They got him! Osama bin Laden

[Ned]

All we hear are denials, but I think it just may be true. Wow!

Officials deny bin Laden has been caputured

[Lawrence of Arabia]

YES!!!!!!

[Urban Ranger]

This goes into the same group as "8 members of the UNSC support the new US/UK resolution" and "Some high ranking Iraqi military commmanders are talking with the US."

[DuncanK]

I believe the US would lie. They were trying to keep it a secret that they captured moobutlick.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

what? moo - but- lick? did his parents have a sense of humor or what?

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by DuncanK


I believe the US would lie. They were trying to keep it a secret that they captured

Yeah. I mean if they told people this, it might cost bush the election!!!

moobutlick.

Great sense of humour

[DuncanK]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
what? moo - but- lick? did his parents have a sense of humor or what?

hehe, no that's just a name I made up for the guy they caught a week ago.

[Boris Godunov]

Oh please.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

after reading the source again, i have come to the conclusion that it is VERY plausible that the US has him.

[Shi Huangdi]

Man I hope the USA is lying...

[Ted Striker]

I hope it turns out to be true...

[Bearcat]

*crosses fingers*

[MichaeltheGreat]

Not very likely.

The political fallout from snagging him, then lying about it pending a war with Iraq would more than wipe out any political capital the administration would gain from his capture.

Of course, one could indulge in conspiracy theories and say he was caught months ago, and that's why we have audiotapes at politically convenient times.

Or one could stick with the previous indications of his health and the capture of his bodyguards, etc., and assume he's long dead - hence no new video, from a guy who liked being on camera.

Or one could indulge in semi-conspiracy theories and figure if he was known KIA, that might be something worth concealing, to keep up support for the WoT, Patriot, etc., and at some politically convenient time, there'd be a nice news announcement that he was suddenly located and killed, or a double could be found for a couple of quick photo-ops, and we could claim his capture and detention at an unknown facility.

OBL is kind of problematic, because he's the symbol for Islamic terrorism.

[Dinner]

Sounds like another wild theory...

Apolyton seems to live on speculative theories.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

heres my theory.
they nabbed OBL. the US will then extract info about the other alqaeda leaders around the world. Pooya, deupty of a radical muslim group which believes what OBL says, and has connections to his group, started to make noises because he wante tell the world and the alqaeda operatives that obl is taken and they should all scram and go underground. he wants to protect the cause. the us doesnt want this to happen, so they deny the report that obl is taken. news organizations are wary of reports which arnt verified by a government or institution, which is why they arnt reporting it everywhere.