Pakistan's president believes Osama bin Laden may have died from a kidney ailment.

Ananova ^ | 1/18/02

[Mixer]

Bin Laden 'may have died from kidney ailment'

That would rob some ranger of the chance to blow his head off. I sure it isn't true. I do want him dead but not of natural causes.

[DJ88]

Yes, I realize that. It's just a very bizarre translation I guess. He's not stupid...he doesn't want anyone thinking he's in Pakistan.

Now. If the acting President or PM of Afghanistan came out and said this, I might have a little more faith in it. ;-)

[MeekOneGOP]

Found! Osama in Sight!

Bin Laden in my Sights!

[DWSUWF]

"...Musharraf said: "I think now, frankly, he is dead for the reason that he is a patient, a kidney patient..."

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

[11th Commandment]

Yes, a daisy cutter ran into it (kidney).

You beat me to it!

[Harrison Bergeron]

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

Are you thinking what I'm thinking you're thinking? Ya think?

[MoralSense]

The dialysis reports have been around for some time. Yesterday's news included speculation by a Western journalist, who actually interviewed bin Laden while he was hooked up to a dialysis machine in some cave, that bin Laden might be dead.

I was on dialysis for 6 years, then got a kidney transplant. I know the videos of bin Laden are of iffy quality, but I've noticed a steady deterioration of his skin color, characteristc of kidney failure. How long would it take to die without dialysis treatment? Depends on how serious his kidney failure is, and it depends on what he eats. It could be a quick as a week, or as long as a month.

[Looking for Diogenes]

"We know that he donated two dialysis machines into Afghanistan. One was specifically for his own personal use."

That was very generous of binLaden to donate a dialysis machine for his own personal use.

[MeekOneGOP]

Slow link? Try this one. . .
Osama in my Sights!
http://www.xterror.com/

[vrwinger]

Is there good money in that??

Well, sure! For your medical staff, anyway.

I guess OBL had enough money to keep an entire staff of quacks on the payroll at all times ... LOL!!

[fivecatsandadog]

"Musharraf did not indicate whether he had intelligence reports to back up his suspicions. He added that, if bin Laden is still alive, he is still in Afghanistan." Now, how exactly would he know this if he didn't indicate whether he had any intelligence to back up whether he is dead or not??? This is so bizarre..

Agree. Very broad statement. He says OBL might be dead... Then he says he might be alive. I think he's trying to draw attention away from Pakistan: "LOOK! He's dead! Well maybe not, but he's not HERE... no, he's THERE!" Geez... we're all either dead or alive..

[VRWC_minion]

What a pisser. Wait to his minions find out, they are going to be really pissed off. Unless this is just a false leak.

[DJ88]

EXACTLY!! He said nothing that makes any sense, and he must be getting pressure from someone to say this...on another note, here's another statement from Richard Reid's lawyer (gag) about the 9th count, to which he would not enter a plea:

(read: this is not verbatim, but you'll get the general idea) .... "we have a problem with this 9th count, which is plotting to blow up a ______ of mass transportation. We believe this only applies to boats, trains and buses, not 767's."

Righhhhhhttttttt.....when writing up this new law, we specifically left out 767's on this list. That way, there was always a loophole....SHEESH!!!!!!

[Hugin]

IMHO every day we don't hear from OBL increases the likelyhood that he is dead or at least isolated in a cave someplace. They guy is an egomaniac. If he had escaped to another part of the world I don't think he could resist sending another tape to Al Jazira just to say "Nyah Nyah, you can't catch me!"

[RoseofTexas]

Oh! This is such HOG-WASH! Not until we see his body will we believe the MURDERER BASTARD is truly DEAD! After we view his body on camera, we oughta ship is body over to NY and have his carcass displayed on a stick at ground zero!!

[DWSUWF]

"...Are you thinking what I'm thinking you're thinking? Ya think?..."

Hmmm...

Well, I was thinking that the truth is out there somewhere, and that Mulder knows what it is...

But now I'm wondering if you know too...

Which makes me wonder...

[Irish Queen]

To have Bin Laden dead by uremic poisoning denies him of a martyrs death. If Bin had died in a dramatic shoot out or execution he would become the mega super star of Muslim martyrs.

[eno_]

There would also be an interval in which bin Laden would be alive but in dab shape, both physically and mentally, due to his blood chemistry being way out of whack. If he died this way it is probable he had no way to command those around him to do anything useful to try to save him. Ha ha.

[eno_]

You are correct. Sending a video is pretty low risk, especially if you remember not to do it in front of any landmarks. He would be in our face if he could be.