Fact or Fiction?

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 7, 2003, 4:39 pm

Bin Laden's Sons Captured?

Sounds a little sketchy to me.

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » March 7, 2003, 4:49 pm

Read something in a Norwegian newspaper about it being denied. Dunno for sure though.

miir · Post by **miir** » March 7, 2003, 5:03 pm

Doesn't he have like 30 sons?

Neost · Post by **Neost** » March 7, 2003, 5:07 pm

CNN is reporting that the reports are unconfirmed and that a "regional" pakistani official made the claim.

Sounds like a small time politico wanting to make a name for himself.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » March 7, 2003, 5:11 pm

miir wrote:Doesn't he have like 30 sons?

yeah he has many

Adelrune Argenti · Post by **Adelrune Argenti** » March 7, 2003, 5:13 pm

Here is what my boss sent me. He scares me sometimes with his conspiracy talks but he seems to have some inside lines to info.

Some validation

Just a minute ago a friend of mine who serves in Afghanistan as a Member of the German KSK Special Force called me and confirmed the News from Associate Press

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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-Qaida terrorist organization. Saad is believed closely tied to the operations of al-Qaida.

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-Qaida 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.

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The later denial:

Pakistan, US deny reports that bin Laden sons arrested

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - US and Pakistani officials denied an announcement by a provincial home minister that two sons of al-Qaeda Osama bin Laden were arrested in a joint US-Afghan-Pakistani operation in southeastern Afghanistan.

"There is absolutely no truth in this report. There has been no arrest of this nature," Pakistan's Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat told AFP, dismissing claims by Baluchistan province's home minister Sardar Sanaullah Zehri.

A US official who spoke on condition of anonymity from Washington also denied the reports of the capture.

"It's not true," the US official said Friday. "We have absolutely no information to substantiate

Gurugurumaki · Post by **Gurugurumaki** » March 7, 2003, 5:19 pm

In other news...Bert and Arnie are GAY...now back to your regularly scheduled post~

Hoarmurath · Post by **Hoarmurath** » March 7, 2003, 5:33 pm

Gurugurumaki wrote:Bert and Arnie are GAY

tks shattered my childhood memories