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Bin Laden 'On The Run,' US Official Says(Ambassador J. Cofer Black, counter-terrorism office)
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| Feb 28 2004
| Michael Kitchen
Posted on 02/28/2004 9:44:19 AM PST by Dog
Bin Laden 'On The Run,' US Official Says Michael Kitchen Islamabad 28 Feb 2004, 15:13 UTC
A top U.S. anti-terrorism official says al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is on the run,<./b> amid what officials say is an intensifying hunt for fugitive members of the terror network. The U.S. official says he believes Osama bin Laden will be captured soon. Ambassador J. Cofer Black, coordinator for the State Department counter-terrorism office, say the United States and its allies will find Osama bin Laden.
"I feel confident that it will be sooner rather than later, although I'm not going to speculate on the exact date," he said.
In an interview with VOA, Ambassador Black said the United States knows Osama bin Laden is still in touch with other al-Qaida leaders, though on a limited basis.
"[The contacts are] infrequent, imperfect, but he still has contact. He has some limited form of contact," he said.
The U.S. government has blamed Osama bin Laden and his organization for the terror attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001.
Ambassador Black says that, although Osama bin Laden still evidently takes a role in planning al-Qaida operations, the majority of his focus is now spent avoiding capture.
"He's on the run. He's hiding. He spends most of his time trying to keep from getting caught," he said.
Mr. Black was in Islamabad Saturday, meeting with Pakistani counterparts to discuss anti-terrorism issues.
Pakistan launched a military operation Tuesday aimed at flushing out suspected foreign terrorists in the semi-autonomous South Waziristan agency.
On Saturday, the Pakistan military says one of its checkpoints in the South Waziristan capital of Wana engaged in an early morning shootout with an unknown vehicle.
Eleven people were reportedly killed in the incident, including civilian bystanders.
Military officials report 16 arrests following the incident, and say an investigation is under way.
The military says the firefight coincided with a mortar attack on their forces in Wana.
South Waziristan is located along the Afghan-Pakistani border, where Osama bin Laden is believed to be hiding.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; binladen; hammerandanvil; huntingbinladen; southasia; taskforce121
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Cofer Black is as good as it gets source wise..
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posted on
02/28/2004 9:44:20 AM PST
by
Dog
To: Admin Moderator
I though this was important enough to place in Breaking News....when this man speaks people listen.
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posted on
02/28/2004 9:45:49 AM PST
by
Dog
(Bin Laden your account to America is past due......time to pay up.)
To: Dog
Flushing scum out of a hole.
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posted on
02/28/2004 9:46:28 AM PST
by
demlosers
(Ann Coulter: Liberals simply can't grasp the problem Lexis-Nexis poses to their incessant lying.)
To: Dog
GOOD! Run him into the ground!!!!!
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posted on
02/28/2004 9:47:01 AM PST
by
LRS
To: Angelus Errare
Who does this sound like...?
The military says the firefight coincided with a mortar attack on their forces in Wana.
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posted on
02/28/2004 9:47:03 AM PST
by
Dog
(Bin Laden your account to America is past due......time to pay up.)
To: Dog
Something is in the air....and it ain't Wizard Wick.
Leni
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posted on
02/28/2004 9:48:22 AM PST
by
MinuteGal
(Enjoy the FRN "FReeps Ahoy" cruise for a week of fun and freeperistics. Bargain fares! Register now)
To: Dog
Cofer Black is as good as it gets source wise..Good post.
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posted on
02/28/2004 9:49:09 AM PST
by
FreeReign
To: Dog
I agree. Many of these ongoing reports are bogus. Cofer Black adds legitimacy to the report. I don't believe that we have caught him as some have suggested, but I do believe we are close. I have a chilled six-pack of Harp Lager for the day he is caught!
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posted on
02/28/2004 9:49:42 AM PST
by
CurlyBill
(Voter fraud is one of the primary campaign strategies of the Democrats!!!!)
To: Dog
Oh come on, every person with a brain knows Osama has been captured for a while and Bush won't announce it until late October....just don't tell the Democrats, 'they' get upset with the GOP's constant use of October surprises....
To: Dog
I hope we catch him alive, and get good fiilm of the dentist checking his teeth. Say "aghhh."
Such (propoganda?) visuals incite the musli mobs with arab "humiliation."
To: MinuteGal
Agreed......something is in the air.
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posted on
02/28/2004 9:53:45 AM PST
by
Dog
(Bin Laden your account to America is past due......time to pay up.)
To: Dog
Sounds like we have teams on the scent.
Life is good.
...for us.
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posted on
02/28/2004 9:53:57 AM PST
by
Southack
(Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Dog
You don't brag on something unless you're pretty sure of the outcome. Nothing could be more stupid, politically or strategically.
Given the source, I have to believe that OBL's capture or killing is now a certainty, and in the very near future.
To: Dog
Hmmm Kerry and his Band of Democrats must be deeply concerned. Maddy "Mad Dog" Albright (yikes what a description of the former Secy of State in the "feminized" Clinton administration)...will obviously repeat her original "joke" that "W" had him already and is keeping him on ice waiting to role him out just before the election.
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posted on
02/28/2004 9:56:17 AM PST
by
Bob Eimiller
(Kennedy..Kerry..Leahy...Pelosi..Kucinich.."Catholics" who Promote Partial Birth Abortion.)
To: Southack
According the Black ...Bin Laden is still trying to communicate to other AQ leaders.....that is very interesting....have we picked up a SAT-Phone conversation......or is he talking thru email?
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posted on
02/28/2004 9:57:09 AM PST
by
Dog
(Bin Laden your account to America is past due......time to pay up.)
To: Bob Eimiller
hmmm... when's the Democratic Convention?
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posted on
02/28/2004 10:02:44 AM PST
by
byteback
To: truth_seeker
I hope we catch him alive, and get good fiilm of the dentist checking his teeth. Say "aghhh." Such (propoganda?) visuals incite the musli mobs with arab "humiliation."
FR Count-down until we see pictures like this with Osama
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posted on
02/28/2004 10:04:17 AM PST
by
jriemer
(We are a Republic not a Democracy)
To: Dog
South Waziristan? is that just east of North Shitizstan?
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posted on
02/28/2004 10:04:19 AM PST
by
Wally_Kalbacken
(Seldom right, never in doubt!)
To: byteback
The convention will happen when Hillary decides.
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posted on
02/28/2004 10:05:20 AM PST
by
Bob Eimiller
(Kennedy..Kerry..Leahy...Pelosi..Kucinich.."Catholics" who Promote Partial Birth Abortion.)
To: Dog
Psycho Chicken, On the run
Bawk bawk bawk BAWK bawk bawk bawk bawk BAWK bawk
Better
Run, run, run, run
Run, run, run away.
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posted on
02/28/2004 10:08:52 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
(D@mned if you do, Dem'd if you don't)
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