AP: Sons of Osama bin Laden Arrested in S.E. Afghanistan???

FOXNEWS

[JohnHuang2]

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Two sons of Osama bin Laden were arrested in southeastern Afghanistan in a joint operation involving U.S. forces, Pakistan's provincial home minister Sanaullah Zehri said. "They were arrested from Rabat area in Afghanistan," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. He did not identify the sons, but said that seven other Al Qaida men were killed in the operation. Zehri refused to identify which forces were involved in the operation. "They were allied forces," he said refusing to identify the nationalities of the forces involved in the operation. Rabat is at the extreme tip of southwestern Afghanistan where the Afghan, Pakistan and Iran borders meet.

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Two sons of Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) were arrested in southeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) in a joint operation involving U.S. forces, Pakistan's provincial home minister Sanaullah Zehri said.

"They were arrested from Rabat area in Afghanistan," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. He did not identify the sons, but said that seven other Al Qaida men were killed in the operation.

Zehri refused to identify which forces were involved in the operation.

"They were allied forces," he said refusing to identify the nationalities of the forces involved in the operation. Rabat is at the extreme tip of southwestern Afghanistan where the Afghan, Pakistan and Iran borders meet.

Arrested were Saad and Hamza bin Laden, two of what are believed to be 14 to 18 sons of Osama bin Laden, the leader of the al-Qaida terrorist organization. Saad is believed closely tied to the operations of al-Qaida.

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Two sons of Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) were arrested in southeastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) in a joint operation involving Pakistani and U.S. forces, Pakistan's provincial home minister Sanaullah Zehri said.

"They were arrested from Rabat area in Afghanistan," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. He did not identify the sons, but said that seven other al-Qaida men were killed in the operation.

Arrested were Saad and Hamza bin Laden, two of what are believed to be 14 to 18 sons of Osama bin Laden, the leader of the al-Qaida terrorist organization. Saad is believed closely tied to the operations of al-Qaida.

In Washington, U.S. counterterrorism officials strongly disputed reports saying bin Laden's sons were captured. They said they had no information that would suggest any of the sons had been detained.

Zehri refused to say which military units were involved.

"They were allied forces," he said, operating near Rabat in the extreme southwestern tip of Afghanistan where it borders Pakistan and Iran.

Some sources claim Bin Laden has at least 23 children by several wives. Saad is one the oldest, in his early 20s and has emerged as an al-Qaida leader and one of America's top two dozen targets in the network. Mohammed and Ahmed bin Laden also support their father's efforts, U.S. officials say.

[Mr. Mojo]

This news sent the DOW Jones from down 50 to up 10 almost instantaneously.

[steveegg]

Outstanding. Visiting Daddy's grave?

[BOBTHENAILER]

They caught the little SOB-L's, eh?

[VRWC_minion]

This cannot be. Bush is too distracted to fight war on terrorism.

[mdittmar]

5 to breaking news in 2 min. must be a record.

How many sons does he have?Maybe we're getting closer.

[MizSterious]

Maybe they're bait?

[ewing]

Alright, now lets get the whale!

[glock rocks]

soon :o)

[texasbluebell]

One of them is reputed to be the successor to Abu Zubaida (per Fox just now). Sa'ad I think is the one they said, not sure of the spelling.

[Connservative]

If Bush would just spend more of his resources on Al Qaeda instead of Saddam...

/sarcasm off

[MEG33]

It may lead to the Odios one.

[MEG33]

It may lead to the Odios one.

[floriduh voter]

Fox News Channel bump. FV

[jpl]

How awesome would it be if it were these sons that have been putting out the fake Osama audiotapes.

[Illbay]

Fox News report adds that "U.S. officials seem to doubt it."

[The Wizard]

I was one....got pulled, didn't know why, now I know, Gosh John is fast

[BOBTHENAILER]

Under intense interrogation, they refuse to answer the question....

WHO'S YOUR DADDY?

[j_tull]

I fully understand pulling dupes, but is there anyway you could put a link to the active thread on the "thread pulled" page? It took three tries to find one not pulled. Thanks

[TLBSHOW]

terrorist attack on America is less likely to happen with the news of the last 2 weeks.....

can you say we are close to victory with bin laden?

[GraniteStateConservative]

Imagine who all we could have captured had Pakistan ISI kept their pie-holes shut after Mohammed was gotten.