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06-05-2004, 01:40 AM
Rumsfeld says even his wife needles him on hunt for Osama bin Laden
01:36 AM EDT Jun 05
JAKE LLOYD-SMITH
ABOARD THE USS ESSEX, SINGAPORE (AP) - U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says his wife often wants to know where Osama bin Laden is hiding - and she usually pops the question soon after he wakes up in the morning.
"When I walk out of the bedroom in the morning, my wife frequently rolls over and says 'Where's UBL?' " Rumsfeld told U.S. sailors and marines aboard the USS Essex in Singapore on Friday, referring to al-Qaida leader's initials.
Rumsfeld did not say what he normally tells his spouse in reply. But he admitted to his military audience - standing in rows on the helicopter carrier's flight deck - that their bosses in the Pentagon did not know where bin Laden is.
"Close doesn't count," Rumsfeld said. "In horseshoes, yes; in finding a terrorist person, no. There are a lot of people looking. If he's alive and well out there, he is very busy trying to avoid being caught.
"He is under pressure, but where he is, we don't know. If we knew, we would go find him.
But "until he's caught, he's not caught."
Bin Laden has topped Washington's most-wanted list since he was blamed for organizing the multiple terror attacks on Washington and New York on Sept. 11, 2001.
From (http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/040604/w060442.html)
01:36 AM EDT Jun 05
JAKE LLOYD-SMITH
ABOARD THE USS ESSEX, SINGAPORE (AP) - U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says his wife often wants to know where Osama bin Laden is hiding - and she usually pops the question soon after he wakes up in the morning.
"When I walk out of the bedroom in the morning, my wife frequently rolls over and says 'Where's UBL?' " Rumsfeld told U.S. sailors and marines aboard the USS Essex in Singapore on Friday, referring to al-Qaida leader's initials.
Rumsfeld did not say what he normally tells his spouse in reply. But he admitted to his military audience - standing in rows on the helicopter carrier's flight deck - that their bosses in the Pentagon did not know where bin Laden is.
"Close doesn't count," Rumsfeld said. "In horseshoes, yes; in finding a terrorist person, no. There are a lot of people looking. If he's alive and well out there, he is very busy trying to avoid being caught.
"He is under pressure, but where he is, we don't know. If we knew, we would go find him.
But "until he's caught, he's not caught."
Bin Laden has topped Washington's most-wanted list since he was blamed for organizing the multiple terror attacks on Washington and New York on Sept. 11, 2001.
From (http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/040604/w060442.html)