Website sorry for bin Laden dead report

Reuters | September 11, 2002

[HAL9000]

DUBAI (Reuters) - An Arabic-language Islamist website has apologised for alarming followers of Osama bin Laden by running a report suggesting the world's most wanted man was killed in Afghanistan in 2001.

"I apologise to the readers for writing this report. I would like to start by telling them that Sheikh Osama bin Laden is alive," wrote a man who identified himself as Abou Ja'far al-Kuwaiti, apparently an alias that indicates that he is a Kuwaiti follower of bin Laden.

The article appeared on website www.jehad.net with the headline: "Yes, Osama has been killed but Holy struggle will continue until doomsday."

It added: "The story of the missile that removed the trench in Tora Bora in which Osama bin Laden had been hiding."

The author, who said he was an eyewitness to a U.S. raid in Tora Bora, Afghanistan, in December, said the man killed then was Osama al-Adani, while bin Laden survived.

He said an Arabic satellite television had quoted the website as saying bin Laden was dead and had demanded a correction.

Washington, which blames bin Laden and his al Qaeda network for the attacks, has led a military offensive in Afghanistan to seek out bin Laden and to punish his Taliban hosts for sheltering him and his militant network.

The fate of bin Laden and many of his lieutenants remains unknown.

The story was published on Wednesday, the first anniversary of the suicide attacks on the United States that killed more than 3,000 people including 19 suspected hijackers.

The author said bin Laden had left the trench when a missile was fired by a U.S. B-52 bomber on apparent tips that the leader of al Qaeda was there.

"Even if it was Osama bin Laden who was killed, the sun of Holy struggle does not go down," he said.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

He said an Arabic satellite television had quoted the website as saying bin Laden was dead and had demanded a correction.

Orchestrated prank. And the FR didn't fall for it. See-BS DID fall for it. Freegards....

[Notforprophet]

ObL is stone dead, taking a well deserved dirt nap. Just MHO...

[kinghorse]

These people are one tight knit bunch. Every once in a while one of them slips and says something truthful or reveals a secret. But they get back in line fast enough. Getting the thumbs and ears of one of their relatives delivered in a DHL package usually does the trick.

[Imperialist]

"Yes, Osama has been killed but Holy struggle will continue until doomsday."

This is an interesting statement about islam, the religion of peace. Is all they seek doomsday?

[Senator Pardek]

...the man killed then was Osama al-Adani, while bin Laden survived.

And Osmondo al-Donni was last seen in the hills of Utah.

[Chad Fairbanks]

"I apologise to the readers for writing this report. I would like to start by telling them that Sheikh Osama bin Laden is alive," wrote a man who identified himself as Abou Ja'far al-Kuwaiti, apparently an alias that indicates that he is a Kuwaiti follower of bin Laden.

That must be the translation to english from the Arabic for "Oops... my bad... please don't kill me..."

[Chad Fairbanks]

... singing, "I'm a little bit country... I'm a little bit iraq and roll..."????

[aristeides]

"Even if it was Osama bin Laden who was killed, the sun of Holy struggle does not go down," he said.

Doesn't sound as if he's too sure.

[witnesstothefall]

It's gonna take the American media awhile longer I guess, to figure out that you assume Arab media is a lie, and start from there. They keep getting wrong-footed, which is amusing in its way... Like Mohammed did, they create reality as they go along. They got great imaginations, them Mohommedans.

[joyce11111]

Bubba will be relieved.

[aristeides]

In a war, you've got problems if you live in a fantasy world.

[janetgreen]

Sorry, Abou, I choose to believe that Osama is roasting in hell on Satan's barbecue thingey..

[hellinahandcart]

CBS fell for it, hahaha! They were the only ones who even MENTIONED it.

That's worse than CNN falling for "Artie stole my job"...

[Dog]

ROFL!!!!!!

We couldn't make this stuff up in a million years....

LOL!

[xJones]

This is an interesting statement about islam, the religion of peace. Is all they seek doomsday?

Well, they haven't got anything to look forward to in their own hellhole Muslim countries - except, of course, immigration to Western countries. Think about it, is there one Muslim country you would want to immigrate to?

[colorado tanker]

Osama's alive? OK, let's see him.

[xJones]

"I apologise to the readers for writing this report. I would like to start by telling them that Sheikh Osama bin Laden is alive,"

Dead/live/dead/live - "Osama is going to give a message on July 4, 2001" It's a bunch of damn lying Musiims that couldn't tell the truth if their camels hocked a real loogey in their head diapers. One of the best reasons to believe that bin Laden is dead is because this Muslim says he is alive.

[Arkinsaw]

I am sorry for saying that Osama died in a trench like a dog from a B-52 whammy. In an amazing coincidence it was ANOTHER Osama who just happened to be in the trench that Osama had left shortly before. The other Osama is the dead one and even if I'm lying we'll still continue and I'm very sorry. Sorry. Didn't mean it. My bad.

[Imperialist]

No way, no muslim countries I'd like to go to as a tourist or emigree. but they just seem to strive for doomsday, not peace.