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-Caveat Lector- Login or Register | Headlines | Emailed News Thursday 5 September 2002 Telegraph Network Network home Arts Books Business news Crossword Society Education Family Fantasy football Fashion Gardening Horoscopes Health Jobs Law reports Letters & Feedback Mobile Services Money Motoring News Obituaries Opinion Outdoors Personal finance Promotions Property Science Shopping Sport Technology Travel Weather Wine Business file Connected Global network Internet for schools Juiced Matt cartoon Alex cartoon telegraph.co.uk News home Business news Crossword Society Feedback Golden Jubilee Law reports Matt cartoon Obituaries Opinion Weather War on terrorism About us Contact us US call to relax hunt for 'dead' bin Laden By Toby Harnden in Washington (Filed: 04/09/2002) American special forces commanders are calling for their men to be pulled out of Afghanistan after concluding that Osama bin Laden was killed in military strikes on caves at Tora Bora last year. Frustrated by the seemingly fruitless search for a body or other hard evidence, senior officers from the US Joint Special Operations Command argue that troops should instead be sent on other missions as part of the war on terrorism. Bin Laden's whereabouts were last known in December when US forces intercepted a radio transmission of him giving orders to operatives from the Tora Bora cave complex in eastern Afghanistan. Since then, there have been no confirmed sightings of al-Qa'eda's leader or radio intercepts to indicate that he is alive. An enthusiastic self-publicist, he has issued no statements or broadcasts to his followers. "There are a lot of people - though it's not an official position - who think he's gone, way gone," a senior officer told the New York Times. Donald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary, has advocated greater use of special forces troops to hunt down and kill terrorists in theatres beyond Afghanistan. The US special forces have up to 8,000 combat troops, including Delta Force, Seals and Army Rangers. They could play a key role - along with Britain's SAS - in any invasion of Iraq. Scaling down the hunt for bin Laden would release these highly specialised soldiers for other tasks. In July, Dale Watson, the FBI's outgoing anti-terrorism chief, became the first senior official to say publicly he believed that bin Laden was dead, while adding: "I have no evidence to support that." President George W Bush vowed after September 11 to capture bin Laden "dead or alive", but now says the terrorist leader is largely irrelevant because his network has been disabled. But proof of bin Laden's death would be a huge political boost to Mr Bush and Washington is reluctant to abandon the search until it is certain he is dead. Some officials contend that he could still be alive. They cite unconfirmed reports from Afghans that he escaped from Tora Bora to Pakistan, and the attitude of his deputies and his own family. "If he is dead, very few in al-Qa'eda know it," said one US official. Seven men are being held in Holland on suspicion of providing financial and logistical support and recruits for al-Qa'eda. Police in Rotterdam said the men were suspected of being trained to "die as martyrs". 18 July 2002: US spies are wasting billions, inquiry says 12 May 2002: Bin Laden search lets Afghanistan's war wounds heal 8 May 2002: Graveyard DNA tests 'may find bin Laden' 16 April 2002: Bin Laden resurfaces in 'new' video 2 April 2002: US hails capture of bin Laden's deputy 24 March 2002: General's caution dismays Rumsfeld 3 March 2002: Bin Laden family DNA will help to identify 'tall man' killed by CIA 16 December 2001: Bin Laden's voice heard on radio in Tora Bora fighting 18 September 2001: Bin Laden is wanted: dead or alive, says Bush Related reports     Taliban gold 'in Sudan'   External links     US Joint Forces Command   New York Times [registration required]   War on Terrorism - FBI   Hunting bin Laden - Frontline   Al-Jazeera [in Arabic]   US Department of Defence   Afghan Daily   A letter from Osama bin Laden [30 Jun '02] - Time.com   <A href="http://s0b.bluestreak.com/ix.e?tr&amp;s=95590&amp;a=63871&amp;x=&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebmwinnovation%2Eco%2Euk" target=_blank><IMG border=0 height=600 src="javascript:void(0);" width=120> </A> © Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 2002. 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