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Bush Running Out of Time to Catch Bin Laden

Posted Jun 15, 08 12:32 PM CDT in World,  Politics 

(Newser) – President Bush has renewed the hunt for Osama bin Laden, enlisting the aid of British special forces to make the capture before he leaves the White House next year, the Times of London reports. Bush's European farewell tour moved today to England, which has participated in renewed raids in northern Pakistan. “Bush is swinging for the fences in the hope of scoring a home run,” said an intelligence source.

A US intelligence source says that if Bush "can say he has killed Saddam Hussein and captured bin Laden, he can claim to have left the world a safer place.” But the terrorist leader has proven elusive for 7 years, and Pakistan, although it “completely sanctioned” the search on its soil, isn't entirely happy with the international military presence.

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US President George W. Bush arrives at Windsor Castle to visit Britain's Queen Elizabeth II Sunday June 15, 2008. Bush wants Britain's help in capturing Osama Bin Laden.   (AP Photo)
Heading into two days of talks, President Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown plan to swap strategies on how to reduce their military forces in Iraq and halt Iran's nuclear ambitions.   (AP Photo)
The British special forces show off their stuff at the 7th special operations forces exhibition and conference (SOFEX) in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, April 2, 2008.   (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)
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