Osama caught - rumors abound...

2/28/04 | Gigantor

[Gigantor]

Rumors abound, Osama caught.

Standing by for more...fingers crossed...

[Skwidd]

"Y'all stop fighting'!"

[Cowboy Bob]

mothers has gone downhill as of late

I was wondering how Mother's was myself! I heard that the Central Grocery has gone downhill too.

[Texasforever]

You can't please ANYONE that thinks he is "stuck in New Orleans". That is a seriously unhappy person.

[Prime Choice]

Well, when Saddam was captured didn't we get the same load of bunk.

If memory serves, the first thing the Leftists did was claim that the U.S. didn't capture Saddam; that the Kurds had caught Saddam and held him until the U.S. got custody of him.

Nevermind that if the Kurds had got their mitts on Saddam first, we'd have needed a bucket and a sponge to collect enough DNA to show that the big red splotch in the ditch *was* once Saddam...

[BlackVeil]

CNN and FOX News Channels are quiet.

This story might be unfolding over the next few days, rather than immediately. Or - of course - it may just be rumour.

[Mo1]

You get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning .. or are you always this cranky

[FreedomPoster]

Just damn. About the time I'm about to give up on the thread, and go do something useful, you pop back up with something to keep me glued to the keyboard.

[MozartLover]

Hmmmmm...........

[185JHP]

Chortling in the AM...

[Fenris6]

If true - how long before we can expect verification from WH or CentCom?

[DonaldDuke]

Actually, your obsession is stretching the moron envelope. STFU.

Actually, his question (was Gigantor's source the same Irna story that is bouncing around all over the place) is the best question on this whole thread.

Because if it wasn't, it would mean that there is more than one source.

Get it? Nah, probably not...

[Types_with_Fist]

AP's source is independent of ours...

Tell us, please. Is there another source besides the Iranian report?

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

You can't please ANYONE that thinks he is "stuck in New Orleans". That is a seriously unhappy person.

so said the person who justs VISITS this banana republic...instead of LIVING there

[MeekOneGOP]

Hmm ?? If true, this is BIG news. The 'RATS will be truly saddened if it is.

Although AP is reporting this, I think it's likely just rumor, but pinging anyway folks ...

Iranian Radio Reports Bin Laden Captured

Excerpt:

By Associated Press

February 28, 2004, 6:02 AM EST

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.

Tehran Radio reported that Osama Bin Laden has been captured. (Archive Photo)

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.

[MEG33]

Interesting..I'll keep checking back!

[F14 Pilot]

Iranian Radio Reports Bin Laden Captured

Yahoo News

38 minutes ago


TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's state radio, quoting an unnamed source, said Saturday that Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) 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 (news - web sites) 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://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040228/ap_on_re_mi_ea/bin_laden_1

[Timeout]

You're killing me!

[Nita Nupress]

What's this thing about "Moby" I keep seeing? Is that another shower/moose/cheese/vikingkitty joke I missed out on?

[Texasforever]

dumb bitch

He says as he swishes his purse.