Bin Laden ‘may never be caught’. ‘Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secretary, said that tracking him down would be “a very difficult thing to do” and it would be a mistake to focus the war on terrorism on one man.

He said in an interview with the USA Today newspaper: “It’s a big world. There are lots of countries. He’s got a lot of money; he’s got a lot of people who support him. I just don’t know whether we’ll be successful.”

Mr Rumsfeld was speaking 24 hours after Tony Blair said that bin Laden was unlikely to be brought to trial, expressing the hope that he would be killed during a bombing raid or attack by troops.

The suggestion that bin Laden might never be caught was in marked contrast to the earlier claim by President Bush that the leader of the al-Qa’eda terrorist organisation would be taken “dead or alive”.’ Telegraph UK