Of course not! He's a master of disguise. Here's a recent photo of him and his associate in Afghanistan:
Posted on 10/30/2001 6:10:12 PM PST by HAL9000
AFP via Babelfish translation -
Ben Laden was neat in July at the American hospital of Dubaï (press)
Wednesday October 31 2001 - 2h51 GMT
PARIS, Oct. 31 (AFP) - Oussama Ben Laden was neat in July at the American hospital of Dubaï where it would have met a person in charge of the CIA, affirm Wednesday the French daily newspaper the Barber and Radio International France (RFI).
The two medias, quoting " a witness, professional partner of the administrative direction of the hospital ", affirm that the man that the United States suspects of having financed the attacks of September 11 arrived on July 4 at Dubaï by plane coming from Quetta, in Pakistan.
It was immediately transferred to the hospital for a renal processing. It left the establishment on July 14, adds the Barber.
During this stay, affirms the daily newspaper, the local representative of the CIA was seen going in the room of Ben Laden.
" A few days later, the man of the CIA praises himself in front of some friends to have visited the billionaire saoudien ".
According to the Barber and RFI who quote a " authorized source ", the representative of the CIA would have been recalled in Washington on July 15.
Ben Laden is sought by the United States for terrorism since the attacks against the American embassies of Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. But its links with the CIA are older and go up at the time where Ben Laden took part in the combat in Afghanistan against the Soviet forces.
According to the Barber, Ben Laden was accompanied in Dubaï by his personal doctor and faithful lieutenant, who could be the Egyptian Ayman Al-Zawahari, by bodyguards, as well as Algerian male nurse.
He was allowed in the service of urology of Doctor Terry Callaway, specialist in the renal calculi and male infertility. Joint by telephone on several occasions, the doctor did not wish to answer the questions.
Several sources had already given a report on a serious renal infection of Ben Laden, who would have been made deliver in his Afghan den of Kandahar a mobile equipment of dialysis during first six-month period 2000, according to " authorized sources' " quoted by the French daily newspaper and RFI.
Of course not! He's a master of disguise. Here's a recent photo of him and his associate in Afghanistan:
Wednesday October 31, 12:03 PM
Bin Laden underwent treatment in July at Dubai American Hospital
Osama bin Laden underwent treatment in July at the American Hospital in Dubai where he met a US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official, French daily Le Figaro and Radio France International reported.
Quoting "a witness, a professional partner of the administrative management of the hospital," they said the man suspected by the United States of being behind the September 11 terrorist attacks had arrived in Dubai on July 4 by air from Quetta, Pakistan.
He was immediately taken to the hospital for kidney treatment. He left the establishment on July 14, Le Figaro said.
During his stay, the daily said, the local CIA representative was seen going into bin Laden's room and "a few days later, the CIA man boasted to some friends of having visited the Saudi-born millionaire."
Quoting "an authoritative source," Le Figaro and the radio station said the CIA representative had been recalled to Washington on July 15.
Bin Laden has been sought by the United States for terrorism since the bombing of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. But his CIA links go back before that to the fight against Soviet forces in Afghanistan.
Le Figaro said bin Laden was accompanied in Dubai by his personal physician and close collaborator, who could be the Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahari, as well as bodyguards and an Algerian nurse.
He was admitted to the urology department of Doctor Terry Callaway, who specializes in kidney stones and male infertility. Telephoned several times, the doctor declined to answer questions.
Several sources had reported that bin Laden had a serious kidney infection. He had a mobile dialysis machine sent to his Kandahar hideout in Afghanistan in the first half of 2000, according to "authoritative sources" quoted by Le Figaro and RFI.
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>The French??? What the hell have the French ever known >except how to cook snails and surrender swiftly?
They did assist us in defeating a certain King George, if I recall correctly.
Et escargots--ils sont délicieux!
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