Rumsfeld Says Osama Will Probably Be Found One Day

[rodbarnett]

KABUL (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) will probably be captured or killed one day, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Thursday, but he added he had no idea when.


Rumsfeld was addressing a news briefing with Afghan President Hamid Karzai that comes amid stepped up U.S. and Pakistani operations against bin Laden's al Qaeda network and the Taliban.


Asked if U.S. and allied forces were getting closer to capturing the world's most wanted man, Rumsfeld said:


"Close doesn't count. The world will be a better place when he is captured or killed. That is the goal of a great many nations... I suspect that we'll find that it is accomplished at some point in the future and I wouldn't have any idea when."


The U.S. military in Afghanistan (news - web sites) has made confident predictions that bin Laden, chief suspect behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, would be caught soon.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=3&u=/nm/20040226/ts_nm/afghan_rumsfeld_dc

comment : now rumsfeld is getting in on the action

[bushisanidiot]

1. Have They Tried Looking at The Crawford Ranch??

I'm sure they're putting him up somewhere with a lot of security around him..

[surfermaw]

6. Carlyle

Probably in the Carlyle Co., vacation spots.

[saigon68]

9. No I heard O. J. is going to help

And Elvis after a long extended vacation is also putting out feelers.

Rumor also has it that Judge Crater and Jimmy Hoffa have agreed to become Honorary Search Chairmen, for the joint CIA/DIA effort.

For those who don't know


http://home.texoma.net/~hardini/judge_crater.html


Judge Joseph F. Crater is one of the most famous missing men in America, perhaps even the world. On August 6th, 1930, he told friends he would be attending the Broadway play, "Dancing Partner" that evening, and was never seen or heard from again. Nobody has been able to explain why Judge Crater disappeared, although there are no shortage of theories

[underpants]

2. W is still right.....he is dead or alive

We call for the killing of people now, as a government?

[Jim Sagle]

3. Yeah - one day before the election.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. Damn, beat me to it. (nt)

[surfermaw]

5. HOw many voters will fall for the day before the November election

Maybe this will be a thing like you can fool part of the people all the time, but you can't fool all of the people all the time. Maybe they want be able to foll any one except the die hard republicans

[bushisanidiot]

7. Don't know how many they'll fool, but freeps are hoping OBL is the Oct.

surprise. Here's just a sample of how repukes support repukes who play with national security for political gain:


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1084640/posts

To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Tape: Bin Laden Deputy Threatens More Attacks...............

HA!

Not until October....................

7 posted on 02/24/2004 12:37:14 PM PST by WhiteGuy (Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press...)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1085161/posts

To: Dubya's fan
If he is found this week, you can expect the consequences to be enormous.
(Although if I were Bush, I'd try to keep it a secret we captured Osama, until, let's say, October 29, 2004.)

4 posted on 02/25/2004 7:24:37 AM PST by republicanwizard
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To: republicanwizard
I'm with you....I'm expecting Osama to be found sometime in October.... heh...heh...heh...till then, drip, drip, drip, with the possibilities.

7 posted on 02/25/2004 7:26:05 AM PST by goodnesswins (If you're Voting Dem/Constitution Party/Libertarian/Not - I guess it's easier than using your brain.)
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To: Dubya's fan
Do you think OBL could be found this week?

Timing is everything! The election is not until November.

8 posted on 02/25/2004 7:26:15 AM PST by Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: republicanwizard
If Bush catches OBL, he'll take NY and NJ.

18 posted on 02/25/2004 7:30:21 AM PST by freeperfromnj
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To: freeperfromnj
Aw hell, if he can find Osama, this economy will take off like a rocket at liftoff time. In that case, Bush will probably sweep Massachusetts too.

20 posted on 02/25/2004 7:31:16 AM PST by republicanwizard
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To: Dubya's fan
I wonder if Bush has him and will present him just before election time!

28 posted on 02/25/2004 7:40:36 AM PST by angcat
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To: CedarDave
Part of me agrees with you. On the other hand I do not think that
the capture of Osama will be forgotten that easily. A lot of people
will conclude that Bush would have earned another term.

