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U.S. colonel says Osama bin Laden is ill - al-Hayat
Reuters | September 14, 2005

Posted on 09/14/2005 2:50:52 AM PDT by HAL9000

CAIRO, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is in poor health and is seeking medical attention, the London-based Arabic newspaper al-Hayat said on Wednesday, quoting a U.S. officer in Afghanistan.

"Osama bin Laden is trying to obtain medical attention," Colonel Don McGraw, director of operations at the Combined Forces Command in Kabul, told a group of British reporters, including one from al-Hayat, it said.

"He (McGraw) refused to say what the Qaeda leader is suffering from or whether it is the same kidney disease which Pakistani officials said in the past he was suffering from," the newspaper added. Al-Hayat said it was not clear how the U.S. military had obtained its information or where it thought bin Laden might be.

The Saudi-born militant is believed to have taken refuge somewhere on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan after escaping from U.S. troops and their Afghan allies who toppled the Taliban government that had hosted him in 2001.

The United States holds al Qaeda responsible for many attacks, including the suicide hijack assaults on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alqaeda; alqaida; binladen; donmcgraw; elvisbinladen; mcgraw; osama; osamabinladen; pakistan; renal
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1 posted on 09/14/2005 2:50:54 AM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000
The Saudi-born militant

I forget - does "militant" outrank "insurgent"?

Or is it the other way around?

2 posted on 09/14/2005 2:53:39 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: HAL9000

Deal OBL,

DIE and BURN IN HELL.


3 posted on 09/14/2005 2:54:41 AM PDT by highlymotivated (If American ever falls, a STINKING LIBERAL will be behind it.)
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To: HAL9000

We don't want him ill. We want him spread over a pig farm.


4 posted on 09/14/2005 2:55:41 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: HAL9000

I hope the SOB has some disease from mating with a goat. A male goat. Now that's REALLY sick!!


5 posted on 09/14/2005 2:56:26 AM PDT by the tongue
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To: HAL9000

Seems like we've heard this before, no? Let's have some real proof.


6 posted on 09/14/2005 2:57:42 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (I'm sitting here on the Group W bench)
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To: HAL9000
believed to have taken refuge somewhere on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan

Not a lot of top medical facilities there.

Whatever he is suffering from can't be much worse than the lead poisoning he will catch if he travels to a hospital.

7 posted on 09/14/2005 2:57:54 AM PDT by Flyer (My new dog Mason has a web cam! ~ http://dahtcom.com/masoncam/ ~)
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To: Izzy Dunne
The Saudi-born militant
I forget - does "militant" outrank "insurgent"?

Try spoiled brat trust fund wittle dickless good-for-nothing.

8 posted on 09/14/2005 3:00:04 AM PDT by Shazbot29 (Trolling member of the DU Activist Corps!)
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To: highlymotivated

"Deal OBL,

DIE and BURN IN HELL."

Only after we let the PIGS root around the body and eat what they want.

Nah, never mind. Swine wouldn't touch that swine!


9 posted on 09/14/2005 3:01:10 AM PDT by tracer_bullet (Tracer Bullet: visible under all light conditions, traveling at high velocity)
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To: Shazbot29
Try spoiled brat trust fund wittle dickless good-for-nothing.

What does John Kerry have to do with this?

10 posted on 09/14/2005 3:01:38 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: freeangel

I'd prefer buried UNDER a pig farm.


11 posted on 09/14/2005 3:01:58 AM PDT by highlymotivated (If American ever falls, a STINKING LIBERAL will be behind it.)
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To: HAL9000

It would be nice if President Bush's speech on Thursday included the news that the SOB was being embalmed in bacon grease.


12 posted on 09/14/2005 3:06:46 AM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (The Democratic Party-Jackass symbol, jackass leaders, jackass supporters.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

lol


13 posted on 09/14/2005 3:07:21 AM PDT by Shazbot29 (Trolling member of the DU Activist Corps!)
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To: HAL9000

Sorry for your illness please let me know where to send flowers.

Signed,

G Bush

PS, we have a very good hospital in a tropical location you might want to try.


14 posted on 09/14/2005 3:09:16 AM PDT by Recon Dad (The Hallmark JDAM - "For those who want to send the very best")
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To: HAL9000

Kidney trouble huh!... Osama might have limited time to pee in the caves because he had to run most of the time while being chased by the SF heroes... he has millions of dollars of funding why the heck cant he buy a cathetir?...


15 posted on 09/14/2005 3:11:08 AM PDT by ChristianDefender (If you can't fight with M16/M4.. then use prayer, if not just choose whose side are You!)
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To: HAL9000

Lockheed Martin has just discovered the cure for your disease and it will be delivered soon, ah, from 20,000 ft.


16 posted on 09/14/2005 3:15:31 AM PDT by Liberty Wins (Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of all who threaten it.)
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To: ChristianDefender
why the heck cant he buy a cathetir?...

He can. He just can't find anybody to stick it up his cathet for him.

17 posted on 09/14/2005 3:16:23 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: HAL9000

"Osama bin Laden is trying to obtain medical attention," Colonel Don McGraw"

Don't waste time telling us the evil murderer is sick, just go kill the bastard.


18 posted on 09/14/2005 3:16:35 AM PDT by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and Friends, the rest can go to hell.)
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To: SeaBiscuit

Was Osama bin Laden exchanging rides with Arafat?


19 posted on 09/14/2005 3:20:38 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: Izzy Dunne
He just can't find anybody to stick it up

Perhaps... because it's an all-men cave dwellings where OBL is living, if he'l asked his men to do it the Arab media will think he is a gay... admit it Osama don't be shy!

20 posted on 09/14/2005 3:21:35 AM PDT by ChristianDefender (If you can't fight with M16/M4.. then use prayer, if not just choose whose side are You!)
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