Osama bin Laden capture report false

February 26, 2004 1:24 PM

Osama bin Laden capture report false"I don't believe it is closer or farther at any given moment," Mr Rumsfeld told reporters about the prospects of catching Osama Bin Laden. Maybe it's because bin Laden's been pulling 18 hour shifts at the Karachi 7-11
posted by turbanhead (18 comments total)

What kind of crazy FPP is this? Sheesh.

*goes out and mows lawn*
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 1:33 PM on February 26, 2004

So...the breaking news is that there's no breaking news? Gotcha. Let me know as soon as something else doesn't happen.

On further review, what the heck is with that photo?
posted by ColdChef at 1:40 PM on February 26, 2004

bin Laden's been pulling 18 hour shifts at the Karachi 7-11

Gee, thanks for the racial stereotyping!

*leaves house to shovel fallout*
posted by moonbird at 1:41 PM on February 26, 2004

Ummm...click the first link.
posted by ColdChef at 1:44 PM on February 26, 2004

The point of the post was that obviously someone at the paper's website didn't do their homework before posting that photo with that article.
posted by turbanhead at 1:50 PM on February 26, 2004

898 days, 6 hours, 3 minutes, 35 seconds
posted by homunculus at 1:50 PM on February 26, 2004

Holey, moley, the lawn can wait!!! How did that joke photoshoppery get in a Pakistani newspaper?

(My apologies for slagging off the post.)
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 1:51 PM on February 26, 2004

Can't you guys just wait until October? Sheesh...
posted by machaus at 1:52 PM on February 26, 2004

Moonbird--the story has a *presumably* doctored photo of Osama Bin Laden wearing a 7-11 uniform.

PakTribune.com appears to be a normal news site, so it's kind of weird to have a "photo" that belongs in a Fark Photoshop thread accompanying the story.

I had the same reaction as you until I clicked on the link.
posted by bdk3clash at 1:53 PM on February 26, 2004

Google cache since original link is now citing database issues.
posted by Ufez Jones at 2:05 PM on February 26, 2004

it's kind of weird to have a "photo" that belongs in a Fark Photoshop thread accompanying the story.

Stranger things have happened.
posted by homunculus at 2:09 PM on February 26, 2004

True. I think they actually caught Saddam at a bowling alley in LA.
posted by trondant at 2:30 PM on February 26, 2004

I know that bowling alley. They have Sioux City Sarsparilla there.
posted by Ufez Jones at 2:40 PM on February 26, 2004

'K, I get it. I remove the turd from the punchbowl.
posted by moonbird at 2:46 PM on February 26, 2004

i wonder if bush hadn't let an entire planeload of bin laden's fly home on sept. 13 2001 without questioning a single one of them ... if we'd be any closer to catching OBL ... ??

i guess the bush administration hadn't dreamed up some of their anti-terror tactics yet.
posted by specialk420 at 3:17 PM on February 26, 2004

My pet theory is that they've had Osama in custody for some time and Bush is just going to sit on him until he needs a final push in the election to win again.

Or heck, I wouldn't put it past them to have Disney make an animatronic Osama to parade around for the if-I-saw-it-on-tv-then-it-must-be-true crowd.
posted by fenriq at 4:51 PM on February 26, 2004

I with you, fenriq - I'd bet big bucks that some "American force" has bin Laden cornered somewhere, ready to produce in a "surprise capture" just after Labor Day...
posted by JollyWanker at 8:05 PM on February 26, 2004

hey d00ds--have any of you heard the tired conspiracy joke about how $hrub totally has bin Laden cornered somewhere and is just waiting til election day to stage a "capture"?? ROFLMAOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!1
posted by dhoyt at 6:28 AM on February 27, 2004