A 15-year-old Deerfield Beach High School student is expected to appear in front of a judge today to face attempted murder charges.

Witnesses say they watched Wayne Treacy violently punch, kick and slam a 15-year-old Deerfield Beach Middle School 8th grader's head against the cement floor just off campus.

The Broward Sheriff's Office says Treacy was even wearing steel toed boots in order to inflict even more harm.

It took a teacher to physically pull Treacy off the girl.

Josie Ratley was airlifted to Broward General Medical Center where she is in critical condition.

Detectives haven't been able to confirm a motive yet, but they believe it had something to do with a comment made earlier.

Panetta told The Washington Post in an interview bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders have gone into hiding. He said intelligence operatives recently intercepted a message from an al-Qaida official urging bin Laden to provide leadership to the terrorist organization, the Post reported Wednesday.

Panetta said the setbacks for al-Qaida resulted from an accelerated number of strikes and improved coordination with Pakistan in what he called "the most aggressive operation that CIA has been involved in in our history."

"It's pretty clear from all the intelligence we are getting that they are having a very difficult time putting together any kind of command and control, that they are scrambling," he said. "And that we really do have them on the run."

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress Tuesday bin Laden likely won't see a U.S. courtroom because he probably will be killed by his followers or U.S. forces. However, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, told reporters Wednesday the military has not given up the idea of capturing bin Laden, the Post reported.

"If Osama bin Laden comes inside Afghanistan," he said, "we would certainly go after trying to capture him alive and bring him to justice. I think that is something that is understood by everyone."