Bin Laden 'has lost control'
12/12/2005 17:53  - (SA)  

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Islamabad - Osama bin Laden may no longer have operational control of his terror network, the United States ambassador to Pakistan told a gathering of local journalists on Monday, according to two Pakistani television channels.

Ryan Crocker was quoted as saying bin Laden could not communicate with his followers because he probably was hiding in a remote area, reported Pakistan's Geo Television and state-run PTV after the meeting.

US embassy spokesperson Peter Kovach, who was at the gathering, confirmed the substance of the news reports. He said the comments were made at a lunch for senior Pakistani journalists.

Neither station broadcast a tape of the remarks, and Kovach said he had no recording either.

- AP

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