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To: LindyBill who wrote (30853)	2/22/2004 5:12:55 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) of 793914

This rumor is all over the media. If it's true, I hope they have "Delta" on tap. Bin Laden `boxed in' "Sunday Times" A BRITISH Sunday newspaper claims that Osama bin Laden has been found and is surrounded by US special forces in an area of land bordering northwest Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Sunday Express, known for its sometimes colourful scoops, claims the al-Qaida leader has been "sighted" for the first time since 2001 and is being monitored by satellite. The paper claims bin Laden is in a mountainous area to the north of the Pakistani city of Quetta whose inhabitants are known bin Laden supporters. Bin Laden is also estimated to have 50 of his own bodyguards with him. The claim is attributed by the paper to "a well-placed intelligence source" in Washington who is quoted as saying: "He (bin Laden) is boxed in." The paper says the hostile terrain makes an all-out conventional military assault impossible. The plan to capture him would depend on a "grab-him-and-go" style operation. "US helicopters already sited on the Afghanistan border will swoop in to extricate him," the paper says. The report goes on to say bin Laden and his men "sleep in caves or out in the open. The area is swept by fierce snowstorms howling down from the 10,000-feet high mountain peaks. Donkeys are the only transport". The special forces are "absolutely confident" there is no escape for bin Laden. All are waiting for the order to go in and get him. "The timing of that order will ultimately depend on President Bush. Capturing bin Laden will certainly be a huge help for him as he gets ready for the election. It will be an even bigger bonus than getting Saddam." The report claims that bin Laden's movements in the area were continually monitored by a National Security Agency satellite geo-positioned over the "box" of land in which bin Laden is trapped. Experts have since pointed out that geo-stationary satellites are not used for reconnaissance of that kind because they are too far from the Earth. Spy satellites circle the globe in low orbit. The newspaper's publishers offered the syndication rights to the story to Australian newspapers on Saturday, leaving editors puzzled as to why the British tabloid would be willing to give up its own scoop. Last week, General Richard Myers, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, said the America had been engaged in "intense" efforts to capture bin Laden, who was believed to be hiding in the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan. But General Myers insisted that the focus of the search had not narrowed for months. privacy © Sunday Times

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