No Amnesty for Osama info Wrong -- Blog misquoted General, page 1

Yesterday an ABC blog was quoted as saying that Pakistan would offer Osama Amnesty. This is a very good example why blogs should not be used as a news source. It now turns out the General that was quoted states the individual was wrong.

General Denies allegations

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's top army spokesman on Wednesday vehemently denied saying in a news report that Usama bin Laden would not be taken into custody if he agreed to live peacefully in Pakistan.

"This is absolutely fabricated, absurd. I never said this," Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan told The Associated Press, referring to an ABC News broadcast aired hours earlier.

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The ABC report cited Sultan as saying in a telephone interview that Al Qaeda chief bin Laden "would not be taken into custody" if found, "as long as one is being like a peaceful citizen."

Sultan's recorded comments were included in the report, but it was not immediately clear whether he understood that bin Laden was the specific subject of discussion at that point in the interview.

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A word to the wise never trust a blog they are clearly useless.

One can only assume it must have been a slow news day and this so called Investigative reporter does not know how to Investigate

[edit on 9/6/2006 by shots]

[edit on 9/6/2006 by shots]