Bin Laden capture or death is key to defeating al-Qaida, US general says World news guardian.co.uk: "Capturing or killing Osama bin Laden is key to defeating al-Qaida, the US army commander in Afghanistan said yesterday.
Testifying before the US Congress, General Stanley McChrystal said Bin Laden was an 'iconic figure' whose survival emboldened al-Qaida as a franchising organisation across the world.
'It would not defeat al-Qaida to have him captured or killed, but I don't think that we can finally defeat al-Qaida until he is captured or killed,' he said."
