U.S. Backs Off Bin Laden Capture Forecast

Yahoo! News

KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. military pulled back Saturday from an earlier prediction that Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) would be captured this year, even while preparing its largest force to date for operations along the Pakistani border where the al-Qaida chief is suspected to be hiding.


Catching bin Laden and other top fugitives remains a priority of the expanding American operation in Afghanistan (news - web sites), a spokesman said, but the growing mission is "not about just one or two people," a spokesman said.


"We remain committed to catching these guys. It's pretty much ... just about everything that we do here," Lt. Col. Matthew Beevers said.


But he declined to make any new predictions of when the fugitives might be behind bars.

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Just a month ago we had OBL "smoked out" and now he's insignificant and has dropped off the radar? :shrug:

Looking forward to seeing Osama in the annual "Dirty Dancing" tribute.