Bin Laden Is Captured in Pakistan, Iran News Agency Reports
Feb. 28 (Bloomberg)
http://4-in.com/games/downloads/bloomberg.pdf


Iranian state radio reports bin Laden captured; Pakistani army spokesman denies it
Saturday, February 28, 2004
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...0557EST0454.DTL


Iranian state radio reports bin Laden captured
February 28, 2004
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2004/02/28/364563-ap.html


U.S., Pakistani officials deny report of bin Laden capture
Posted 2/28/2004 7:01 AM Updated 2/28/2004 5:48 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-02...bin-laden_x.htm


Claims bin Laden 'already captured'
(I can't find a date)
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0...255E2%2C00.html


French Forces Nearly Captured Bin Laden
Posted: March 15, 2004 at 4:25 p.m.
http://www.kron.com/Global/story.asp?S=1713025


Osama Bin Laden “Captured” In Pak’s NWFP: Iran State Radio
Tehran/Islamabad, Feb. 28 (NNN)
http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=022804041811


Osama bin Laden captured from Pakistan: claims Iran Radio
--US, Pakistan deny reports
Saturday February 28, 2004 (1245 PST)
http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=56525


Iran: "Osama bin Laden captured in Pakistan"
Saturday, February 28, 2004 - ©2004 IranMania.com
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/...rrent%20Affairs



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WASHINGTON (Feb. 28) - The United States is rounding up and questioning the relatives of fugitive al-Qaida leaders to generate information on the possible whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and his top deputies. This tactic helped lead to Saddam Hussein's capture.

On Saturday, Pentagon and Pakistani officials denied an Iranian state radio report that bin Laden had been captured "a long time ago'' in Pakistan's border region with Afghanistan.

Link no longer works, but at DU this is the selection they copied.

What doe s everyone make of this?

Apparently, international sources also reported Saddam's capture before the U.S. Media got to it also.

There'd been nothing I can see to be gained by the the U.S. knowing bin Laden had been captured and not divulging that information, especially if it happened a long time ago, as your post indicates some are saying. If that were the case, they'd definitely have trotted that info out before the election. Also, it'd be extremely difficult to keep information like that secret for any length of time.

Yeah, I'd be reluctant to believe it when the only source is one thing without any more sources being able to verify it (as in Iran State radio being the only source, while everyone else echoed it). It's interesting that a lot of (seemingly credible, I don't know?) websites reported on it at the same time.

Theoretically though, if they can keep us all in fear of this guy then they have a lot of control over the fear-based voters. But there's very little fact to back anything like that up.

"October Surmise"
http://www.toostupidtobepresident.com/shoc...bersurprise.htm

Besides, as of today -- December 27, 2004 -- the news is reporting ANOTHER confirmed Bin Laden tape recording spouting more madness. How could he have been captured and still be making tapes, unless the voice is really Bush in disquise. :?:

The "October Surmise" cartoon kinda answers that, but if one were to believe that Bin Laden (I almost typed Saddam <_< ) were captured in February without the U.S. being public about it - one would probably assume that the leaders of this country are holding him to keep us in a fear-like state so that we don't eventually feel safe and forget abotu Bin Laden, as long as we think he's out there. With the tape - one believing this might think - Bush could have forced him to do it in captivity. But that's probably too conspiratorial for most people, especially considering the fact that Bin Laden being captured was paraded around in October. But you understand the dynamics of keeping people fearful even after the election right?