not to jump to conlusions, but i just got this headline on my dow jones:
DJ Bin Laden Cornered Near Pakistan-Afghan Border - Report
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--U.S. and U.K. special forces have cornered
al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in a mountainous area of western
Pakistan near the Afghan border, a U.K. tabloid newspaper reported
Sunday, citing an unnamed U.S. intelligence source.
Several print media outlets reported the development, citing the
Sunday Express newspaper. The story wasn't immediately available on
the tabloid's Web site.
According to the Sunday Express, bin Laden and about 50 of his
followers were "boxed in" in an area of 16 kilometers square at an
altitude of some 3,000 meters north of the city of Quetta, published
reports said.
The zone is under surveillance by a U.S. spy satellite, and U.S.
forces are confident bin Laden can't escape, reports cited Sunday
Express as saying.
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DJ Bin Laden Cornered Near Pakistan-Afghan Border - Report
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--U.S. and U.K. special forces have cornered
al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in a mountainous area of western
Pakistan near the Afghan border, a U.K. tabloid newspaper reported
Sunday, citing an unnamed U.S. intelligence source.
Several print media outlets reported the development, citing the
Sunday Express newspaper. The story wasn't immediately available on
the tabloid's Web site.
According to the Sunday Express, bin Laden and about 50 of his
followers were "boxed in" in an area of 16 kilometers square at an
altitude of some 3,000 meters north of the city of Quetta, published
reports said.
The zone is under surveillance by a U.S. spy satellite, and U.S.
forces are confident bin Laden can't escape, reports cited Sunday
Express as saying.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
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