Note: Unconfirmed.
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www.alsabaah.com/ArticleShow.aspx?ID=1567
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http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/33866.htm
“Source: Bin Laden Seriously Ill; Al-Qaeda Admits Defeat in Iraq”
SNIPPET: “The Iraqi government daily al-Sabah quotes “a reliable source” as saying that Osama bin Laden has been seriously ill for months and that he has been moving between Afghanistan, Pakistan and eastern Iran adjacent to Afghanistan.”
SNIPPET: “Source: Al-Sabah, Iraq, January 27, 2011”
http://www.worldanalysis.net/index.php?NewsTab=18
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/MC25Df01.html
“Bin Laden sets alarm bells ringing”
By Syed Saleem Shahzad
ISLAMABAD -
SNIPPET: “The development has fueled speculation in intelligence circles that al-Qaeda could be planning another major attack along the lines of the September 11, 2001, assault on New York and Washington, and the July 2007 foiled bomb attack in London.
However, extensive investigations by Asia Times Online, including exchanges within al-Qaeda’s camps, point in another direction: given the nature of Bin Laden’s meetings, this appears to be the beginning of a new era for a broader struggle in which al-Qaeda, through its Laskhar al-Zil (Shadow Army), will try to capitalize on the Arab revolts and the Palestinian struggle and also revitalize and redefine its role in Afghanistan.”