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11/13/2008 6:37 PM
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****Bin Laden Is Alive and `Largely Isolated,' CIA Director Says****

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BLOOMBERG

Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is alive and ``largely isolated,'' said CIA Director Michael Hayden, who added that U.S. intelligence had disrupted a terrorist attack that ``would have rivaled the destruction of 9/11.''

Hayden, speaking in Washington to the Atlantic Council of the United States, an international relations group, said that while al-Qaeda has suffered setbacks, the terrorist organization is ``determined and adaptive.''

``This war --- and no one should mistake it as anything else -- is far from over,'' Hayden said. He didn't give details on the disrupted attack.

Al-Qaeda is working with extremists in Somalia to establish more of a foothold there, which could further destabilize the east African country, Hayden said. Al-Qaeda also has increased operations in north Africa and in Yemen, where the U.S. embassy in the capital of Sana'a was attacked in September.

Bin Laden ``appears to be largely isolated from the day-to- day operations of the organization he leads,'' Hayden said. ``The truth is, we simply don't know what would happen if bin Laden is killed or captured, but I'm willing to bet that it would work in our favor.''

For months, Hayden has told reporters about U.S. intelligence and military successes against the terrorist group. Yet he said the group has proven it is resilient.

He repeated his assertion that al-Qaeda in Iraq, or AQI, is ``on the verge of strategic defeat,'' leading the group to transfer operatives out of the country to attack elsewhere.

The flow of money, weapons and fighters out of Iraq ``is as much a concern now as the ongoing threat of AQI attacks inside the country itself,'' Hayden said.

Al-Qaeda also has succeeded in using the northern tribal region of Pakistan as a base of operations, the CIA director said, adding that cross-border attacks into Afghanistan are ``more violent and aggressive.''

Still, U.S. success in keeping al-Qaeda's leadership pinned to this remote region has made it difficult for the group to plan operations, Hayden said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Jeff Bliss in Washingtonjbliss@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: November 13, 2008 17:46 EST

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 550439
11/13/2008 6:38 PM

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i thought jack bauer killed him already in season 2..,,,,,

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 537003
11/13/2008 6:40 PM

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Fucking bollocks!! That's all I have to say on this matter!

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 547498 (OP)
11/13/2008 6:41 PM

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Fucking bollocks!! That's all I have to say on this matter! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 537003 Agreed

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 550463
11/13/2008 6:48 PM

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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 546839
11/13/2008 6:50 PM

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Bin Laden IS CIA.... so in a way, he is still alive!

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 433183
11/13/2008 6:51 PM

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Bin Laden IS CIA.... so in a way, he is still alive! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 546839 he has been dead since early 2001

anime eyes
User ID: 502848
11/13/2008 6:57 PM

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hey Bloomberg! SHOVE IT! acknowledged: we choose what/whom to believe

Rota
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11/13/2008 7:00 PM

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So all these years later and all we have to show for our efforts is his word that "al-Qaeda in Iraq, is ``on the verge of strategic defeat"? al-Qaeda is about done in iraq but yet they were never in Iraq when Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq. Sounds like a totaly failed effort on our part. We have accomplished nothing but death and destruction upon millions. .

Dirtfarmer Subscriber

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11/13/2008 7:05 PM

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Yeah, sure. It's only life, you will never get out alive. Dirtfarmer Life is a bitch, you marry one, and then you die. Dirtfarmer "Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free." James Morrison

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 432360
11/13/2008 7:07 PM

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i say we still get his head on a spike. whether he exists or NOT.

TEXAS UNCENSORED
User ID: 550460
11/13/2008 7:07 PM

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anime eyes , excellent find ! I stated this, referred to Benazar Bhutto, a few nights ago, about Bin Laden being dead. The amount of insults I took for doing so was unreal. I suggested to those foul posters that they stop watching the major networks if they wanted to be well informed. Thank you, anime eyes.

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 481787
11/13/2008 11:27 PM

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Of course you tin foil hat fools won't believe a word anyone says that goes agianst what you believe even if they give you overwhelming proof. Doesn't matter that almost every intelligence agency in the world(nowhere close to being tied to the CIA) has made the same assesment. Oh wait, they must be in on the plot to right? Bush, who you say isn't even smart enough to pee by himself, pulled off the biggest murder in recorded history and managed to fool the whole world except a small minority of tin foil hat wearin' folks like yourselves. Nevermind that there are milions of radical jihadists who were and are willing to except death for their god and Im sorry, the CIA din't make that up. Psssst... dont look now but they are out there. Everyone who disagrees with you scream SHEEPLE or BLIND! I've seen enough and done enough research to know FALSE FLAG screamin' wacko's are in wonderland.

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