| By Snapper on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 07:25 am: Edit |
This just off the AP wire:
Two sons(Saad and Hamza) of Osama Bin Laden were arrested in southeast Afghanistan. Hopefully this will be confirmed as accurate.
This just after the arrest of K.S.Mohammed. Hopefully Osama will be captured soon.
(Message edited by snapper on March 07, 2003)
| By Snapper on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 08:07 am: Edit |
The Associated Press
Friday, March 7, 2003; 10:48 AM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Two sons of Osama bin Laden were captured in southeastern Afghanistan in a joint operation involving Pakistani and U.S. forces, Pakistan's provincial home minister Sanaullah Zehri said, yet U.S. officials strongly disagreed with the report.
"They were arrested from Rabat area in Afghanistan," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. He did not identify the sons, but said that seven other al-Qaeda men were killed in the operation.
Arrested were Saad and Hamza bin Laden, two of what are believed to be 14 to 18 sons of Osama bin Laden, the leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. Saad is believed closely tied to the operations of al-Qaeda.
In Washington, U.S. counterterrorism officials strongly disputed reports saying bin Laden's sons were captured. They said they had no information that would suggest any of the sons had been detained.
Zehri refused to say which military units were involved.
"They were allied forces," he said, operating near Rabat in the extreme southwestern tip of Afghanistan where it borders Pakistan and Iran.
Some sources claim Bin Laden has at least 23 children by several wives. Saad is one the oldest, in his early 20s and has emerged as an al-Qaeda leader and one of America's top two dozen targets in the network. Mohammed and Ahmed bin Laden also support their father's efforts, U.S. officials say.
| By Explorer8939 on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 05:24 pm: Edit |
Unfortunately, this story seems to be bogus.
We should declare war on Bin Laden, and get the Security Council to authorize sufficient troops into Pakistan to find this guy. Oh wait, we're too busy to do this.
| By Dickjohnson on Friday, March 07, 2003 - 06:10 pm: Edit |
Big fuckin deal. The guys still has 829 sons.
| By Snappa' on Saturday, March 08, 2003 - 04:40 am: Edit |
I agree and disagree with both of you to a point.
First of all, one of the captured has been confirmed as on of the sons listed (even though the White House puts the reports in question). Seconded of all, when does the Security Counsel ever take action? Third of all, if the son that has been confirmed by the BBC to have been captured is Saad then a person that plays a major role in Al Queda has been taken down. Fourth of all, if confirmed true, this proves that forces have put stress on the inner circle of Usama. Fifth of all, DJ you are way off, Usama only has around 25 sons(but that's ok, 'cause I recognize your sarcasm).