Rumsfeld doubts bin Laden in full command of al-Qaida

It appears unlikely that Osama bin Laden, if still alive, is in full command of the al-Qaida terrorist network, according to US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Rumsfeld, who arrived this morning for an unannounced visit to Pakistan, said the US government did not know bin Laden’s whereabouts, but it was a “reasonable assumption” that the Saudi exile was in the remote area along the Afghan-Pakistan border.