Capturing Bin Laden Carries Risks

Los Angeles Times ^ | March 7, 2003 | Richard A. Serrano

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WASHINGTON -- In the war on terrorism there is no greater prize than Osama bin Laden. But the question nags: What would the United States do with him?

Thursday morning that quandary surfaced when rumors swept Washington that the Al Qaeda terrorist leader had been cornered in an area on the Afghan-Pakistani border, where U.S. and Pakistani forces are reportedly searching. The White House even called the CIA to check it out, only to be disappointed.

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"He might see himself more as a martyr before a military trial," Vagts said. "Al Jazeera could portray that as a kangaroo court. A lot of people suspect the U.S. military trial system, especially in Europe. So from a martyrdom standpoint, a closed-door trial on Guantanamo Bay would feed all sorts of suspicions."

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Put him in a chair where the slightest movement on his part causes a massive nuclear denotation in a particular part of the world which shall remain nameless.