Yeah, well, that's what happens when you pin
the war on catching one guy. Actually, the major setback
would be to capture him. That would bring
out the 'end the war now' throngs.
CIA denies Bin Laden escaped by sea THE TIMES OF INDIA | 1/15/02 | AFP
Posted on 1/15/02 1:48 AM Pacific by kattracks
WASHINGTON: Central Intelligence Agency analysts have concluded that suspected terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden has eluded US troops searching for him in Afghanistan and has fled from Pakistan by sea, ABC News reported on Monday.
A CIA spokeswoman immediately denied the report.
"It's completely untrue. That is not what the CIA believes," spokeswoman Anya Guilsher said.
ABC reported that CIA analysts tracking bin Laden have concluded he escaped from his hideout in Tora Bora in eastern Afghanistan around the first week of December, leaving behind a tape-recorded message to fool US pursuers.
The network quoted unnamed intelligence officials as saying a captured supporter claimed to have witnessed Bin Laden turning over operational control to one of his deputies before heading to Pakistan.
Laden and his al-Qaeda network have been targeted for destruction by the United States, which blames him for deadly September 11 suicide attacks on US targets.
Trading BS story for BS story!
Only those who hate America and what we have accomplished are trying to convince us that we have failed if we haven't killed or captured OBL!
The rest of us the 80% who know that this is a long battle and that it will not be over until the last country that is against us is gone!
Personally I hope that the CIA has OBL's body frozen in dry ice. Then, they drag it out for Somalia, Yemen, Syria/Lebannon and on through the vile middle east. Then we can destroy those who support terrorism in those miserable countries!
We know we are winning and no body of OBL is needed!