<p>WASHINGTON (AP) -- It sounded sinister at first. The Pentagon announced new evidence of a possible link between the al-Qaida terrorist network and Somalia. Within minutes the story began to unravel.</p>
<p>The Pentagon's military spokesman for the war in Afghanistan, Brig. Gen. John Rosa of the Air Force, announced Wednesday that U.S. soldiers searching abandoned al-Qaida caves in eastern Afghanistan had recovered a hand-held navigation device Monday with the name "G. Gordon" on it.</p>