He also told interrogators that Abu Omar al Baghdadi, who is identified as the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, is a fictional role created by al Masri and that an actor is used for audio recordings of speeches posted on the Internet.
He calls the truce offer part of a game.
The dreaded terrorist, however, also offered a 'long-term truce' to the Americans.
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The software called Analyst's Notebook was also used in the capture of deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
'A major internal upheaval cannot be ruled out.'
Iran's state radio on Saturday quoted unnamed sources saying that terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden was captured in Pakistan 'a long time back.'d Osama bin Laden was captured in Pakistan 'a long time ago.'
The Pentagon is moving elements of a supersecret commando unit from Iraq to Afghanistan to step up the hunt for Osama bin Laden, reports Rowan Scarborough in The Washington Times.
It is regrouping under a new commander in\n\nthe remote Khyber area of Pakistan.
The ISI's new terror matrix comprises three major terrorist groups, at least half-a-dozen big and small front organisations with extremist ideology, spanning three countries.
Initially slotted for 2005, it was advanced in response to the recent assassination attempts on Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf.
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