Bin Laden underwent treatment in July at Dubai American Hospital "where he met a CIA official"

AFP via Yahoo! News ^ | Wednesday October 31, 12:03 PM | AFP

[Pericles]

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.

[HAL9000]

The story has scrolled off the AFP French language wire.

The story is still posted at the original sources - Le Figaro and RFI. Babelfish translations are on the other thread.

[Pericles]

I wonder how many phonecalls were made after this story broke to get it yanked?

[HAL9000]

The AFP Yahoo Singapore link was changed - but the story is still posted.

The other Yahoo sites that carry AFP (Hong Kong, Asia, etc.) have been having problems for the last few weeks.

[HAL9000]

The AFP report is also published in the Sydney Morning Herald.

[Bigg Red]

Kristinn, time to move to Tasmania. Pitcairn Island ain't bad either.

Wait for me!!!

[Bigg Red]

Don't confuse the American Red Cross with the International Red Cross. The International Red Cross is not to be trusted.

[That Poppins Woman]

Bush nailed Allende and helped come to power the man who tortured and murdered over 10,000 Chileans.

What an exchange rate you've got going there!

[GoreFreeTN]

...who specializes in kidney stones and male infertility.

Maybe Binny was there to prepare himself for the virgins he is expecting

[That Poppins Woman]

Most of Pinochet's government has been busted for their own drug running during the past decade. So all the CIA and Bush accomplished was the exchange of a socialist politician (Allende) for a fascist, sadistic, murdering drug runner, resulting in the torture and murder of nearly 10,000 Chileans.

Hope you're REAL proud of your man now.

[Pericles]

I got all X-Files-ish for a second

[exmoor]

See how rumors start. I heard it was from an ingrown toenails and tape worms. The medical staff had never seen anything like this before. They even named the worms after him. OSAMAWORMS: Curved about 90" long, and grayish. Infestation is as high as 50% worldwide. OSAMAWORMS grip the intestinal wall and suck blood.

[FITZ]

He probably has AIDS from one of his trips to the US which is why he's so mad.