Posted on 01/18/2002 9:51:02 AM PST by Interloper
Bin Laden 'may have died from kidney ailment'
Pakistan's president believes Osama bin Laden may have died from a kidney ailment.
General Pervez Musharraf told CNN that bin Laden may have died because he was unable to get treatment during the US bombing campaign.
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.
Musharraf said: "I think now, frankly, he is dead for the reason that he is a patient, a kidney patient.
"We know that he donated two dialysis machines into Afghanistan. One was specifically for his own personal use."
Bin Laden last appeared in a video tape broadcast on December 26 by the Arabic language television station Al-Jazeera, during which he praised the perpetrators of the September 11 attacks.
Bin Laden looked pale and gaunt. He occasionally smiled as he spoke and, although clearly thinner than in past tapes, his voice was strong and slightly raspy.
Musharraf added: "I don't know if he has been getting all that treatment in Afghanistan now. And the photographs that have been shown of him on television show him extremely weak."
Last month, Musharraf told Chinese television there was a "great possibility" that bin Laden was dead.
He suggested that bin Laden could have been killed in the US bombing of the Tora-Bora camp in eastern Afghanistan. A search of the area by U.S. special forces turned up no trace of bin Laden.
Story filed: 18:41 Friday 18th January 2002
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.
Now. If the acting President or PM of Afghanistan came out and said this, I might have a little more faith in it. ;-)
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
You beat me to it!
Are you thinking what I'm thinking you're thinking? Ya think?
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.
"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.
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!!
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..
(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!!!!!!
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...
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