"...OSAMA'S CAPTURE DENIED Saturday's incident came as U.S. officials denied a report on Iranian state radio which quoted "an informed source" as saying that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been captured in the border region but the news was being withheld for later release to help President Bush's re-election prospects.
A senior U.S. defense official denied the report, calling it "another piece of stray voltage that's passing around out there..."