October surprise: bin Laden to be captured in China?

[reorg]

according to Gordon Thomas writing in the Spanish paper El Mundo, the administration is currently in negotiations with the Chinese government about the eviction of bin Laden.

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... Washington is negotiating a highly secretive agreement with Beijing, the Chinese capital, for the eviction of bin Laden from his sanctuary in the turbulent Muslim provinces of China, in the Northwest of the Great Wall nation.

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The agents furthermore believe that, previously, Bin Laden held various meetings with high officials of Beijing. He convinced them that he would be capable of obtaining peace in their Muslim provinces. "We know about these meetings," confirmed Mansur Ahmed, police chief of Bandipoor, North of Cachemira. "However, they took place on Chinese territory."

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White House sources reject to comment on this issue publicly. "If the negotiations should fail, this would not be the most suitable moment for the president to be seen directly involved in these negotiations," affirmed one source.

It is believed that the possibility for such a deal emerged early this year, after Donald Rumsfeld had met with a delegation of the Chinese government during a visit to the far East. Later, George Tenet, then director of the CIA, requested a viability study for an operation to capture Bin Laden. Tenet was informed that the only possibility would be if they could count on the cooperation of the Chinese.

"To what extent that collaboration will occur in the few weeks remaining until the elections, will depend to a good extent on the confidence that Bush can inspire in the Chinese that he will be able to live up to his promises," confirmed the functionary of the Pentagon.

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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7077.htm

http://www.el-mundo.es/cronica/2004/469/1097487207.html

[judge_smales]

1. Will anybody care?

Zarckowi is now the Devil. Bin Laden has pretty much been forgotten.

[reorg]

3. I would like it

if they got through with this and still lose the election big time!

[peacetalksforall]

2. It will be more likely that Saudi Arabia would reach a deal with China if

anything like a bidding war breaks out. What would we do with him anyway since they are not about to displease the Saudis?

I wonder if this is in sync in some way with the stories about the U.S. flying him out of Afghanistan or was it Pakistan?

[sosdemok]

4. bin Laden in China??

Yes, I also read about that. I found an interesting link through Google:

http://207.44.245.159/article7077.htm

[sosdemok]

5. hmm

hmm, its obviously the same article when I look closer...