Bin Laden: Dead Or Alive? ~ CBS reporters from Karachi - London

CBS ^ | Sept. 23, 2006 | Farhan Bokhari in Karachi - Sheila MacVicar in London.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

A French newspaper, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2006, leaked an intelligence report that says Saudi agents believe Osama bin Laden is dead. (AP)

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"Does this mean, he is acutely ill, dying or has in fact died? There is no credible answer to that question. Unless there is a body, how can anyone say for sure that bin Laden is dead?"

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Arab diplomat

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Osama bin Laden's health has deteriorated in the past year, forcing him to curtail his movements, according to Arab diplomats in Pakistan who routinely track reports of his movements.

A senior source with an intelligence service friendly to the United States told CBS News that Saudi Intelligence has collected what it considers to be "very credible information" that bin Laden has been very seriously ill, and that the Saudi services are now suggesting, though not confirming, that they "have a pretty high certainty" that he is dead.

The source added that if he has died as a result of typhoid fever, which comes from exposure to contaminated water and food, it would confirm reports that he has been hiding in a remote area, under very harsh conditions with limited access to medical care.

While Pakistani officials and diplomats stationed in the country on Saturday did not confirm a report in a French regional newspaper that claimed the world's most wanted terrorist had died of typhoid earlier this month, some spoke of reports in the past year suggesting that bin Laden's health had rapidly deteriorated, prompting speculation over his remaining life expectancy.

Time Magazine also reported that bin Laden "has become seriously ill and may have already died" from a "water-borne illness."

[johnny7]

LOL...

[processing please hold]

It is believed that the Russians found the ashes of him and Ava Braums(spel?) when they went to his bunker.

[Recovering_Democrat]

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the links/

[RightWhale]

No doubt. But, they are bogus whether the CIA says so or not.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Entertaining reading... if nothing else.

http://www.coverups.com/hitler/everfound.htm

[TET1968]

A lot of people are distressed because the reward for his capture is now off the table. If the guy was dieing from a disease anyway, why not drop a dime and get zillions to fund terrorism for the next decade?

Do you think the timing of his death, a few days before September 11th, is coincidence?

I think we nailed his ass....and we keep the money.

[RouxStir]

Musta been some tainted foie gras he had been eating in Chirac's apartment.

[Star Traveler]

You said -- "This may be an effort to lure the guy out if he is still alive--prompt him into making a mistake and revealing his location because the whole Muslim world is mourning his passing."

I have seen nothing that indicates the "whole Muslim world is mourning his passing."

Regards,
Star Traveler

[Star Traveler]

You asked -- "Wasn't the last OBL video released right before the 2004 election?"

Yeah, I believe he was campaigning for John Kerry (whether Osama knew it or not...).

Regards,
Star Traveler

[stboz]

Musta been some tainted foie gras he had been eating in Chirac's apartment.

Pork! It was pork!!! Betcha it was trichinosis not typhoid.

[Star Traveler]

You said -- "I'm baffled by the persistent claims around here that OBL died back in 2001. Come on, guys, OBL was making new videos as late as '04."

Well, with the situation being that some on FreeRepublic don't like the "facts" confusing them (about such things, as you mention) -- I've concluded that we've got just as many "crazies" here on FreeRepublic as the DUmmies have.

Regards,
Star Traveler

[Of course, they may actually be DUmmies, here, on FreeRepublic...]

[Star Traveler]

You said -- "A lot of people are distressed because the reward for his capture is now off the table."

It doesn't look like it's off the table to me --

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/laden.htm

Regards,
Star Traveler

[RightWhale]

The money doesn't matter. Chavez says it's play money and anyway we owe it to China.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Yeah, I believe he was campaigning for John Kerry (whether Osama knew it or not...)

That is why Democrats don't know whether to wish to see Osama's body or not... could work either way for them!

[LSUfan]

My word choice was poor. But if the world was convinced that OBL was dead, there would indeed be widespread mourning in the Muslim world.

[hinckley buzzard]

Or, it could mean we know he's dead, and that's why the special squad that was chasing him has been disbanded.

!! Funny how two and two just might add up to four!

[Star Traveler]

You said -- "But if the world was convinced that OBL was dead, there would indeed be widespread mourning in the Muslim world."

And then, yes..., I would take that as a *clue* that Osama was dead -- once I do see the Muslim world mourning his passing. I would like to see that clue, first.

Regards,
Star Traveler

[Star Traveler]

You said -- "Or, it could mean we know he's dead, and that's why the special squad that was chasing him has been disbanded."

On the other hand, George Bush saying that they were still going to hunt him down, could mean that "they are still going to hunt him down."

You never know..., ole President Bush might mean what he says...

Regards,
Star Traveler

[Star Traveler]

You said -- "!! Funny how two and two just might add up to four!"

INDEED, it's funny how that's the case. In fact, come to think about it, since Bush says that we're going to keep hunting for Osama bin Ladin and we won't stop until we find him -- could mean (two plus two equals four) -- that he's still alive and we're still hunting for him.

You just never know what these politicians mean -- especially goold ole George Bush (since some Democrats and liberals and other professor-type-wackos) swear that Bush orchestrated 9/11.

Regards,
Star Traveler