bin Laden Death,Capture Tied to al Qaeda Defeat

Call it a hunch, and I know many will disagree, but I have a feeling the net may be closing in around Osama bin Laden.

Osama bin Laden is an iconic figure among extremists who must be captured or killed in order to defeat al Qaeda, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said on Tuesday.

“I don’t think that we can finally defeat al Qaeda until he’s captured or killed,” General Stanley McChrystal told lawmakers as he testified before a Senate committee.

At the same time, McChrystal cautioned that killing or capturing the Saudi-born leader of the group that mounted the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States would not by itself dismantle al Qaeda.

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