U.S., Pakistan admit bin Laden trail is cold

[Jon8503]

What a surprise!
Pakistan's leader says forces once were close to al-Qaida chiefNBC News and news services
Updated: 11:58 a.m. ET March 15, 2005LONDON - Pakistani and American officials said Tuesday the hunt for top al-Qaida and Taliban leaders would continue, but acknowledged the trail was cold.

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said his forces believed they had nearly hunted down Osama bin Laden about 10 months ago, but had since lost track of him. “Through interrogation of those who have been captured, the al-Qaida members who were apprehended here, and through technical means there was a time when the dragnet had closed,” Musharraf told the British Broadcasting Corp. in an interview.

“We thought we knew roughly the area where he possibly could be. That was I think ... not very long (ago), maybe about 10 months back,” said Musharraf, a close ally of the United States. The BBC quoted Musharraf as saying his forces had since lost track of bin Laden’s possible whereabouts.

In Washington, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said he did not have any information on Musharraf's disclosure. But he said bin Laden "remains a high priority just like other al-Qaida leaders."

"He is someone that has been on the run," McClellan said. "We are dismantling the al-Qaida network. We have made important progress, but the war on terrorism continues. And we will stay on the offensive and take the fight to the enemy so we don't have to fight them here at home."

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[Bluzmann57]

1. But I thought it was just last week that they "almost" had him

Now someone's not quite telling the truth here. Either they were close or they weren't. Bin Laden certainly is making the USA look stupid. Oh wait, thats bush who's making the USA look stupid. Get the bastard and bring him to this country for trial and then imprison him. At least the Clinton administration did that with the first World Trade Center bombers.

[HereSince1628]

2. Didn't I read somewhere that OBL might be in western China?

sorry to get off message

[TheModernTerrorist]

3. What do they mean "cold"?

everyone knows he's down in the Florida Keys, smoking Cubans, drinking, partying with all his friends: Rove, Kenny-boy, and the rest of the Rat Pack. ;-)

[gnofg]

4. He's in

Saudia Arabis

[Southpaw Bookworm]

5. But what happened at the Michael Jackson trial?

*hear the sound of the whistling of the wind blowing through the average American's ears, 'cause there ain't nothing else up there*

[llmart]

6. I think he's in Crawford......

or cozying up in Cheney's bunker.

[Frederik]

7. Except for intercepting

his phone calls to Zarqawi, they have no clue.

[XemaSab]

8. When did he get to Pakistan?

I thought we thought he was still in Afghanistan.

No wonder we can't find him if we're looking in the wrong damn country.

The dude could be just about anywhere, honestly. He's had 4 years to get the hell out of the 'stan region. He could have walked anywhere in Eurasia by now.

[driver8]

9. But that is impossible!!

Our esteemed president promised us that he was "gonna smoke him out and then he was gonna get him."

He wouldn't lie to us, would he???