Analysis: Is bin Laden truly dead ?

UPI INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ^ | 09/23/2006 | CLAUDE SALHANI

[Youngman442002]

Trust the French????? yeah right.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

I refuse to believe this until Dan Rather and CBS review the documents for authenticity.

[new yorker 77]

August 23, 2006?

I hope he is dead.

I hope he died of some disease because we forced him underground.

But isn't August 22, 2006 a significant date in Islam?

Could Bin Laden have been dead for years and this be the islamo fascists trying to tie his death to a mystical Islamic date?

[SirLinksalot]

Could Bin Laden have been dead for years and this be the islamo fascists trying to tie his death to a mystical Islamic date?

There has been report among the cooks at DU that Osama has already been captured. They're ( meaning Bush ) is just waiting for the "opportune" time to release this news ( maybe October 2008 ).

[Fury]

I don't believe it will/would mean much on destroying violent Islamic fanatics. The Dems have always placed way too much emphasis on Usuma Bin Laden. Why? Do they expect there to be a substantial downtick in terrorism? Not likely, I believe, even though he does/did bring a susbtantial funding network to bear.

[ASA Vet]

No Elvis this time. Two's enough I think.

But BTTT anyway.

[tarheelswamprat]

They should check with Generalissimo Francisco Franco. He would know...

[DennisR]

So what? Even if he is dead and buried, the dufus Dems (Pelosi, Reid, Dean, the usual suspects) will still complain that "we still have not captured Bin Laden yet."

I would love to see some confirmation, though, just so I could see the Ds squirm. Like when they were complaining about jobs a few years ago and high gas prices a month ago. What idiots.

[Kolb]

Until his body turns up I remain unconvinced (though the thought of Bin-Butthole suffering from Typhoid Fever brings a smile to my face).

[Diogenesis]

So perhaps this COULD have been bin Ladin's funeral last month.
So the important question is: Why did the USA let these POS all live?
Who made the decision to let them go on to murder more Americans?
Why is there NEVER accountability at the top?
Why are traitors in the US gov't NEVER taken out or held accountable?

[R.W.Ratikal]

A French newspaper reports that bin Laden is dead. The reports are "unconfirmed."

So what if he is dead? It winemake no difference in the war on terrorism. Bin laden was not the Islamic leader, he was just one gang leader. Most Muslims never heard of him.

There is no evidence that bin Laden is still alive and plenty of evidence to indicate he is dead.

1. Bin Laden has not been seen since 2004 when he was said to have been killed in a cave.

2. He has been seen by no one.

3. Only tapes and videos that can not be authenticated, have surfaced. Voices and appearances can be faked

4. Because bin Laden is not the leader of the Islamic war on the West, his death would mean very little except as a propaganda victory for the politicians to crow about.

Let's face it, our Islamic enemy is diffused and dispersed. The only thing keeping them together from country to country is their pagan religion that teaches hatred of non-belivers from the cradle..

[TheGeezer]

There has been report among the cooks at DU that Osama has already been captured.

Spell check can be your enemy, too, but in this case you expressed a wonderful play on words: what have the kooks at DU cooked up about Osama?

Heh.

[new yorker 77]

The U.S. State Department, CIA, FBI, and Military are littered with career people who are ultra-liberal.

These are the after effects of 40 years of LIB congressional control and 8 years of Clinton.

[romanesq]

Dead sounds good to me.

[Petey139]

It would be funnier if he died of a case of Violent Diarreah.

[MNJohnnie]

BS. Few of things it could be.

The US SOF are too close and the Terrorist are trying to throw them off the trail.

Bin Laden finally figured out the best way to help his cause it to play dead. His American allies, the Democrat party think he is dead, they can claim we don't need to fight the war anymore.

The story is a pure PR plant hoping to influence the American elections.

Simple disinformation to keep the situation confused.

What it is NOT likely to be is true. Bin Laden dying of Typhoid is highly unlikely. Given his experience and educational background it is highly unlikely he would not take the simple basic sanitary steps necessary to avoid Typhoid.

[quantim]

Yes, that dead body is worth $25,000,000 last I heard. He's still out there.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I was just thinking the same thing.

That "funeral" which we should have turned into a crater in the ground. It was a memorial service for Bin Laden, IMO.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Well, this certainly is the credible and reliable statement that he is dead. It's not much, but I suspect even now we are trying to confirm or deny. I do find it intresting in this report that there were reports that he was seriously ill for weeks before the reported death. Typhoid will not kill you overnight.
So we shall wait and see.