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| The US has had no reliable information on the whereabouts of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in years, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has admitted. | The US has had no reliable information on the whereabouts of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in years, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has admitted. |
| Mr Gates told ABC News in remarks to be broadcast on Sunday: "Well, we don't know for a fact where Osama Bin Laden is. If we did, we'd go get him." | Mr Gates told ABC News in remarks to be broadcast on Sunday: "Well, we don't know for a fact where Osama Bin Laden is. If we did, we'd go get him." |
| Last week a Taliban detainee in Pakistan said he had information that Bin Laden was in Afghanistan this year. | Last week a Taliban detainee in Pakistan said he had information that Bin Laden was in Afghanistan this year. |
| However, Mr Gates said he could not confirm that information. | |
| When asked by ABC's This Week programme when the US last had a fix on the al-Qaeda leader, Mr Gates said: "I think it's been years." | When asked by ABC's This Week programme when the US last had a fix on the al-Qaeda leader, Mr Gates said: "I think it's been years." |
| He could not confirm the details of the Taliban detainee, who claimed to have met Osama Bin Laden numerous times before 9/11. | He could not confirm the details of the Taliban detainee, who claimed to have met Osama Bin Laden numerous times before 9/11. |
| The detainee said that in January or February he met a trusted contact who had seen Bin Laden about 15 to 20 days earlier in Afghanistan. | The detainee said that in January or February he met a trusted contact who had seen Bin Laden about 15 to 20 days earlier in Afghanistan. |
| Bin Laden had previously been thought to be on the Pakistan side of the border with Afghanistan. | Bin Laden had previously been thought to be on the Pakistan side of the border with Afghanistan. |
| But the detainee said that militants were avoiding Pakistani territory because of the risk of US drone attacks. | But the detainee said that militants were avoiding Pakistani territory because of the risk of US drone attacks. |
| The detainee said Bin Laden was well. | The detainee said Bin Laden was well. |