Bin Laden Captured, say Iranians: "Pentagon (news - web sites) and Pakistani officials on Saturday denied an Iranian state radio report that Osama bin Laden was captured in Pakistan's border region with Afghanistan 'a long time ago.' "

At the same time, Rumsfeld says the US is still looking for Bin Laden. Could he possibly be hiding Bin Laden somewhere, ready to produce him in October, to boost Bush right before the election?

Rumsfeld Cool on Bin Laden Hunt (washingtonpost.com): "Afghanistan, Feb. 26 -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld Thursday played down reports that U.S. forces were chasing Osama bin Laden and other terrorists with new urgency and might be close to locating the Saudi fugitive and his aides, believed to be hiding in the rugged borderlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan. "
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