The US military tonight denied a rumor circulating on financial markets that fugitive al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been captured.
"We have no indication of that whatsoever. I wish it were true," Navy Rear. Adm. Craig Quigley, a spokesman for the US military's Central Command said. He responded to questions after the rumor near the market's closing sparked a rise in share prices.
The Central Command has responsibility for the US military-led war against al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.