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| US military denies officer said Binny was ill |
| 2005-09-15 |
| The US military in Afghanistan denied that one of its officers had told reporters al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was seeking medical attention. The London-based Arabic newspaper al-Hayat, citing US Colonel Don McGraw in a briefing with reporters in Kabul, said bin Laden was in poor health and was trying to obtain medical attention. But a US military spokeswoman in Kabul said McGraw had not said that. "Colonel McGraw did not say Osama bin Laden was trying to get medical attention," said the spokeswoman, Lieutenant Cindy Moore. "We're working with the editor to correct the record," she said of the al Hayat report. McGraw had been asked by a reporter about an Arabic website report several weeks ago saying bin Laden had been wounded. McGraw said he had seen the report, which security experts said lacked credibility, but had no information, Moore said. He was then asked about old reports that bin Laden had suffered from a kidney ailment and McGraw had said bin Laden might have, in the past, sought treatment but he didn't know about now, Moore said. Moore said McGraw had presented the reporters with no new report about bin Laden. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |