Report: U.S. Special Forces may have captured Bin Laden
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Thursday, May 1, 2003
U.S. Special Operations Forces have launched what was described as a major attack on Al Qaida strongholds in eastern Afghanistan over the last few days and Pakistani sources said several Al Qaida leaders have been captured.
The London-based Al Hayat daily reported on Thursday that the U.S. force might have also captured Bin Laden. The newspaper quoted Pakistani military sources as saying that Bin Laden could have been one of the Al Qaida leaders seized by the United States.
The United States has already confirmed the capture of Waleed Bin Attash, also known as Tawfiq Attash, Middle East Newsline reported. Bin Attash was said to have helped direct the Sept. 11, 2001 Al Qaida attacks on New York and Washington as well as the bombing of the USS Cole in October 2000.
