[BattleFlag]

"If it turns out OBL really is a bunch of ashes, it will be one of the all-time great calls by a journalist. Nobody else that I know of is making this claim."

I believe as Styen does because I have yet to hear a logical, believable explanation as to why he has not appeared on video tape for going on three years.

Such a thing (a video tape appearance) would have too much value to the true believers to be avoided for any reason other than it's actually impossible.

As for "expert" conclusions that it is osama on certain audio tapes that have popped up, I think those represent best guesses that are impossible to prove or disprove.

And in the strategies of rhetoric, it can be in our interest for him to be alive but unseen.

[watchin]

"And in the strategies of rhetoric, it can be in our interest for him to be alive but unseen."

Bingo.