posted on February 27, 2002 05:24:11 PM new
It is being reported that the U.S. government has asked members of the bin Laden family to submit to DNA sample-taking. It is apparently an attempt to reasonably match samples to that of a tall Al-Qaeda member who was killed in a recent bombing in Afghanistan. The possibility exists that if there is a match, that public sentiment will be to reduce both military presence in the area and ease the state of alertness in this country.