https://freerepublic.com/tag/heisalreadydead/ en-us Mon, 5 Apr 2004 04:49:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1111470/posts WASHINGTON -- Osama bin Laden is so hounded by U.S. forces that he no longer controls al-Qaida, a top American counterterrorism official said Thursday. "The sense is no, he's not [in charge] in the way that we think of it," said Ambassador Cofer Black, the State Department's counterterror coordinator. Bin Laden -- who the CIA believes is hiding in the mountainous border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan -- is unable to meet with his lieutenants to plot new attacks and relies instead on other terror groups to strike, Black told the House International Relations Committee. "This guy spends most of... Salt Lake Tribune https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1111470/posts#comment Mon, 5 Apr 2004 04:49:19 GMT