Osama bin Laden - Dead or alive, on his 50th birthday ghost of the Hindu Kush haunts US

The Guardian (UK) (excerpt) ^ | March 10, 2007 | Declan Walsh

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Dead or alive, on his 50th birthday ghost of the Hindu Kush haunts US

CIA think they know where Osama bin Laden is. So do local tribesmen - hiding in the White House

Osama bin Laden marks his 50th birthday today, most likely at a hideout in the tribal lands straddling Pakistan and Afghanistan. It's tempting to imagine the grey-bearded jihadi hunched over a cake with burning candles inside a cave, smiling henchmen gathered behind him.

In reality it's not likely to be much of a bash. Birthday parties are frowned upon by Wahhabi puritans such as the al-Qaida leader, who consider such celebrations a vulgar western import. But as he passes another milestone he at least has reason to enjoy a quiet smile.

Six years after 9/11, Bin Laden is maddeningly out of reach. Despite the world's largest manhunt and a $25m bounty he remains at large, the Scarlet Pimpernel of jihad. A powerful myth has swelled around him - the tall, stern-faced Saudi-born militant has become the ghost of the Hindu Kush, variously reported dead or alive at different points inside the epic mountain range. The Pakistani army thought it had him cornered in a village in the lawless North Waziristan tribal agency in 2003. A year later the Spanish newspaper El Mundo claimed to have located him inside a Muslim enclave of western China. After the mammoth earthquake that devastated northern Pakistan, Senator Harry Reid from Nevada announced that Bin Laden had perished under the rubble.

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[HAL9000]

I wish him the most rotten, miserable, agonizingly painful 50th birthday in his cave.

[Cindy]

UBL's Birthday Message:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1793738/posts?page=483#483

[mkjessup]

Whether dead or alive, that demon-possessed raghead is living his own personal Hell on Earth, because every day and every night, he's got to keep looking over his shoulder and wonder if at some point he's going to hear the whistling of a Tomahawk cruise missile bearing down on his miserable ass.

No worries FRiends, Yomama bin Crawdaddin' will be spending an eternity slowly turning on a spit way down in Hade's BBQ, right along with the rest of his fellow scumbags like Mohammed Atta, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Saddam, Uday and Qusay, all different flavors of Islamofascism, but all headed for the same place.

We will one day peer over an eternal ledge and observe them all floating in a lake of fire and brimstone, charbroiled little bobbleheads, never knowing any peace or rest, knowing only the punishment and suffering for their wasted lives.

[DB]

If he's not already worm food...

[LibWhacker]

"Osama is a hero," said Kamran Ali, a 23-year-old call centre operator in Islamabad. "

Oh, great... Probably works for Dell. I'll never, ever feel sorry for one of them again, next time I hear some American caller was exceptionally rude to one of them.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

After the mammoth earthquake that devastated northern Pakistan, Senator Harry Reid from Nevada announced that Bin Laden had perished under the rubble.

Guessing it was just a temporary utility infrastructure failure.

Given Je$$e Jack$on was ready to negotiate with the Taliban, Dingy Harry is probably exchanging anti-Bush IM talking points with Osama daily.

[Sender]

Happy Birthday, Osama. Please give us a call and remain on the line while we select your present.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

One request: DROP THE BOMB!

[M Kehoe]

"He's dead, Jim."

5.56mm

[mewzilla]

I knew I could depend on these guys....

Is Bin Laden in your garden?

[Waco]

When tet cath him he can go to Tenn. anf shack up with Algore. They can solve globle warming tpgether.

[Beckwith]

HINDU KUSH AND THE HINDU GENOCIDE -- the conquest of Afghanistan in the year 1000 was followed by the annihilation of the Hindu population

Now Afganistan is a Moslem country. Logically, this means either one or more of the following must have happened:

a) original residents of Hindu Kush converted to Islam, or
b) they were slaughtered and the conquerors took over, or
c) they were driven out.

Not much has changed with these animals.

[NYpeanut]

Here's a fun idea--next time you get a tech rep for one of those companies with Packistani call centers staffed by people named "Mike" and "Carol", see if they'll agree that America is great as a conversation opener.

[SevenMinusOne]

"He's dead, Jim."

No, he's unfortunately not. Not yet. But he is a dead man eking out a survival in some of the most brutal terrain on earth.

We'll put guns on him one of these days. Killing the SOB is of more value then most give credit to.

[M Kehoe]

Notice when even a video comes out (and there's only been 2 since December 2001), the CIA doesn't confirm beyond a reasonable doubt that it is him. They only say it's probably him. And both video and audio can be faked.

Killing the SOB is of more value then most give credit to.

You're correct. A confirmed kill would be nice.

5.56mm

[SevenMinusOne]

Notice when even a video comes out (and there's only been 2 since December 2001), the CIA doesn't confirm beyond a reasonable doubt that it is him.

Video's that have made it out to their intended destination...that is?.....Sometimes video's are put out for other purposes (internal use)...or they just don't happen to make it to their intended destination....

Additionally video's themselves are vastly overrated. Zarqawi for example never put out one video in his years running around killing and causing chaos in Iraq...(the only video that was ever released...was only done so after our shooters had confiscated a copy of it several weeks earlier).

al Qeada has designated Zawahiri as their main PR / Message man......UBL putting out videos serves only the purpose of putting himself at further risk.

[Xenalyte]

When tet cath him he can go to Tenn. anf shack up with Algore. They can solve globle warming tpgether.

I read your post five times and gave up because I could feel my head pulsing, and I didn't want it to explode.

[reagan_fanatic]

Hey, Happy Birthday, Osama!

I'd send you a birthday present, but I'm not sure how it could be delivered to someone under 300 tons of dirt and rock.

[b4its2late]

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