http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-2-2004_pg1_7
"It went on to claim that US officials were keeping news of the arrest secret and were likely to announce it later in the year — in order to help US President George Bushh’s re-election chances in November polls, AFP added. “The capture of the Al Qaeda leader was made some time ago, but President Bush is intending to announce it at the time of the American presidential election,” the report claimed."
Whether bin Laden is captured or not is probably the most important symbolic issue in the war on terror, and his capture the biggest symbolic victory, but capture or no capture, doesn't change the issues involved.
