Decius wrote:
] ] The Iranian correspondent responsible for the report told
] ] Reuters the radio had also reported bin Laden's capture
] ] a year ago. But said a new source had told him on Friday
] ] the al Qaeda leader had been seized "a long time ago."
] ]
] ] "It could be one month ago, it could be one year, but he
] ] has been arrested," he said.
]
] When they arrest BL, they won't tell everyone that they've
] arrested BL, because BL knows things that they want to know,
] and they don't want BL's associates to react to the idea that
] they have the information that BL has. They could delay making
] an announcement for quite some time if they feel like they can
] collect useful intelligence. So rest assured, when you hear
] that BL has been captured, it happened a long time ago. It
] might have happened already. There is really no way to know
] unless the guy puts out a recent video...

I think it will be really interesting to see if an announcement of his arrest comes in close conjuction with the November election... -LB

RE: US denies Iranian report of Bin Lauden capture