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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (38587)	2/28/2004 6:06:15 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 89467

Deny Bin Laden Was Captured One does wonder what's going on. Keep getting reports like - New U.S. Effort Steps Up Hunt for Bin Laden -Paper - President Bush has approved a plan to intensify the effort to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, The New York Times reported on Saturday on its Web site, quoting senior administration and military officials. It said the plan would apply new forces and new tactics to the task of hunting down bin Laden, and take advantage of better intelligence and improving weather along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The main force in the new effort is Task Force 121, a covert commando team of Special Operations forces and CIA officers that was involved in the capture of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in December, the Times said. The force is gradually shifting its resources to Afghanistan to step up the search for bin Laden, accused mastermind of the Sept.11, 2001, attacks on the United States, and the ousted Afghan Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, it said. "Under the new plan, officials say, the 11,000 American forces in Afghanistan are changing their tactics," the Times said. "Rather than carrying out raids and returning to their bases, small groups will now remain in Afghan villages for days at a time, handing out various forms of aid and conducting patrols." U.S. officials hope such tactics would allow them to receive and act on intelligence within hours to crack bin Laden's support network, the paper said. The technique helped the U.S. forces capture Saddam. "With a great deal at stake strategically, symbolically and politically, Mr. Bush and his national security team have repeatedly met in recent months to refine the new approach, and it appears to have been approved in the last two months," the Times said. "White House officials will not say exactly when, emphasizing that the hunt for Mr. bin Laden never stopped, though clearly the effort lost momentum." reuters.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which makes no sense. If this report was accurate, why telegraph what you are going to do. OTOH, if he's already caught and you want "to make some dust" before he's presented, or if you wanted to "flush" him, then the reports would "fit". JMO lurqer