Bin Laden rumor prompts denial from White House

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Reports U.S. captured terror leader circulated after announcement of Bush news conference
Posted: March 6, 2003
5:00 p.m. Eastern


© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

White House spokesman Ari Fleischer has denied a rumor circulating in Washington, D.C., that President Bush, in his 8 p.m. Eastern news conference tonight, will announce that terror leader Osama bin Laden has been captured.

According to the Jerusalem Post, Israel Radio reported earlier today that Bush is scheduled to make the announcement tonight. In the same report, however, the paper confirms that Fleischer said no such announcement would be made.

Speculation about a possible announcement of bin Laden's capture began when the news conference, Bush's first since November, was announced earlier today.

Fleischer said Bush would have an opening statement about successes in the war against terrorism and the importance of disarming Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

"This is a news conference. This is not a scheduled announcement of anything," he said.

Pakistani and American forces have intensified the search for bin Laden along a southwestern stretch of the border with Afghanistan and carried out raids this week based on information received from arrested al-Qaida operative Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Pakistani intelligence and military officials said today.

Mohammed, thought to be the No. 3 figure in the terror network, told interrogators he met bin Laden just weeks ago in a rendezvous set up through a network of phone calls and intermediaries, according to an AP report.

At least two raids have been carried out in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan region based on information from Mohammed.
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Maybe we'll get lucky and Ari will just tell us later that he had no prior knowledge of Bin Ladens capture.
 
One more note.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured with not only important documents but his laptop, cellphone and address book. Who knows what this might have led to.
 
and now, back to Survivor...at last, something more believable than that speech :headbang:
 
well it sounds like pakistan might be closer on ol bin's tail. lets hope so.
As for the speech about sadam, i think its already been decided. just finishing up the last minute details. educated guess would be this weekend. "cause we dont need permission" wonder if that will bite us in the ass later?
 
I read on the BBC that they are closer than ever to Bin Laden, and nothing related to a rumour about its capture.
 
I didn't listen to a word of it cause I knew it was going to be only so much hot air and bland oatmeal. I tuned into the Ginger Lynn True Hollywood Story instead while I pushed out 5 miles on the treadmill.
 
I didn't listen to a word of it cause I knew it was going to be only so much hot air and bland oatmeal.
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I caught the first ten minutes hoping for a surprise, but no.

Then I switched off and watched CSI on TIVO.
 
Damn, I had to wait til the damn pres was done talking. At least they didn't continue in progress. :D
 
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