40 posted on 02/25/2004 7:59:05 AM PST by KJacob
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To: prov1813man
Not true. The elimination of Osama would make Bush something akin
to Lincoln in 1864, the courageous wartime leader who had, through the difficult days, kept faith and led the country to final victory.

41 posted on 02/25/2004 8:02:02 AM PST by republicanwizard
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To: CasearianDaoist
Well OK. I tend to be a bit more optimistic. I think catching OBL would be really big here. The President made a promise to hunt him
down and bring him in, dead or alive. If he makes good on that promise, I think he would regain a lot of the support he had here post-9/11.

48 posted on 02/25/2004 8:22:01 AM PST by freeperfromnj
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To: republicanwizard
If OBL were to be caught, you might as well cancel the election and call the USA for W.

53 posted on 02/25/2004 9:26:14 AM PST by BSunday (I'm not the bad guy)
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[Zero Gravitas]

8. Maybe

Persoanlly I think its likely he'd dead. If he's alive I hope he's found. Preferably on the day after Election day this November. }(

[Oreegone]

10. Yeah right

It has been reported for over a week in European papers that we have them surrounded. Dang Rumsfield,,,I knew you were keeping that big surprise, why ruin it now by letting the cat out of the bag,,,too smug and can't keep a secret is my bet

[Teaser]

21. It's been reported for over a week in one european tabloid

every other story has quoted this one. And the tabloid backed off its story later.

[Beetwasher]

11. That Seals It For Me: They Already Have Him

Seriously. I was waiting for this signal. Up until now no one in the admin. had mentioned his name in a LONG time, it was always military guys. Now this. They've got him.

[0007]

16. I think so also!

[Teaser]

18. I'm doubtful...

This size cover up just couldn't be pulled off successfully.

Plus, hes already dead, imo :).

[rocktivity]

12. And in a related story

Rocknation Says She Will Probably Go Through Menopause One Day

:headbang:
rocknation

[PATRICK]

13. If they are relying on

Pakistani sources they may be in for a bigger fall than what Chalabi did to our Iraq Intel. How else could they zero in in Islamist territory? Obviously Osama(or his suitable pretender) would have trouble scooting around as he used to in Afghanistan but we don't overrun that rugged terrain.

I think the odds of spectacular failure or unsatisfying "success" are very high. This is their Iraq goofup mode at its best rather than a repeat of the Hussein rabbit hunt. I think our ground people are competent but the higher levels have more hands in screwing this one up especially on the diplomatic scene, touchy as it is over there already.

[0007]

14. Like October 20, 04?

[CO Liberal]

15. Shortly After Pigs Fly

:-)

[Superfly]

17. Wow! That's one hell of a committment!

One of these days, probably, maybe, if we're lucky....

[ronnykmarshall]

19. At the very end of GOP convention.

*Bush will annouce they have "captured" Bin Ladin and will march him over to Ground Zero and personally kill him.

USA!:puke:USA!:puke:USA!:puke:USA!:puke:USA!:puke:USA!:puke:

[hunter]

20. No, no...

They are going to strip Osama naked, smear him with grease, and let him go on the floor of the Republican Convention, just like a pig at the county fair.

The only folks who'll be killed will be high ranking Republicans fighting over who gets to grease Osama.

Just you watch...

[Redleg]

22. That's what he said about WMDs in Iraq.

Perhaps the media should just start ignoring Rummy since he treats them with so much disdain.

[LiberalFighter]

23. I like obl to FIND Rummy first

[paper chase guy]

24. Wow, what a genius...

Considering that all of us will either be captured or killed* one day...


*Most of us from natural causes

[ElementaryPenguin]

25. One day in October 2004, I presume Herr Scumsfeld to mean!!

Evil bastard!

:mad:
:argh:

[The_Casual_Observer]

26. It's all still a bit untidy

With all those unknowables. Jesus, I hope I live to seee the day when these monsters are put in irons.