretz.com - JUST REPORTED HE IS CAUGHT!!

[Skwidd]

Things could go very badly for the Pakis if they catch him. Muslims aren't exactly known for forgiveness.

[I'll be your Huckleberry]

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[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Osmama caught

That would be nice...

[KQQL]

CONGRATS ON THE SCOOP !

[Skwidd]

But what we really want to know is...WAS BERT CAUGHT WITH HIM?!?!?!?

[Timeout]

As if it weren't bad enough being unable to sleep, now you've got me monitoring CNN! (I was here when you broke the Saddam story and I well remember that CNN had the story way before the others. So I'll stay with them for now.)

Please throw us any scraps you can. Has anyone at the Washington bureau checked to see if the lights are blazing at the White House?

[oceanperch]

Any media plans to film the cavity search?

[sonofatpatcher2]

As of now, nothing on Drudge, AP, CBS, NBC, ABC, etc...

Hope this is true!!!!!!!

[Finalapproach29er]

Can't believe Israel would peddle this crap, unless they have "somebody" in Iran telling them that The Mullahs are acting as if it happened.

[F14 Pilot]

Iranian Radio Reports Bin Laden Captured

Via AP
News Day
28 Feb 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-Qaida 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.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-bin-laden,0,502867.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

[fly_so_free]

Here's hoping..... If this turns out to be true, the 'RAts are going to have a collective cow (heh heh heh...)

[Kozak]

NO NO NO. The master schedule doesn't have Osama caught until mid September. Get with the VRWC.

[AmericaUnited]

Prediction Thread

To: Russ
OBL will be captured or killed around the third week of February. Remember this post!
59 posted on 01/29/2004 5:43:51 PM EST by AmericaUnited

To: AmericaUnited
Ok.....why the third week in February? 64 posted on 01/29/2004 5:53:09 PM EST by Dog

To: Dog
I can't say. But it'll be that week or close enough.
67 posted on 01/29/2004 6:02:16 PM EST by AmericaUnited