[Askel5]

Oh man, I'm going to bust a gut.

In our haste to make certain women had Legal Abortion, we forgot to ensure Healthcare for the Prize Pig?!?

[Askel5]

Musharraf told Chinese television

Smart move. If a gabillion people believe it, it must be true.

[Ratatoskr]

I wondered about this possibility myself. On the one hand, I'd heard he had kidney trouble possibly severe enough to require dialysis. On the other hand, I've also heard he's a professional hypochondriac.

[Magnum44]

Funny, but after 4 months of high level media attention, this is the first I've heard that OBL was on dialysis.

[kidd]

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

Yes, a daisy cutter ran into it.

[N. Theknow]

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

No $hit?

[maestro]

They gotta be 'kidning'!

[Mixer]

OBL Alert!

[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.

[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?

[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.

[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.

[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!!

[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.

[NorCoGOP]

bin Laden may have died because he was unable to get treatment during the US bombing campaign.

Doubtful he is indeed dead, but, if so, I sure hope it was slow, and painful.

[mrustow]

As my wife says, "Show me the body!"

[LurkedLongEnough]

Regular dialysis requires about 3-4 hours 3 times a week on a machine like the one pictured below. Yes, there are other grosser ways to do it, but hard to accomplish from a cave.
If OBL did have end stage kidney failure, he is probably dead --if treatment wasn't available.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

U.S. Says 'We Just Don't Know' if Bin Laden's Dead   (11:51 a.m. PST Jan. 18)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has no way of knowing whether Osama bin Laden has died of kidney problems, but President Bush would not view that as ``an unwelcome event,'' the White House said on Friday.