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Bin Laden Captured?!

 
 
electric monk
14:21 / 23.01.04
story

Apologies for the copy-and-paste link. Can anyone post more sources for this story? I can only find the one and a few official denials.
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
14:39 / 23.01.04
No other major credible news source in the world is reporting this, so it's probably not true. If it was, EVERYONE would be covering it, because it would be one of, if not THE most important stories of the year.
 
 
FinderWolf
15:07 / 23.01.04
This has been denied by many prominent US Gov't people in the past few days - maybe it means that they came close or something like that, thereby starting the rumor.
 
 
Not Here Still
16:53 / 24.01.04
Evenin'

It's a hoax; part of a Lebanese TV satirical programme. It ran across the screen as a newsflash, with the main bit saying 'Lie' rather than 'Live'. The story linked to at the top has disappeared, btw; perhaps because the site realises it makes them look daft.

More here: Lebanese viewers watching LBC's weekly satirical show Bass Mat Watan on Thursday evening could have been be forgiven for choking on their snacks as the programme was interrupted by breaking news.

One of the station's most respected news presenters, Bassam Abou Zeid, solemnly informed viewers that a major security operation was under way in Tripoli.

He said there was an attempt in progress to arrest one of the Arab world's most important and wanted figures.

A few minutes later, he reappeared to report that Bin Laden had just been arrested in the house of a former prime minister.

The station received a number of worried calls and the report was suddenly the main topic amongst the guests at the dinner Mr Hariri was hosting for Mr Stephanopoulos.



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