1. Asked about the hunt for Osma bin Laden, Negroponte said that the al–Qaida mastermind‘s capacity to conduct terrorist operations has been reduced substantially since 2001.
'4; "I think his style has been cramped," he added.

2. One of those was not informing you of the trip until now.‘‘ The United States invaded Afghanistan after the terrorist attacks of Sept 11, 2001, to unseat the Taliban regime that harbored Osma bin–Laden and his terrorist training camps.

3. Surapong, the Thai government spokesman, said Bangkok was probably mentioned because it helped catch Hambali, an Indonesian accused of being Osma bin Laden‘s key link to Southeast Asia, in 2003.

4. One does not wish to be an alarmist, but this much is known from open source reporting: 1. [Osma] Bin Laden has been trying to get his hands on a nuclear device or fissile materials to make one going back six years. 2.

5. Karimi said some foreign fighters from Arab countries and elsewhere have entered Afghanistan to carry out suicide bombings.
'4; He said it will take time and superior intelligence to eliminate such interlopers.
'4; Defeating terrorist operatives affiliated with the Taliban does not require large military forces, he said, but rather demands smaller, well–trained special operations units.
'4; (See related article.) Speaking on the same day that an Afghan rebel leader affiliated with the Taliban released a video pledging allegiance to Osma bin Laden, Karimi said it is difficult to track small insurgent cells operating in rugged mountain terrain.
'4; The job of Afghan and coalition forces is complicated further, he said, by the sanctuaries extended to these groups on both sides of the Afghan border.
'4; "It‘s not easy to eliminate such people.
'4; It is like looking for a needle in a haystack," he added.