just been tipped of by a mate at BBC worldwide that OBL has been caught in pakistan.

can anyone confirm? suspect it's a spoof but apparently an item has just been on BBC News 24 but not yet hit the beeb website.

Rumour is going round. Unsubstantiated as yet.

I hope it's true!

Will be keeping an eye on the news pages now.

CIA just denied rumour. So probably true then.... ;)

definitely just ran on BBC News24 as an unconfirmed report.

watch this space i guess!

any links to this article?

telboy

where'd you get your gen from? absolutely zip on the web & BBC news on at the moment haven't interrupted the broadcast ...

if this *is* a spoof then i apologise in advance for raising people's hopes.

The unconfirmed reports are from a Radio station in IRAN !!

I can't believe the BBC are reporting this! :rolleyes:

What next Iraq radio reports Aliens have landed to defend them from the Infidels !

It's not a "spoof" as such HG, there are rumours like this almost daily at the moment, most of which can be disregarded.

Earlier on today there was talk that the U.S. were going in tonight. Probably not true either.

I have access to Bloomberg and Reuters news services, which are normally amongst the first with official statements like the CIA's i mentioned. But rumours are spread in the financial world quicker than wildfire - i'm convinced they're often started by people merely to try and push the market in a particular direction temporarily.

yup, i'm sure u r right.

must be true then

May I be cynical enough to suggest that even if true, USA would want to supress it as it would negate calls for war in Iraq :-)

..ie, he has been captured, but CIA don't want news released for a few weeks - did they not deny the 2nd in command had been captured too (for 2 weeks?!)

imlach, how DARE you make such a proposterous insinuation!!

This is the peace-loving US of A we're talking about here.

;) :rolleyes:

imlach

false alarm this time or not, i agree with you. i'd go further - OBL is a useful boogeyman. even if he was caught, i can't see it ever being announced: why kill the golden goose?

it ain't cynical, it's practical.