US General: Bin Laden will be caught

An intense manhunt will ultimately net the United States' Public Enemy Number One, Osama bin Laden, but there is no telling how long the hunt might take, the country’s top soldier said today.

General Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, denounced bin Laden’s latest taped message, saying its barbarity was a reminder that US forces are involved in “a fight for freedom and civilisation.”