First it was Iranian radio, then Israel, then a couple UK papers, then the AP and Reuters, now the story is hitting Indian papers.
http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Conflicting+reports+over+Osama's+capture&id=49703
Conflicting reports over Osama's capture
Iran's state radio, quoting an unnamed source, today said that Osama bin Laden was captured in Pakistan "a long time ago."
The report claimed that US Defence 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 spokesperson General Shaukat Sultan however denied the report saying the information is wrong.
Also Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri declined to confirm reports of Osama's arrest. But he added that 11 Al-Qaeda members were killed in an operation in Waziristan in northern Pakistan.
"I cannot confirm it. They (the officials) made an effort to capture him but I cannot confirm it," said Kasuri. (PTI)
We can hope, but I really can't believe they would ever capture him alive. Unlike Saddam with his country and his palaces, this guy's been a cowering cave dweller for over two years.
Rich or not, he still has a lot less to lose in taking himself out in a blaze of glory.