[Well, who the hell wants him alive???]

Osama bin Laden: 'America can't get me alive'

By GREG MYRE The Associated Press 11/11/01 4:03 PM

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Osama bin Laden said he had nothing to do with the anthrax attacks in the United States, and declared he would never allow himself to be captured, in the second part of a newspaper interview published Sunday.

"America can't get me alive," bin Laden was quoted as saying. "I can be eliminated, but not my mission."

Bin Laden granted the interview Wednesday to Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir, who said he was blindfolded and bundled into a jeep in the Afghan capital, Kabul. He said he was driven five hours to a cold, mud hut where he spoke with bin Laden for two hours.

It was impossible to independently verify Mir's account of the interview.

Mir's newspaper, Ausaf, published part of the interview Saturday and included additional excerpts Sunday. Mir, who has written a biography of bin Laden that will be published soon, said the terror suspect declined to answer many of his questions.

When Mir asked if bin Laden was responsible for the anthrax attacks, he laughed and said: "We don't know anything about anthrax."

Bin Laden did claim in the portion of the interview published Saturday that his al-Qaida organization had nuclear and chemical weapons and would use them if the United States employed such weapons on him.

Mir wrote that when he asked bin Laden where he allegedly got the mass destruction weapons, bin Laden replied: "Go to the next question."

The United States says it has no evidence that bin Laden possesses nuclear weapons. Intelligence experts believe al-Qaida has experimented with crude chemical weapons at a training camp in Afghanistan.

FBI officials say there is no direct link between anthrax attacks in the United States and any cell or network, including al-Qaida.

Mir said bin Laden vowed that if his Taliban allies lose Kabul and other cities, "we will move to the mountains. We will continue our guerrilla warfare against the Americans."

-- Anonymous, November 11, 2001

Answers

>Osama bin Laden: 'America can't get me alive'

That might be true if one of associates eliminates him first.

-- Anonymous, November 11, 2001

Who said anything about the US wanting him alive?

Head on a platter, doesn't matter who does the deed. IMHO

-- Anonymous, November 12, 2001

What apoc said.

I've been curious about our approach to the caves. Can't we drop enough ordnance to just seal them all off? The only real downside would be not having a body to confirm we got him.

-- Anonymous, November 12, 2001

the ordnance would be those daisy cutters. cutters or makers? the cheap big one.

we don't need no stinkin' body. just the head would be fine.

-- Anonymous, November 12, 2001

Brooks,

From what I have understood, they can't just seal the caves and walk away. They (TPTB) think there are numerous exit points, thus will not be sure that he is sealed inside one.

apoc

-- Anonymous, November 12, 2001

I was thinking more in terms of cave-ins, burying them alive. Should work for at least some of them.

-- Anonymous, November 12, 2001

Infrared should indicate where the ventilation holes are and bombs can be dropped accordingly. I hope.

-- Anonymous, November 12, 2001

From what I understand there's a type of bomb that will "implosively" suck the air out of a cave and leave a bunch of really grisly corpses in its wake. [Sorry for popping in, changed your address so you won't get stalked. Long as you click on the No for replies, it's okay. OG]

-- Anonymous, November 12, 2001

I've been trying to think of the name for that type of bomb--is it a "fuel-air explosion" bomb, something like that?

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2001

John,

If there is such a bomb (and there probably is... I just don't know that much about bombs), we should use them. Save the others for another day. End it quick, end it with Victory.

apoc

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2001